Product Lead
| Posting date: | 15 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 December 2025 |
| Location: | Uxbridge, London, UB70GB |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 4750762_1765803748 |
Summary
Join a leading airline group as a Product Lead
Job Overview:
- Role: Product Delivery - Product Lead
- Location: Uxbridge, UB70GB (Frequent international travel)
- Contract Tenure: 6 months with potential extension.
- Start date: ASAP
- Work Mode: Hybrid (2/3 days in an office)
- Pay Rates: Flexible (inside IR35)
Job overview:
What You'll Do
- Combine Excellent Product Management Capabilities with a Clear Delivery Focus: Acting as a combined Product Manager and Delivery Lead, oversee the full product and delivery lifecycle of multiple AI solutions, ensuring they realise measurable value through adoption across the Group.
- Exemplify the Benefits of Collaboration: as a leader of combined British Airways and IAG teams, demonstrate the value of a collaborative delivery approach
- Maximise Impact: Accelerate productivity and cost savings, securing material commitments from each airline in addition to the initial adoption by BA
- Influence & Align: Build consensus and drive change among diverse stakeholders, overcoming barriers to group-wide adoption.
- Shape Strategy: Set product vision, prioritise features, and ensure the suite stays ahead of industry benchmarks
What You Bring
- Product Leadership: Proven experience in product management, ideally in AI, aviation (specifically MRO), or complex enterprise tech.
- Agile Delivery Expertise: a deep understanding of how to successfully apply Agile in a FTSE 100 enterprise, gained through practical hands-on experience
- Structure and Discipline: ensure optimal organisation and transparent reporting accessible by C-Suite executives
- Stakeholder Influence: Exceptional ability to drive consensus and manage competing priorities across business units.
- Execution Excellence: Track record of delivering results in high-velocity, transformation-driven environments.
- Technical Acumen: Strong grasp of AI/ML concepts and their application to operational optimisation.
- Communication: Clear, compelling communicator-able to engage execs, engineers, and frontline teams alike.
Prior to Experience:
- Commercial and delivery accountability for digital products at a leading consultancy (e.g. as part of a client engagement); or within a recognised leading organisation.
- Has worked as a consultant or colleague within FTSE100 organisations or equivalent
- Intrapreneurial experience desirable
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