IFS

Principal Product Manager - IDP & Agentic AI

IFS · Staines-upon-Thames, England, United Kingdom

Software Development · 5,001-10,000 employees

4 h ago
Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time United Kingdom
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About the role

You will own the product strategy and roadmap for a specific product line, focusing on developer experience and customer outcomes. You will partner closely with engineering and architecture teams to translate complex technical needs into clear, actionable requirements.

What they look for

Product management Developer experience API SDK AI Customer discovery Roadmap planning Technical fluency Stakeholder management Mentoring B2B enterprise Infrastructure products Prioritization Strategic planning Cross-functional leadership

Requirements

The role requires substantial product management experience in B2B enterprise or developer-focused platforms. You must possess strong technical fluency, the ability to influence stakeholders without authority, and a proven track record of customer-centric product discovery.

Benefits

Hybrid work opportunities Flexible work environment

Full description

Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. We deliver award-winning enterprise software solutions through the use of embedded digital innovation and a single cloud-based platform to help businesses be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™.

At IFS, we're flexible, we're innovative, and we're focused not only on how we can engage with our customers, but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society's greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and accept that there are so many different perspectives in this world. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We're looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs.

If you want to change the status quo, we'll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

Our customers are technical: developers, architects, platform engineers, system administrators 

and implementation teams. You'll understand their workflows, friction points and adoption barriers 

deeply, build named relationships with the ones who matter most, and treat their day-to-day 

experience — from APIs and SDKs to documentation and onboarding — as the truest measure of 

whether the product is working.

Own the problem, the customer and the outcomes for a programme or product line — you set the what and the why, and partner with engineering and architects on the how.

• Live in your customers' world — lead discovery with developers, architects and platform 

engineers, build deep named partnerships, and turn real evidence into a prioritised, outcomedriven roadmap.

• Advocate relentlessly for developer experience — API and SDK usability, documentation 

quality, onboarding and adoption — as the measure of product success, and get ahead of 

needs customers haven't yet named.

• Translate customer needs and business strategy into clear, testable requirements and 

acceptance criteria the team can build against with confidence — and set the standard for 

how that's done across the team.

• Make the prioritisation and trade-off calls that balance immediate customer value with longterm product health, drawing on technical trade-offs such as build vs buy, scalability and 

extensibility without getting lost in them.

• Use AI as a force multiplier across discovery, analysis and documentation, and raise the bar 

for how the team applies it — while the product judgement stays yours.

• Partner with architects and engineers as an equal, challenge assumptions constructively, and 

be the product partner they seek out to make hard calls faster and with less friction.

• Coach and mentor other product managers, share what you learn, and lift the practice around 

you rather than holding knowledge to yourself

Qualifications

• A genuine product mindset — you think in customer outcomes, adoption and business value, 

not in features or technology for its own sake.

• Deep obsession with your customers — here, developers, architects and platform engineers 

— and a track record of advocating for their experience and shifting product direction because 

of it.

• Substantial product management experience in B2B enterprise, platform, developer or 

infrastructure products, with a record of independently owning outcomes at programme or 

product-line level.

• Proven customer discovery and co-creation skills, and the ability to turn real evidence into a 

clear roadmap and requirements others build against.

• Enough technical fluency to engage credibly with engineering and architecture — you can read 

APIs, schemas, logs and code to understand impact (writing production code is not required).

• Confidence making prioritisation and trade-off decisions, and the influence to align engineers, 

architects and senior stakeholders without authority.

• Excellent communication — you translate technical complexity into business language and 

business strategy into clear product direction, and present confidently to leadership.

• Experience coaching or mentoring other PMs, and setting standards the team adopts.

• An AI-first way of working, and the judgement to know where AI helps and where it doesn't.

Additional Information

We embrace flexibility and hybrid work opportunities to support diverse needs and lifestyles, while also valuing inclusive workplace experiences. By fostering a sense of community, we drive innovation, strengthen connections, and nurture belonging. Our commitment ensures you can work in a way that suits you best, while also engaging with colleagues to share ideas and build meaningful relationships.