Product Director (Education)

IRIS Software Group is the UK's largest provider of business-critical software and services to the UK accountancy and payroll sectors. Our solutions are delivered as a choice of integrated on-premise software and cloud-based applications. We serve over 21,000 Accountancy Practices and more than 80,000 SMEs, corporates, and payroll bureaus across a wide range of industry sectors. Product Director (Education) at IRIS in London (Published at 14-12-2018) We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Product Management professional to create and lead a Product team within our Education division, based in Peterborough. This role is important as you'll be responsible for building a team responsible for developing a set of products, maximising revenue and profit for these to meet and exceed targets and provide long-term growth. What will you be doing? To be successful in the role, the Product Director will need to achieve the following: An understanding of the market, the customers and competitive pressures affecting the market and fundamentally understand how customers of the product value the product over time. Build and manage a team of Product & Engineering personnel, be comfortable both socialising with customers and providing customer leadership, and presenting at customer shows Demonstrate a thirst and capability for managing & exceeding customer expectations, ensuring that customer value is delivered whilst commercial value of the products is being maximised for both the short and long term. Inspire, construct, present and persuade colleagues to make investments into the products for articulated returns and will be measured on the growing profitable performance of the products over time. Promote the IRIS brand in a friendly, professional manner. What skills and experience do you need to have? We?re looking for someone innovative with the following skills and experience: Significant experience working as a Product Manager or Product Director Strong commercial ability Understanding of modern Agile software development processes Excellent verbal and written communication skills Ability to present in a sales, customer and executive context Ability to lead, inspire others & collaborate to achieve results Disciplined management ability: caring about process, quality, setting and managing expectations Who are we? IRIS Software Group is the UK's largest provider of business-critical software and services to the UK accountancy and payroll sectors. Our solutions are delivered as a choice of integrated on-premise software and cloud-based applications. We serve over 21,000 Accountancy Practices and more than 80,000 SMEs, corporates, and payroll bureaus across a wide range of industry sectors. Why you should apply... At IRIS, we believe in creating a culture of engagement and reward to develop employee potential and offer long-term career success. To help with that, we offer the following: Generous holiday allowance Private medical healthcare Life assurance Pension Competitive salary and bonus scheme Additional benefits, such as Bike to Work, Childcare Vouchers and discount schemes. Significant experience working as a Product Manager or Product Director Strong commercial ability Understanding of modern Agile software development processes Excellent verbal and written communication skills Ability to present in a sales, customer and executive context Ability to lead, inspire others & collaborate to achieve results Disciplined management ability: caring about process, quality, setting and managing expectations At IRIS, we believe in creating a culture of engagement and reward to develop employee potential and offer long-term career success. To help with that, we offer the following: Generous holiday allowance Private medical healthcare Life assurance Pension Competitive salary and bonus scheme Additional benefits, such as Bike to Work, Childcare Vouchers and discount schemes.