Lead Product Manager

The job at a glance 

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of work on a global scale. You will set the direction for a major product area, leading initiatives that have the potential to redefine how millions of people find meaningful employment. Your work will directly influence the experiences of jobseekers and employers worldwide, creating real, measurable impact at scale. 

As a Lead Product Manager, you will drive bold, visionary product strategies, inspire multiple cross-functional teams, and partner with senior stakeholders to align innovation with business outcomes. You’ll champion the craft of product management, using data, experimentation, and user insights to challenge the status quo and deliver exceptional, user-centric experiences. You will also have the chance to leverage Stepstone’s cutting-edge AI capabilities—fine-tuning models, deploying intelligent services, and pioneering agentic experiences at scale. 

At Stepstone, this is more than a role—it’s an opportunity to be part of an industry-changing journey, reimagining the labour market and shaping the future of work for everyone. 

Your responsibilities:  

• Own and evolve the product vision and strategy for a defined product area, aligning it with company objectives and long-term market opportunities 
• Lead and coordinate multiple cross-functional product teams, ensuring focus on the highest-impact problems and outcomes 
• Drive strong product discovery, experimentation, and prioritisation practices, using data and customer insights to inform decisions 
• Partner closely with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Design, Data, and the business to align strategy, delivery, and execution 
• Act as a product leader and role model, coaching and developing Product Managers and helping to raise the bar for product excellence across the organisation 

Your skills and qualifications: 

• Extensive experience in Product Management, with ownership of complex products or product areas from strategy through to delivery at scale 
• Strong leadership and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to align teams and stakeholders around a shared product vision 
• Proven experience leading and influencing across multiple teams in cross-functional, agile environments 
• Deep understanding of data-informed product development, experimentation, and outcome-driven roadmapping 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience working with senior leadership 

We’re a community here that cares as much about your life outside work as how you feel when you’re with us. Because your job shouldn’t take over your life, it should enrich it. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• 29 days holiday allowance + bank holidays   
• Private medical and dental healthcare   
• Matching pension contribution of 4 or 5% (after 3 years of service up to 10%)   
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme 
• Life Assurance Cover  
• Cycle to work scheme   
• Hybrid working model  (3 days working from the office)
• Volunteering days   
• and you can bring your dog to the office on Mondays and Fridays!   

Our commitment 

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at The Stepstone Group are critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.  

As a global business we further our DEI and sustainability progress by working with national and international bodies and are proud to have been recognised for our work - both locally and internationally, including:  

• Armed Forces Covenant: Silver Award, Employer Recognition Scheme 
• EcoVadis: Bronze Award 
• Fertility Friendly Employer, accredited by Fertility Matters at Work 
• RIDI (Recruitment Industry Disability) Awards: Inclusive Technology Award 2024 
• Stonewall: Gold Award 
• Stonewall: Top 100 Workplace Equality Index (85)