Product Lead

Location: UK-based with fully flexible remote working.

Why this role

This isnt a feature factory. Youll be solving real customer problems through discovery insight and experimentation taking ownership of outcomes rather than just delivery.

Youll act as a strategic product partner to clients often in a fractional Product Lead capacity helping them define and realise their product vision.

Your focus will be strategy and long-term direction setting goals aligning teams and stakeholders and ensuring every decision drives measurable user and commercial impact.

Youll play a key role in one of our flagship engagements where product leadership and vision are critical while also supporting other clients where your strategic product thinking can make a difference.

Youll collaborate closely with Design and User Research making informed evidence-based decisions grounded in real customer insight.

Youll have the autonomy to lead with trust and clarity supported by a coaching-led manager who helps you grow as a product leader.


What youll lead

Upon joining youll join a small senior team working on a product that is live growing fast and used by users every day.

Youll guide discovery craft strategy and define the roadmap balancing hands-on product input with higher-level thinking about scale vision and commercial growth.

Beyond that youll contribute to other client accounts where experienced product leadership is needed. Expect to shape coach and influence not just deliver.

Youll help raise the standard of product practice across teams and clients mixing advisory work with practical leadership.


How youll work

• Take ownership of product direction and outcomes working directly with senior stakeholders
• Set strategy establish goals and structure feedback loops that drive meaningful progress.
• Collaborate with Design and Research to test learn and iterate using evidence.
• Help shape how product thinking is applied across multiple clients and sectors.

Who are hedgehog lab

Were an outcome-driven consultancy where product design and research work side by side.

Youll join a team that values curiosity collaboration and impact.

This is a place where you can shape strategy coach others and help organisations build better products.


What were looking for

• Deep experience across the full product lifecycle from discovery and strategy through MVP and iteration.
• Confidence leading senior stakeholders and aligning business goals with user needs
• Strong commercial awareness comfortable discussing ROI viability and impact.
• Experience in environments where product plays a strategic role such as startups agencies or consultancies.
• A natural leader who can advise influence and coach teams as well as deliver.
  

Nice to have

• Experience as a fractional Product Lead or in a senior leadership position.
• Breadth across multiple clients or sectors.
• Background in fast-moving multi-disciplinary environments.

If this sounds like the right role for you apply below or book a call with our Talent Acquisition Lead Tom here: