Purpose of the role
As a Senior Product Manager (Simplified Products), you will play a pivotal role in shaping and evolving AJ Bell’s simplified range of investment products. You will be accountable for creating products that genuinely meet customer needs, support better financial outcomes, and contribute to the long-term growth and differentiation of AJ Bell.
This role sits at the heart of our product organisation. You will combine deep understanding of customers, markets and regulation with strong product leadership to deliver intuitive, accessible and high quality investing, simplified investing and cash savings solutions. Working closely with colleagues across technology, investments, compliance, operations, marketing and with external partners, you will turn insight into action and strategy to craft great customer experiences.
What you’ll be responsible for
Setting direction and vision
- Own and articulate a clear product vision for your products, grounded in customer insight, commercial outcomes and our broader strategy.
- Champion customer needs across investing, simplified investing, cash savings and targeted support, ensuring products are easy to understand, use and trust.
- Establish the product strategy for your product portfolio. Including owning product performance.
Driving innovation and product excellence
- Continuously scan the market to understand customer behaviour, competitor propositions, regulatory developments and emerging trends.
- Use insight and evidence to identify opportunities for innovation, improvement and differentiation.
- Develop compelling product proposals and business cases that balance customer value, risk, and commercial impact.
Leading delivery from idea to impact
- Partner with cross‑functional teams to take products from concept through design, build, launch and ongoing optimisation.
- Create and maintain clear product roadmaps and own the discovery backlog, aligning delivery with customer outcomes, business goals and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure products are delivered to a high standard, on time and with measurable impact.
Using data to optimise performance
- Define meaningful KPIs and success measures across your product portfolio.
- Use data, customer feedback and performance insights to continuously improve products and customer outcomes.
Operating with strong governance and regulatory awareness
- Ensure products meet FCA regulation and industry standards, with a strong focus on Consumer Duty and good customer outcomes.
- Work closely with compliance, legal and risk teams to identify, manage and mitigate product risks.
- Own products within the AJ Bell Product Governance framework, ensuring robust oversight throughout the product lifecycle.
Leading and developing others
- Lead, coach and mentor product managers, creating an inclusive and collaborative culture that encourages high performance, learning and innovation.
- Act as a role model for modern product management practices and customer‑centric thinking.
Skills, experience and capabilities
Product leadership and domain expertise
- Significant experience in product management within banking, asset management, wealth management or other financial services.
- Strong understanding of investing products, simplified investment solutions and/or cash savings propositions, ideally in a D2C or platform environment.
- Experience designing products that support a broad range of customer needs, including targeted support and accessibility.
Customer‑centred and insight‑driven
- Demonstrated ability to translate customer insight, data and research into clear product decisions.
- Passion for improving customer outcomes and reducing complexity in financial products.
Commercial and strategic mindset
- Comfortable balancing customer value, commercial objectives, risk and regulatory considerations.
- Experience building product strategies, roadmaps and business cases that deliver measurable impact.
Delivery and collaboration
- Proven ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams across technology, operations, investments and marketing.
- Comfortable operating in a fast‑moving environment, managing priorities and trade‑offs.
Leadership and communication
- Experience leading, mentoring or developing product managers.
- Clear, confident communicator able to influence at all levels of the organisation.
About AJ Bell
AJ Bell is one of the UK’s fastest-growing investment platform businesses, providing award-winning solutions for everyone, from professional financial advisers to first-time investors.
Today, over 644,000 customers trust us to manage more than £103.3 billion of assets. By continually striving to make investing simpler and more accessible, we’re helping more people take control of their financial futures.
We’re proud to be recognised as one of the UK’s Best 100 Companies to Work For for six consecutive years, and a Great Place to Work® in 2025 and 2026 a reflection of our supportive and collaborative culture.
What we offer
- 27days holiday, increasing with service + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays
- 8% Pension with matched contributions
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Share schemes (including free shares and BAYE)
- Health Cash Plan and discounted private healthcare
- Free onsite gym
- Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria)
- Travel and bike loan schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme
Life at AJ Bell
- Regular social events including summer and Christmas parties
- Learning and development opportunities tailored to you
- Casual dress code
- Friendly, supportive team environment
Our ways of working
We offer hybrid working, with a minimum of 50% of your working time per month spent in the office. For new starters, there’s an initial period of full-time office working to help you settle in and build relationships.
Inclusion & diversity
We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and able to be themselves at work. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience and potential.
