Senior Technical PM - Biometrics & Global Health Impact in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
This is a strong opportunity for a senior product manager looking to combine technical depth with mission-driven work. Here's how it stacks up from a career perspective:
Compensation: At £60,000–£70,000, Simprints is paying at the lower end of the senior PM market in the UK (where Senior PMs typically command £70,000–£100,000+), but this is a nonprofit — and the trade-off is significant mission alignment, global exposure, and an unusually strong culture. For candidates based outside the UK, this salary may be very competitive depending on local market rates.
Skills you'll develop:
- End-to-end ownership of mobile and cloud product delivery in complex, low-resource environments
- Stakeholder management across NGOs, government health ministries, and international development organizations
- Biometric technology and ethical AI/ID — a niche, high-demand area in global health tech and govtech
- Agile cross-functional coordination between mobile and cloud engineering teams
Green flags: 4-day workweek, unlimited PTO, GLG network access, and a named "Eduprints" budget signal genuine investment in employee wellbeing and growth. Alumni have moved into Google, USAID, and Gavi — indicating the role builds transferable, high-value credibility.
Culture signals: Simprints reads as a mission-led scale-up — externally verified as a Great Place to Work and Best Workplace for Women 2025. The CPO direct-reporting line and cross-departmental scope suggest real visibility and influence, not a middle-management bottleneck role.
One watch-out: Nonprofit compensation ceilings can limit long-term earning growth. If financial progression is a priority, plan an exit timeline or negotiate equity-equivalent perks upfront.
Headquarters: United Kingdom
About Us
Simprints is a nonprofit tech company with a mission to radically increase transparency and effectiveness in global development. We build ethical, inclusive digital ID powered by biometrics to verify that health, aid, and services truly reach people. Simprints partners with organizations like Gavi to boost immunisation rates in developing countries, Ministries of Health like Ghana on pandemic response, and NGOs like BRAC to deliver maternal healthcare. Studies have shown Simprints increases impact through real-time, precision data — for example increasing maternal health visits by 38% in Bangladesh or accurate HIV tracing by 62% in Malawi. Today we've worked in over 17 countries helping deliver health, aid, and finance to >4M people. Our goal is to transform the way the world fights poverty, ensuring that every vaccine, every dollar, and every public good reaches the people who need them most.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Technical Product Manager to be the champion of our customers, diving deep into their experiences, pain points, and aspirations to ensure that our products not only meet but exceed their expectations. This role is critical in our journey towards achieving and maintaining product-market fit. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, exceptional communication skills, and a passion for customer-centric product development. If building technology for global health sounds exciting, we want to meet you!
Job Details
- Job Title: Senior Technical Product Manager
- Reporting To: Chief Product Officer
- Grade: UK Grade IC6 — £60,000 – £70,000
- Location: Remote
Department Overview
The Product and Engineering department at Simprints is focused on developing innovative biometric solutions to help solve the problems of our users. We take a product-centric approach, ensuring our technology drives social impact through close collaboration and user-focused design.
Key Goals:
- Enhance Biometric Solutions: Continuously improve our biometric products to ensure they are adaptable, reliable, and meet the diverse needs of our users.
- Drive Cross-Company Product Development: Promote collaboration across the entire company to accelerate the delivery of impactful, user-focused features.
- Ensure User Success: Go above and beyond to ensure our users benefit from our technology by providing ongoing support, troubleshooting, and guidance, while actively participating in decision-making and project implementation.
Role Responsibilities
- Own problems all the way through to the delivery of solutions within the department.
- Coordinate dependencies between Mobile and Cloud engineering teams to ensure seamless solution delivery.
- Gather and synthesise customer insights from internal teams (e.g., Partnerships, Operational Delivery) and external sources (field visits, user interviews, market research) to inform product development.
- Support prioritising high-level problems to solve in the product backlog.
- Review projects to determine how well the product is performing.
- Work with Engineering Managers who run the development teams, ensuring they are involved and informed; facilitate their participation in stakeholder calls and field visits to grow their autonomy.
- Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technology, and best practices in the sector.
- Grow customer obsession across everything we do through education, processes, and tools.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a product manager in an agile environment, working on mobile or cloud-based products.
- Strong technical background with the ability to understand and discuss technical concepts with a variety of audiences.
- Experience managing technical products and roadmaps.
- Proficiency with an issue-tracking tool (e.g. JIRA, YouTrack).
- Ability to communicate effectively across many levels, building strong interpersonal relationships with engineers, designers, operational managers, and external stakeholders.
5 Reasons to Join Simprints
Life is short. We believe work should be inspirational, meaningful, and fun. At Simprints, we're taking on global development's biggest challenges, powered by an amazing culture and incredible people. Work with us, and you will grow faster, learn more, and take on great responsibilities with the potential to make lasting change.
- Genuine Impact. Work directly with our partners and users to deliver technology that has the potential to impact millions of lives across the globe. At Simprints, you'll be part of a team that is passionate about driving real change.
- An Incredible, Diverse Team. Our work is at the intersection of technology and global development, and we've managed to build an amazing team drawn from all over the world. We are externally recognised as a Great Place to Work and a 2025 Best Workplace for Women, among many other accolades.
- Mutual Flex. We champion a work culture where autonomy and trust are paramount, steering clear of mere face-time metrics. Whether it's managing healthcare appointments or adapting work hours to match your peak productivity times, we've got you covered. In return, we count on your reciprocal flexibility when mission-critical moments arise.
- Ultimate Work-Life Balance.
- We offer a 4-day workweek, meaning everybody has the option to have Fridays off.
- We also offer unlimited annual leave, which allows you to prioritise your well-being.
- Professional Development. We promote continual learning and put our money where our mouth is with development plans and access to global experts through the GLG network. We also offer a generous professional development budget ("Eduprints") for each colleague. Simprints Alumni have gone on to work for Google, USAID, Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, Save the Children, and other top organisations.
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