Product Manager

Product Manager – Regulated Lending Launch

6 Month Fixed Term Contract

London / Milton Keynes Hybrid 2-3 days onsite

Perm FTC - £75,000 - £95,000

Day rate - £500 outside IR35

Wedo is working with a growing UK lender at a key point in its journey as it launches its first regulated lending product into market. They now need a Product Manager on a 6 month contract and need someone to start immediately.

The foundations are in place. Investment has been made. Internal teams are engaged. Key technology partners are already mid-build.

Now they need someone strong enough to take ownership of delivery, bring structure to complexity, and help get a commercially important product live.

If you enjoy stepping into meaningful programmes, making sense of moving parts, and turning plans into outcomes, this will be worth your attention.

Why This Role Exists

The business has built strong momentum in specialist lending and is now entering a new phase of growth through regulated consumer lending.

This launch matters. It creates a new revenue stream, broadens market reach, and marks a strategic evolution of the company’s proposition.

A lot of the early thinking has been completed. Scope has been defined. Build is underway.

What’s needed now is someone who can sit in the middle of Product, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Technology and third-party vendors to make sure the right thing gets delivered in the right way.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

Own the Launch Programme

You’ll take day-to-day ownership of the MVP delivery through to pilot and launch.

That means driving timelines, priorities, decisions, blockers and stakeholder alignment.

Translate Business Needs into Deliverables

You’ll work closely with internal SMEs and Business Analysts to ensure requirements are clear, practical and commercially sensible.

You’ll know when detail matters, and when momentum matters more.

Manage Third-Party Technology Partners

A core part of the product is being delivered through external platforms and vendors.

You’ll need to manage relationships well, challenge where needed, and keep everyone honest on delivery dates, scope and outcomes.

Build Operational Readiness

Launching lending products is never just a system change.

You’ll also help coordinate:

• Internal process design
• Handovers to operations
• Training readiness
• Launch controls
• Customer / broker journeys
• Testing and UAT

What Success Looks Like

First 30 Days

• Get fully up to speed on scope, systems and stakeholders
• Take ownership of delivery cadence
• Build trust quickly
• Remove friction from the programme

60–90 Days

• Keep build on track
• Drive testing readiness
• Tighten journeys and operational processes
• Resolve blockers quickly

Beyond

• Deliver successful pilot launch
• Support full rollout
• Shape future iterations post-launch

What They’re Looking For

You may currently be a Product Manager, Product Owner, Delivery Lead or Programme Manager.

Titles matter less than relevance.

The likely fit will have experience in:

• Must have Lending, mortgages, credit or banking products
• Must have regulated financial services environments
• Launching new products or major change programmes
• Working across Risk, Compliance, Ops and Tech
• Must have experience with platforms like nCino
• Delivering in fast-moving scale-up or challenger environments

Apply by sending your CV to Jack Cole or connect with him on LinkedIn with a message on why you feel your experience is relevant