Product Manager
The Foxwood Team are on the lookout for an experienced Product Manager for a Cardiff-based client who are making big waves within the tech-for-good sector. The successful candidate will help shape and manage the delivery of IT products to support a rapidly growing customer base. This is a great opportunity to join an amazing business at an exciting time in its development, with recent investments enabling a platform for significant future growth.
Job Description
The successful candidate will be responsible for engaging with both internal and external stakeholder groups to develop and manage our client's in-home hardware, which integrates with business-critical areas such as our client's usage management app, assessment and predictive tooling.
The scope of this role covers development and delivery of end-to-end innovative solutions to enhance the functionality of our client's in-home hardware on both the hardware and software levels.
What Are the Role's Responsibilities?
* Serve as primary product expert for the business' in-home hardware.
* Engage with internal and external stakeholders to outline the strategic product roadmap.
* Shape and maintain the product and ongoing roadmap.
* Understand the customer needs and ensure clearly documented the high-level objectives.
* Manage stakeholder expectations in relation to products, time, costs and risk.
* Develop and provide cost estimates for potential solutions for budget planning.
* Refine and document requirements and user stories to provide the development team with a clear vision of tooling creation and enhancement.
* Responsibility for release approval, focusing on user story compliance and QA.
* Engage with IT technology suppliers on new or existing IT solutions.
Which Skills Are We Looking For?
* Excellent Relationship Management and Stakeholder Management skills.
* Ability to confidently communicate with senior stakeholders to drive IT direction and become a trusted advisor.
* Success in building people networks with a diverse set of stakeholders.
* Highly developed oral and written communication skills.
* Successful experience of leading diverse teams and managing complex engagements.
* Knowledge of data management requirements related to energy profiling and customer interface.
* Understanding of IOT architectures and data processing.
* Experience of shaping portfolios, roadmaps, cost estimates, budget planning, and delivery of whole end to end IT platforms.
* Oversight of IT teams to deliver new IT technologies, platforms, infrastructure and networks.
* Awareness of cultural differences in relationships and working practices.
What Is In It For You?
* Competitive salary.
* An interim role with the potential to transition to a permanent position within a growing SME at an exciting stage of its development!
* Ultimate flexibility on working times: 'anywhere and anytime.' So long as some of your working hours coordinate with other internal and external team members in terms of both location (their city centre office ideally) and timing, you will have the freedom to work where and when you are most efficient.
* Also, 6% pension contribution; healthcare with family & dental options; electric vehicle scheme; equity scheme; cycle to work scheme; training & development support of course; office fruit bowl & refreshments!
If you've got the skillset and hunger to face the challenge in a company where their employees, customers and the environment really are number one, get in touch today
Job Description
The successful candidate will be responsible for engaging with both internal and external stakeholder groups to develop and manage our client's in-home hardware, which integrates with business-critical areas such as our client's usage management app, assessment and predictive tooling.
The scope of this role covers development and delivery of end-to-end innovative solutions to enhance the functionality of our client's in-home hardware on both the hardware and software levels.
What Are the Role's Responsibilities?
* Serve as primary product expert for the business' in-home hardware.
* Engage with internal and external stakeholders to outline the strategic product roadmap.
* Shape and maintain the product and ongoing roadmap.
* Understand the customer needs and ensure clearly documented the high-level objectives.
* Manage stakeholder expectations in relation to products, time, costs and risk.
* Develop and provide cost estimates for potential solutions for budget planning.
* Refine and document requirements and user stories to provide the development team with a clear vision of tooling creation and enhancement.
* Responsibility for release approval, focusing on user story compliance and QA.
* Engage with IT technology suppliers on new or existing IT solutions.
Which Skills Are We Looking For?
* Excellent Relationship Management and Stakeholder Management skills.
* Ability to confidently communicate with senior stakeholders to drive IT direction and become a trusted advisor.
* Success in building people networks with a diverse set of stakeholders.
* Highly developed oral and written communication skills.
* Successful experience of leading diverse teams and managing complex engagements.
* Knowledge of data management requirements related to energy profiling and customer interface.
* Understanding of IOT architectures and data processing.
* Experience of shaping portfolios, roadmaps, cost estimates, budget planning, and delivery of whole end to end IT platforms.
* Oversight of IT teams to deliver new IT technologies, platforms, infrastructure and networks.
* Awareness of cultural differences in relationships and working practices.
What Is In It For You?
* Competitive salary.
* An interim role with the potential to transition to a permanent position within a growing SME at an exciting stage of its development!
* Ultimate flexibility on working times: 'anywhere and anytime.' So long as some of your working hours coordinate with other internal and external team members in terms of both location (their city centre office ideally) and timing, you will have the freedom to work where and when you are most efficient.
* Also, 6% pension contribution; healthcare with family & dental options; electric vehicle scheme; equity scheme; cycle to work scheme; training & development support of course; office fruit bowl & refreshments!
If you've got the skillset and hunger to face the challenge in a company where their employees, customers and the environment really are number one, get in touch today