Role Title: Product Manager
Duration: TBC
Location: Northampton, Hybrid
Rate: up to £414 p/d Umbrella inside IR35
Role purpose / summary
The key purpose of this role is to manage Product Development for BCP. This will include working closely with the Head of Product Development to define the Product roadmap and ensuring a clear fit with business strategy, and working closely with Product Managers on the changes that will impact their Products.
The core of the role will be to act as Product Development lead on SI / MTP projects to ensure that the vision remains true throughout the delivery cycle. This means not only working with the core project team on the delivery but taking the lead on business updates and comms, as well as conducting customer facing meetings to help support the Sales teams during the early phases of development and launch. The role will also require the individual to set-up and hold Customer feedback sessions to help obtain the "voice of the customer" to help inform the direction of the Product Roadmap.
Key Skills/ requirements
- Work within BCP Product, and alongside Head of Product Development to create the strategic vision for BCP that will then become the business strategy and delivery plan for the business
- Work with the wider BCP Product Managers to understand the products, and to help them understand the developments in flight, and on to develop the Product Roadmap
- Take the lead on Product Development projects - shaping the vision and ensuring the delivery teams deliver the Product / Product enhancement that was envisioned at its conception
- Develop a strong working relationship with Product Managers and Project Managers
- Develop, own and communicate the BCP Product Roadmap process
- Lead Product Development updates and business comms to the business at Flash / Team meetings and conferences
Stakeholder Management and Leadership:
- Product Director and Exco updates on Product Development progress
- Product Strategy - Work very closely, to define technical capabilities to create successful strategies
- B2B Sales Team - Work very closely with, to ensure strong engagement on Product Roadmap
- Product Management - Work closely with, to obtain market and industry insights
- Product Partnerships - Work closely with, to understand strategy and fit with Product Development roadmap
- Sales and Account Development - Work closely with, to obtain market and customer insights
- Exco - Work with to communicate successes and challenges with regards technical integrations
Person Specification:
- Ability to work well within small teams
- Very high level of communication skills and is comfortable being customer and internal facing, and presenting with little documentation to support the conversation, understanding that these communications at a senior level (internally and externally) will directly impact the success of the strategy.
- Possess an in depth understanding of the commercial cards industry, and our place and capabilities
- Very strong understanding of our own Product capabilities
- Possess an in depth knowledge of the industry, and be regarded an SME in Commercial Cards
- Be that single point in the business to define our Product Development strategy and to directly determine the success of business critical strategies
- A strong understanding of the Product lifecycle and Project delivery methodologies
All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
