Digital Product Manager - Automotive
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Slough
- Salary
- Bonus to10%, Pension, Car/Allowance
- Posted
- 11 Jun 2022
- Closes
- 09 Jul 2022
- Sectors
- Automotive & Driving
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Hybrid working - 1 day per week in office location near Junction 9 M25
The Role and the Right Person
We are looking for a Product Development Manager with creative, entrepreneurial, and analytical skills to develop and implement the UK product strategy and roadmap
You will be responsible for building and delivering valuable mobility services to our customers. The role will impact the entire technology and product development process and you will collaborate across the organisation at a local and European level
Role Responsibilities
* Seek out and learn from customer, competitive, and market data to improve our understanding of the market and growth opportunities.
* Provide market insights and industry trends to help shape products into sustainable and profitable propositions
* Understand what product features our customers want and what will deliver greatest value
* Design and execute the UK feature strategy
* Define the product vision
* Define product requirements documents and business cases
* Collaborate closely with European Colleagues on the product development process
* Participate in regular backlog refinement sessions and solution definition workshops
* Draw up business requirements documentation as needed
* Collaborate with other Key stakeholders through product testing to ensure that delivered features meet quality standards and UK requirements
* Own and write comprehensive product feedback that are easily actionable for internal Product Development.
* Oversee the product life cycle from inception to launch of new features.
* Understand and articulate customer needs, and partner with UX teams to conduct customer research, leverage internal knowledge and expertise, and prioritize business requirements
Skills & Experience
* An understanding of agile product development processes
* Project management skills
* Commercial acumen
* Stakeholder management
* In addition it is desirable to have automotive experience and an understanding of legal issues relating to data management & compliance
Personal Attributes
* A passion for developing and launching new Mobility Services to meet the needs of customers
* Customer-centric and focused on the customer experience
* Entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to innovate
* Ability & experience to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders, including external parties (including suppliers & retailers)
* Perseverance and ability to bounce back from setbacks & difficult challenges
* True team player, supporting others to achieve agreed common goals
* Able to work in an agile way to achieve rapid results
* Ability to drive change, including organisational culture
The Role and the Right Person
We are looking for a Product Development Manager with creative, entrepreneurial, and analytical skills to develop and implement the UK product strategy and roadmap
You will be responsible for building and delivering valuable mobility services to our customers. The role will impact the entire technology and product development process and you will collaborate across the organisation at a local and European level
Role Responsibilities
* Seek out and learn from customer, competitive, and market data to improve our understanding of the market and growth opportunities.
* Provide market insights and industry trends to help shape products into sustainable and profitable propositions
* Understand what product features our customers want and what will deliver greatest value
* Design and execute the UK feature strategy
* Define the product vision
* Define product requirements documents and business cases
* Collaborate closely with European Colleagues on the product development process
* Participate in regular backlog refinement sessions and solution definition workshops
* Draw up business requirements documentation as needed
* Collaborate with other Key stakeholders through product testing to ensure that delivered features meet quality standards and UK requirements
* Own and write comprehensive product feedback that are easily actionable for internal Product Development.
* Oversee the product life cycle from inception to launch of new features.
* Understand and articulate customer needs, and partner with UX teams to conduct customer research, leverage internal knowledge and expertise, and prioritize business requirements
Skills & Experience
* An understanding of agile product development processes
* Project management skills
* Commercial acumen
* Stakeholder management
* In addition it is desirable to have automotive experience and an understanding of legal issues relating to data management & compliance
Personal Attributes
* A passion for developing and launching new Mobility Services to meet the needs of customers
* Customer-centric and focused on the customer experience
* Entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to innovate
* Ability & experience to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders, including external parties (including suppliers & retailers)
* Perseverance and ability to bounce back from setbacks & difficult challenges
* True team player, supporting others to achieve agreed common goals
* Able to work in an agile way to achieve rapid results
* Ability to drive change, including organisational culture