Senior Product Manager

This role sits at the heart of Little Journeys next stage of growth in Life Sciences. As we expand our partnerships with global pharmaceutical and research organisations we are entering a pivotal phase: delivering high impact features to support active customer commitments while building a scalable and repeatable Life Sciences product.

The Role

You will own the translation ofmarketinsightsinto structuredscalableandhigh qualityproduct delivery. Working at the intersection of Product Engineering Delivery and Commercial you will ensure we meet customer needsand timelineswithout compromising long term product integrity. This is a high impact andhands onexecution focused product role in a fast growing and mission driven company improving healthcare and clinical trial experiences for children and families worldwide.

This is not a traditional feature or roadmap-led product role. The focus is on driving scalability through configurability translating customer requirements into repeatable product solutions that reduce reliance on bespoke delivery.

The role reports to the Product Lead and is part of the broader productdevelopmentteam. This is full-time role either hybrid (Leeds) or fully remote in the UK. We cannot sponsor visas to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

Scoping & Prioritisation

• Lead the definitionscopingand prioritisation ofcustomerdriven product work

• Partnerclosely with Delivery and Commercial teams to translate customer requirements into clear and structured product specifications

• Distinguish between configurable solutions and true feature development

Delivery Planning and Execution

• Own the customer commitments backlog and align delivery sequencing with Engineering Managers

• Break down features into clear product requirements and define measurable success metrics

• Supporttimelydelivery aligned to commercial timelines

Product Integrity

• Protect technical quality and prevent bespoke architectural decisions

• Identifypatterns across customer requests and feed repeatable needs into the core platform roadmap

• Partner with Engineering to make informed trade-offs that balance short-term delivery needs with long-term scalability

Cross-FunctionalAlignment

• Collaborate with Discovery and Evidence teams tovalidateimpact and support progression toward product market fit

• Translate customer requirements and delivery insights into cross-functional priorities thatenable effectivescaling of the platform

• Ensure effective post-delivery follow up byleveragingproduct data and insights to inform future iterations and strengthen alignment acrossDeliveryCommercial and our customer stakeholders.

• Make trade-offs and constraints visible enabling informed decision-making across stakeholders

• Act as the bridge between Commercial DeliveryUser Research Design andEngineeringteams

Non negotiable

• Track recordofworking todelivery timelinesin small teams

• Demonstratable experience as a Product Manager owning significant feature delivery within a B2B SaaS product

• Experience working closely with Commercial or Sales teams in a high growth environment

• Strong experience translating ambiguous requirements into structured product documentation

• Proven ability to balance short term delivery pressure with long term product integrity

• Experience working closely with Engineering teams and understanding technical trade offs

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills with senior-level decision-makers including the ability to navigate challenging conversations and resolve conflicting priorities

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity andfast movingenvironments

Desirable

• Experience in healthtechlife sciencesclinicalresearch or regulated environments

• Experience in high growth start ups

• Experience using Figma Atlassian and other product management tools

• Experience building products serving enterprise customers

• Experience working toward product market fit

• Gross salary: 73-78Kper year

• 28 days annual leaveperyear(plus public holidays)

• 500 annual training budget

• 200 home working budget (one-off)

• Up to 6% pension match (salary sacrifice)

• EMI share options

• Flexible working with core hours

• Enhanced (family & parental) leave policies

About Little Journey

Little Journey was founded by Dr Chris Evans a paediatric anaesthetist and researcher whowitnessedfirst-hand the impact that procedural anxiety poor preparation and inconsistent communication can have on patient experience engagement and clinical with Sophie Copley an expert in human-centred product designthehealthcareplatformwas developed anddemonstratedsignificant benefits in improving care efficiencycomplianceand patient rapidly adopted across the NHS supporting childrenundergoing surgery before being expanded to supporta widevarietyofcommonprocedures.

Building on thisinitialsuccess Little Journeyexpanded into clinical trials applying the same principles of personalised education emotional support and engagement to research settings. Our Life Science platformsupports trial participants and their families across therapeutic areas to alleviate the burdensthey face as they navigateparticipatingin a clinical platform is now a globalsolutionand we work with major pharmaceutical companies.

Little Journey isa Series A HealthTechstart-upand wearea highly collaborative mission-driven organisation with a team ofabout 30 (includingProduct&TechSales &MarketingOperations &Delivery). We aim to change the future of personalised paediatric care one empowered family at a time. We value honesty and integrity trust and accountability reflection and learning proactive thinking and a deep commitment to helping others.

Diversity & Inclusion

We encourage people from allwalks of lifeto apply and strive toeliminateunconscious bias in our recruitment process. We do not discriminate on ethnicity religion sexual orientation gender identity veteran or parental status or disability. We encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply. If you need adjustments made to our application process to help accommodate any disabilities please do let us know on

Required Experience:

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