Product Lead
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Role Summary
We are [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk], an award-winning eLearning company, specialising in Moodle and Totara learning platforms.
Our purpose is to Empower People To Improve The World Through Learning. We achieve this by giving them the ability to learn and transform digitally.
This work sees us partnering with a host of global customers, including CNN, Network Rail, the Labour Party, the Alan Turing Institute, and Dermalogica.
The Role:
The LMS Product Lead will report into the Product and Innovation Director and will own the Moodle product end-to-end, combining product ownership and delivery mechanics into a single, accountable role.
This role is responsible for helping to define what we build at a product level, maintaining clear and credible product roadmaps, and ensuring that work is broken down, coordinated, delivered, and released reliably across our product and plugin ecosystem.
The LMS Product Lead is the single owner of delivery execution, including backlog management, sprint planning, task assignment, workload allocation, QA coordination, and release management. They operate with a high degree of autonomy, supported by strategic direction and priority arbitration from the Product & Innovation Director.
This role is critical to maintaining delivery momentum, product quality, and operational clarity as the business scales.
What we need from you:
Product Ownership – The LMS Product Lead is accountable for product ownership across the portfolio, including: Owning the product catalogue and overall product shape; maintaining clear internal and external product roadmaps; managing and communicating roadmap changes and delivery expectations’ owning release notes and product-level release communication; ensuring product decisions align with agreed strategic direction and acting as the primary product contact for internal teams.
The LMS Product Lead does not own long-term product vision or commercial strategy, which sit with the Product & Innovation Director.
Delivery Ownership & Execution – The LMS Product Lead owns delivery end-to-end, including: acting as the single accountable owner for delivery flow; translating product direction into executable work; managing delivery trade-offs and sequencing, ensuring work progresses smoothly from idea to release; ensuring sprint priority and tasks are adhered to in order to protect delivery health and delivery ownership is embedded in this role by design.
What you’ll be doing:
Delivery Tooling & Process – The LMS Product Lead owns Wrike as the system of record for delivery, including:
- Write structure & workflows
- Backlog health and prioritisation
- Sprint planning and cadence
- Task assignment to developers
- Developer workload allocation and rebalancing
- Day-to-day delivery decision-making
Lightweight Scrum facilitation is expected as part of the role, supported internally where appropriate. The role does not require formal Scrum Master certification.
Backlog, Tickets & Requirements – The LMS Product Lead is responsible for:
- Creating and maintaining delivery tickets
- Owning backlog quality and clarity
- Facilitating story pointing and estimation
- Writing user stories and acceptance criteria
- Ensuring tickets are delivery-ready before entering sprints
- Coordinating fixes arising from support requests
Development & QA Coordination – The LMS Product Lead works closely with development and QA to:
- Coordinate day-to-day delivery activity
- Allocate QA resource against product work
- Unblock developers and testers
- Ensure testing is completed to agreed standards
- Manage fix versions across products and plugins
- Own release readiness and release sequencing
Release Management – The LMS Product Lead owns release execution, including:
- Release planning and coordination
- Deployment to testing and staging environments
- Managing release timing and dependencies
- Coordinating with implementation teams where required
- Ensuring releases are stable, communicated, and traceable
Stakeholder & Partner Engagement – The LMS Product Lead is responsible for:
Liaising with Moodle HQ and attending Product Advisory Groups
Coordinating third-party product changes and dependencies
Supporting product-focused sales conversations on alignment and feasibility
Leading customer product workshops where required
Internally upskilling delivery, support, and sales teams on product capabilities
Working Relationship with Product & Innovation Director – The LMS Product Lead operates autonomously day-to-day.
The Product & Innovation Director:
Sets product vision and strategic direction
Owns commercial alignment and pricing logic
Arbitrates priorities where delivery trade-offs affect strategy
Acts as an escalation point only
The Director does not manage Wrike, sprints, tickets, or delivery execution.
Why join [Employer hidden]?
There are too many reasons to list, but here’s a snapshot of what makes [Employer hidden] a great place to work:
B Corp accredited – we’re committed to doing business the right way for people and the planet.
Investors in People accredited – we invest in our team’s growth, wellbeing, and long-term success.
Located in Saltaire – our beautiful office sits within a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Competitive salary with annual review and bonus opportunities.
Flexible, hybrid working options to suit your lifestyle.
Health cash plan and enhanced pension contributions.
25 days’ holiday plus enhancements and your birthday off with a personalised voucher.
Electric car and cycle-to-work schemes.
£500 annual professional development budget and dedicated time for learning.
MacBook Pro and home-working setup provided.
Regular socials, team events, and staff gifts.
Titan of the Month recognition and quarterly company updates.
A friendly, collaborative, and dynamic environment where your voice matters.
If you would like to discuss the opportunity further, please contact [contact hidden]
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