Product Manager

Royal Voluntary Service has an opportunity available for a Product Manager to join our Product Team, working from home. You will join us on part-time, fixed term contract until 31st March 2027, and in return, you will receive a salary of £38,041 per annum (£63,403 FTE).
 
Royal Voluntary Service is a historic charity that mobilises volunteers to support individuals, local communities and public health services across the UK.
 
We’re currently undergoing a significant digital transformation programme and as part of this work, we have launched GoVo, a cutting-edge greenfield platform to ignite a volunteering revolution. This includes a design system specifically built by Royal Voluntary Service for GoVo.
 
The Opportunity 
 
We’re looking for a delivery-focused Product Manager who thrives on turning ideas into reality and keeping teams aligned, informed, and moving forward.

In this role, you’ll take ownership of delivering meaningful improvements to GoVo. GoVo is RVS’s volunteering platform, used by thousands of volunteering organisations to find volunteers, and is a B2B SaaS offering for companies improving their employee volunteering. 

You will be shaping product requirements form ideation through to launch and continuous optimisation. You’ll work with product, engineering, and stakeholders across the organisation, ensuring work is well-prioritised, clearly communicated, and successfully executed.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is highly organised, an excellent communicator, and confident driving execution in a cross-functional environment.
 
Location: Home Based in the UK with National travel
 
Hours: 21 hours per week, Monday to Friday
 
This is what we're looking for:
 
Experience

• 4+ years’ experience in a Product Manager or similar role 
• Proven track record of delivering digital products in an agile environment 
• Experience working across cross-functional teams (engineering, design, stakeholders) 
• Background in data-informed decision making and continuous improvement 
• Experience with either B2B SaaS or B2C Platform products

Skills

• Strong communicator – able to simplify complex ideas and influence stakeholders at all levels 
• Execution-focused – comfortable owning delivery and driving work forward 
• Highly organised – able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines effectively 
• Stakeholder management – confident working with senior and diverse stakeholders 
• Technically literate – able to collaborate effectively with engineering teams 
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar

This is what you'll be doing:
 
Driving Delivery & Execution

• Own the end-to-end delivery of product initiatives, from definition through to launch and iteration 
• Translate strategy into clear, actionable product requirements and priorities 
• Work closely with engineering teams during sprints to unblock issues and keep delivery on track 
• Ensure features are delivered to a high standard, on time, and aligned to objectives 

Turning Needs into Solutions

• Collaborate with stakeholders, designers, and analysts to turn user and business needs into well-defined product features addressing real user problems
• Balance strategic goals with practical delivery constraints 
• Continuously identify opportunities for incremental improvements across the platform 

Communication & Stakeholder Alignment

• Act as the key link between product, engineering, and the wider organisation 
• Clearly communicate product plans, progress, and outcomes to both technical and non-technical audiences 
• Ensure stakeholders are informed, engaged, and ready for launches
• Support internal and external communication of product updates 

Data-Informed Decision Making

• Use data, user feedback, and insights to prioritise work and improve product performance 
• Measure the impact of delivered features and iterate accordingly 
• Contribute to ongoing roadmap refinement

This is how you'll be doing it:
 
Information Gathering 
Enjoys dealing with and refers to factual data. Likes to be well informed and understands the finer details. Prefers to access a wide range of information and opinion before making decisions and when solving problems.

Planning and Organising  
Thinks things through well in advance and maps out future activities and resources, taking the key stages, requirements and timescales into account. Likes to monitor to ensure that things are implemented and delivered effectively. 

Creativity 
Produces creative and original ideas and solutions. Likes to find and explore new ways of doing things. Comes up with alternative possibilities and options. 

Written and Oral Communication  
Talks readily and confidently to groups and individuals. Often playing a leading and influential role in debate and discussion. Writes in a clear and concise manner using appropriate style and language for the reader.   

Supporting and Managing Others
Enjoys supporting other people by getting involved and trying to help them when they have problems. Is comfortable to contribute to joint activities and enjoys teamwork. Is approachable, collaborative and dependable.

Drive and Determination 
Is ambitious and determined to succeed. Readily accepts and very much enjoys a challenge and is motivated by having stretching objectives to meet. Is energetic and works hard in order to achieve results.
 
Commercial Awareness 
Likes to work with facts and figures to evaluate things properly. Uses commercial and financial factors when making decisions. Looks at the wider implications and is likely to try to assess the long-term impact.  
 
Strategic Awareness 
Maintains a strong awareness of long-term goals and plans, keeping the future eventualities and possibilities in mind. Is likely to make impact on future direction and outcomes by seeing the bigger picture. 

Delivers Objectives 
Strives to deliver what is expected or required of them and consistently meets objectives and deadlines. Is dependable and does not like abandoned tasks without seeing them through to the end. Work is often conducted in a thorough and methodical manner. 

Team Working 
Enjoys participating in group activities and likes to work with other people. Is ready to collaborate with and support others and is willing to cooperate and compromise for the overall good. 
 
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Values difference and sets a positive example of inclusive behaviour in all interactions and promotes practices that celebrate equality and diversity in the workplace and the communities we serve. Is an active participant and encourages others to engage effectively with charity wide inclusion activities.


This is all the other great stuff you'll be getting:
 

• A salary of £38,041 per annum (£63,403 FTE)
• 26 days’ holiday (pro rata) plus paid statutory Bank Holidays (pro rata)
• Up to 2 days paid volunteer leave a year, through our employer supported volunteer scheme
• Ten weeks’ company sick pay following successful completion of probation
• A great pension scheme with 8% employer contributions
• 2 x Base Salary Death in Service Benefit, subject to qualification
• Enhanced Family Leave schemes
• An employee benefits package that gives access to an exclusive rewards website to get discounts and  cashback online
• A 24-hour doctor line, financial support with dental/optical and other therapies
• A free and confidential employee assistance programme with up to six face-to-face counselling sessions  included
• Opportunities to discuss flexible working
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The chance to make a positive, lasting impact that changes lives, communities, and society

If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Product Manager please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!
 
This is the latest you'll be able to apply, providing we do not close to applicants early:
 
The closing date for this role is 4 June 2026. However, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Please do not delay your application we often get a lot!
 
At Royal Voluntary Service our goal is to welcome everyone and build inclusive and diverse teams. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work. To find out more about our commitment to EDI, visit our website.
 
Join Royal Voluntary Service and together we can change lives, change communities, and change society.
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