Contract Product Manager

Contract Product Manager

Location: Remote - ET timezone

Department: Product Development

Contract Role (1 year)

About YLD:

Everything we do is to empower our clients to move forward. Our purpose is to help our clients develop the capabilities they need to outperform their competitors. Our success is a consequence of ensuring our clients are successful. Our company is built on extraordinary people; we aim to attract, inspire, develop and retain them. YLD is a software engineering and design consultancy; we create digital capabilities for our clients that last beyond our engagement. We have offices in London, Lisbon, Porto.

About the role:

As a Product Manager consultant, you’ll be a part of a client team building innovative products. We expect you to be curious, passionate, driven, and enthusiastic. You’ll be proficient at problem-solving, an effective communicator and a team player. You and your team will move in a fast-paced engineering environment, define product strategies, achieve outstanding results and deliver exciting projects.

You’ll:

• Collaborate with US-based Founders and stakeholders to shape product vision and align your products and teams on goals and outcomes.
• Ensure technical solutions are efficient and aligned with business priorities.
• Deeply understand user needs, product behaviour, and customer value.
• Drive delivery from your roadmap to continuous improvement using Agile best practices.
• Lead cross-functional teams, prioritising work and managing a clear, actionable backlog.
• Champion internal communication and engagement (MS Teams).

Technical Competencies:

• Strong Product Management background (energy sector a bonus).
• Skilled at defining and prioritising features with stakeholders.
• Able to interpret research/data and communicate effectively at all levels.
• Comfortable tracking post-launch performance for ongoing improvement.
• Hands-on with Agile, Atlassian suite, including Jira, Lucid, and discovery tools.
• Confident running ceremonies and acting as product owner/scrum master.
• Experienced in smaller digital teams.

Non-Technical Competencies:

• Analytical thinker with strong business acumen and a performance mindset.
• Product-focused with a clear understanding of what good looks like.
• Quality-driven and confident in delivering polished, high-value work.
• Proactive and self-improving - always looking for ways to grow and optimise.
• Highly collaborative, diplomatic, and emotionally intelligent.
• Communicates clearly and adapts messaging to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Committed to fairness, diversity, and creating an inclusive environment.

What you’ll get in return:

• The chance to work with a forward-thinking, ethical, and fun group of people and to develop and grow your skills in a fast-moving business.

Our typical Recruitment Process looks like this:

• 1st Interview with someone from the Talent team (30/45 mins)
• 2nd Interview with our Client Partner and one member of the Leadership team (60 mins)

We live and breathe our values, and know you will too:

• Growing every day
• Including everyone
• Relationships built on honesty and ethics
• Inspiring solutions
• Winning together

We’re an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity of all kinds. We don’t discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status, or disability status. We also believe in work-life balance and offer flexible working around our core hours.