Product Development Manager

An outstanding opportunity has arisen for a Product Development Manager to join a well-established and leading SaaS software platform in a fully remote, senior technical leadership role.
This is a genuinely varied position — part hands-on technical lead, part people manager, part product influencer — with real ownership of how the platform evolves.
You'll take the lead on translating product and client requirements into robust, supportable and deliverable technical outcomes, while managing and developing a multidisciplinary team spanning software development, product and business analysis. It's a role that suits someone who enjoys getting under the bonnet of technical decisions but also thrives on developing people and shaping engineering culture.
If you're an experienced software delivery leader who can challenge designs, guide implementation choices and improve engineering practices — while keeping a commercial head on your shoulders — this one is worth a serious look.
Please note: Applicants must be UK-based with full eligibility to work in the UK. The client is unable to provide work permit sponsorship.
What you'll be doing:
Providing hands-on technical leadership across the full delivery lifecycle — from requirement clarification and solution design through to release and support
Reviewing and challenging technical approaches to ensure they're proportionate, maintainable, secure and aligned with the platform's longer-term architecture
Championing strong engineering practices — coding standards, peer review, automated testing, CI/CD and controlled deployment
Working alongside senior developers on architecture, integration, data, performance and scalability decisions
Owning the operational delivery of the product backlog, ensuring work is well understood, technically feasible and ready for implementation
Line managing a multidisciplinary team — developers, product managers and business analysts — with regular one-to-ones, coaching, mentoring and development planning
Contributing to the platform roadmap, balancing core product development, client-specific needs, technical debt and non-functional improvements
Acting as a credible technical point of contact for internal stakeholders and, where appropriate, clients
Keeping technical debt visible, assessed and prioritised alongside functional delivery
Supporting recruitment, onboarding and capacity planning across the team
What we're looking for:
UK-based with full right to work in the UK — sponsorship is not available
Substantial experience delivering enterprise B2B software in a technical leadership, engineering management or software development management capacity
A good degree in Computing or a similar technical discipline
Strong practical grasp of software architecture, application design, APIs, databases, integration, source control, testing and deployment practices
Proven track record managing and developing software professionals — objective setting, coaching, performance management
Experience managing delivery backlogs and coordinating work across dev, analysis, testing, product and project disciplines
Track record of establishing or improving engineering quality practices, including code review and automated testing
Experience delivering software for multiple clients, or within a product environment balancing shared platform capability with client-specific requirements
Excellent written and verbal communication — able to translate complex technical matters for non-technical audiences
A pragmatic approach to delivery methods — knows when Agile adds value and when it doesn't
Desirable:
Multi-tenant SaaS or configurable enterprise platform experience
Exposure to modernising or improving legacy PHP codebases (or comparable established applications)
Azure DevOps or equivalent tooling for backlog, source control, build, test and release
Solid CI/CD, automated regression testing and observability experience
Cloud-hosted services, integration platforms or third-party system integration
Work management, field service, workflow or operational process platform experience
Some product management or commercial exposure to support roadmap and prioritisation decisions
Experience using AI-assisted development or testing tools within appropriate governance controls
Why this role?
Salary of up to £90,000 depending on experience
Fully remote — work from anywhere in the UK
Genuine technical leadership role with real influence over how the platform evolves
Established SaaS business with a mature platform and a strong client base
Multidisciplinary team to lead, develop and shape
Clear scope to leave your mark on engineering culture and delivery practices
for immediate consideration, apart from your CV, or feel free to call for more details

Work arrangement
Yes