Ordnance Survey
Product Manager
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Product Manager – Data Products
Fulltime | £56,755.00 - £66,215.00 (dependent on experience)
Hybrid working (50% in OSHQ)
Join our dynamic Products team
The OS Product team uses market insight to turn OS's world-leading mapping and location capabilities into products and services that delight our customers and deliver our business strategy.
The Product team defines the vision and strategy for our product portfolios & services, identifying where we can create the most value for customers, and lead delivery from idea through to market. By combining market insight, product strategy and close collaboration with Data and Technology teams, we ensure our products are aligned to real customer needs, perform effectively through their lifecycle, and evolve over time to maximise their impact.
The Opportunity
As a Product Manager at OS, you will be responsible for managing the lifecycle of new and existing products, as well as their performance in the Networks portfolio (Transport and Water Network). Working closely with the portfolio team, you’ll lead the development of the product roadmap items, balancing market demand, technical feasibility and affordability; ensuring that our products continue to deliver meaningful value to customers and partners.
You will act as the central point of expertise for all products in the Network portfolio, championing product understanding across the organisation and ensuring OS remains customer-centric in everything we deliver.
What You’ll Do
- Own the success and lifecycle of products across the Networks portfolio, from proof of concept through to launch and withdrawal.
- Develop product strategies based on customer insight, market understanding, target customers, product value and taking a profitable product to market.
- Create and maintain a balanced, outcome-based product roadmaps aligned to portfolio and business strategy.
- Act as the subject matter expert for OS Networks products, championing product understanding across the business and at external events.
- Review product performance using scorecards, KPIs and customer outcomes to inform evidence-based roadmap decisions.
- Provide product leadership in cross-functional delivery teams, promoting innovation, accountability, transparency and customer focus.
- Plan and manage user engagement, applying appropriate research methods to capture insight and support roadmap priority decisions.
- Engage with users, customers, OS Partners and external stakeholders, translating feedback into product improvements and new opportunities.
- Communicate product strategy, performance and roadmap decisions confidently to colleagues, senior stakeholders and external audiences.
- Build strong relationships with operational and customer-facing teams to support compelling product storytelling through mechanisms such as blogs, campaigns and external communications.
- Contribute actively to the Networks Portfolio and the wider Data Product Management teams, working closely with Strategic Product Managers and Associate Product Managers.
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About You
- You are a self-directed, product professional with experience managing product performance and roadmaps in a customer-focused environment.
- You make data driven decisions, engage stakeholders effectively and balance commercial, technical and customer needs to deliver products that create meaningful and measurable value.
- You work at pace, respond confidently to customer problems and stakeholder queries, and know when to lead or collaborate.
- You share insight and expertise, understand customer use cases and focus on what matters most.
- Curious and outcome-driven, you ask thoughtful questions, take ownership and collaborate with others to drive positive business change.
- You work effectively both independently and collaboratively, with a commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
- You actively grow your product expertise and share your knowledge with others, helping to strengthen product capability across the team and organisation.
Desirable - Market or product knowledge of Network products and their associated end market uses.
Tools we use
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- QGIS
- ArcGIS
- PowerBI (dashboards)
- Co-Pilot
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Salary
- £56,755.00 - £66,215.00 (dependent on experience)
Benefits
- Performance related bonus up to 10%
- A competitive pension scheme (OS contributes up to 12.07%)
- 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays on joining, (3 taken over Christmas) increasing by one day per year, to a maximum of 5 years
- Enhanced family leave, including up to 12 weeks paid partner (paternity) leave
- Free subscription to OS Maps
- Access to online learning platforms
- Coaching and Mentoring schemes
- Plus, a suite of excellent additional perks and benefits
At OS, we believe looking after your health and wellbeing means more than posters and events. We empower you to manage your work and life the way you need it by offering things like:
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- An extra day’s leave for each year you work, up to 33 days
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Hybrid working
- Free onsite parking at our modern HQ in Southampton
- We adopt flexible working and can consider different working hours dependent on the role and your personal circumstances
- Eyecare Vouchers
- OS Explorers Nursery discount
- Cycle to Work scheme
- We believe that as a company we should give back wherever we can, so we give you 1 day a year to volunteer for charities that are important to you, as well as offering a match funding scheme
Location
We embrace a hybrid working model at OS, because we believe in flexibility and balance. You’ll be based at our fantastic HQ in Southampton, Hampshire, where you'll spend 50% of your working week collaborating face-to-face with colleagues. It’s all about combining the best of both worlds connection and autonomy to help you thrive.
Security
OS conducts pre-employment checks for anyone made an offer of employment, including identity, right to work, employment history and criminal record checks (via Disclosure & Barring Services (DBS). Some of our roles may require additional security vetting. We will advise candidates during the recruitment process if additional vetting may be required for that specific role.
How to Apply
A Covering letter is required for all applications. Please upload a covering letter with your CV.
The stages that proceed successful application are as follows:
- Competency based interview at OSHQ
Closing date
- Sunday 30 August 2026 at 23.59pm
Inclusion
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that people may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during the application process.
Research indicates that women, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community members, neurodiverse individuals, and people from ethnic minority backgrounds often hesitate to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Ordnance Survey, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and genuine workplace where everyone can thrive. If you’re enthusiastic about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly match every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the ideal candidate for this or other roles within Ordnance Survey.
Skills required for this role
- End Users
- External Partners
- Long Term Planning
- Product Development
- Product Management
- Product Requirements
- Product Roadmapping
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