Product Manager

Product Manager

Corsham, Wiltshire

Permanent Full Time – 37.5 hours per week

Our client is recruiting for an experienced Product Manager to join their Product Management team.  This is an exciting new position to support their product strategy and ensure that they continue to deliver an exceptional service.

About you

Our client is looking for a flexible, self-motivated, energetic individual with a proven track record of working within a software product management role with full product life cycle experience within a fast-paced environment.  You should have agile experience with very strong organisation skills and be able to manage your own workload to actively support the company’s continued growth.

The successful candidate should be degree educated within a business, IT or numerate discipline.  Experience of working within a Pharmaceutical/healthcare environment would be desirable but not essential.

Your skills should include being able to quickly grasp knowledge about their product’s users and industry, be decisive and able to support their decisions with research.  You must be a very strong and clear communicator with the ability to talk to and present to a range of audiences, sometimes acting as a translator between parties and be passionate for creating solutions with a positive attitude for change.

What will be expected of you

You will be responsible for:

• A number of software product initiatives both mature and in early development.
• Contributing towards product strategy and vision

As part of this your tasks will include but not exclusive to;

• Translating product strategy into detailed requirements which are provided to the development teams
• Owning and maintaining the product backlog
• Facilitating estimation sessions, to help prioritisation of features and inform the product backlog
• Tracking progress of delivery, communicating clearly with stakeholders on status
• Building strong relationships with all departments in the business
• Inspiring and enthusing colleagues and users of the product

Benefits

In return they offer rewards and benefits including:

• Salary £40k - £45k per annum (dependent on experience, knowledge & skills)
• 21 days holiday + 8 days bank holiday, increasing with service up to 26 days + bank holidays
• Company pension scheme (enhanced company contribution)
• Life Assurance
• Company bonus scheme
• Additional non-contractual benefits including free breakfast and outdoor gym

Nestled in the heart of the West Country with easy access to the World Heritage City of Bath, and with great transport links to London and private education you can experience an unparalleled quality of life in a company that also has a zero-carbon status.

About the company

Our client is a group which operates within the pharmaceutical aseptic compounding, clinical homecare and laboratory services sectors.

One subsidiary within the group is a growing clinical homecare provider in an expanding market offering greater convenience to patients whilst delivering efficiencies to the NHS.

A second subsidiary produces over 3,000 aseptically compounded injectable pharmaceutical products each day for hospitals and patients across the UK who are fighting cancer, living with chronic disease or in need of pain relief. Through their scientific and technology capabilities, the team continuously develops new and innovative methods to improve their products and services.

A third subsidiary is a microbiological services business currently in its developmental stage. Its aim is to bring to market innovative microbiological testing and monitoring services, methodologies and technologies in the pharmaceutical manufacturing and clinical/diagnostics sectors.

The Group now includes over 250 people with a leading-edge turnover greater than £190 million.

They have invested in a new, multi-million pound manufacturing facility and offices in Corsham, Wiltshire – offering an unrivalled opportunity in a successful and expanding company with a great team spirit.

How to apply

Please apply with a covering letter and CV detailing what experience, knowledge and skills you could bring to this role.

Closing date for completed applications is – Monday 22^nd April 2019.  Interviews will take place on Thursday 2^nd May 2019.  You will be contacted by Thursday 25^th April 2019 if you have been shortlisted for an interview.

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply ASAP.

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