Product Manager Job in St. Albans, Home Counties Uk
Product Manager
St Albans
Do you have proven experience of managing a portfolio of software products in a Marketing Services environment? Do you possess strong communication, presentation and market research skills? Are you a motivated, self-starter with an entrepreneurial flair with the ability to develop and grow a product management framework? If so, our Product Manager position may be for you!
Sky IQ is currently seeking a Product Manager to be based within our Sales and Marketing team. The purpose of this role is to manage a broad product portfolio and to ensure a product-led focus is in place within the business. This includes creating and maintaining a roadmap for each product line and understanding each product's position in the competitive landscape it operates in.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Understanding the key market trends which affect client needs and therefore product positioning
- Understanding the competitive outlook and technical environment whilst planning and implementing appropriate responses
- Creating compelling business cases to initiate product or request enhancement
- Maintaining product roadmaps and following product review and development processes in a timely manner
- Working with the Sales and Marketing team to brief staff, position products correctly and maximise sales effectiveness.
- Co-ordinating functions across the business to ensure products are fully supported
- Taking responsibility for collecting, measuring and distributing all relevant product metrics, such as sales, bug reports, customer usage, customer satisfaction, product profitability
- Ensuring product performance measures are fed into new product development cycle
- Developing and maintaining an internal communication plan to facilitate the sharing of knowledge across the business
- Managing peer and stakeholder expectation of the deliverability of business goals
- Ensuring feedback mechanisms are in place
- Acting as a champion for products internally and externally
- Champion product performance as a business KPI
For the role, we would be looking for you to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
- Proven experience in managing a portfolio of software products in the Marketing Services or Data Management market
- The ability to drive complex products from inception to delivery and beyond
- Effective research and presentation skills including presenting confidently to market (client groups, events and trade press)
- The drive and focus to build a new functional area and embed within the business
- Ability to lead by example and sell product management as a discipline
- The ability to create accurate Business Cases in a timely manner
- Experience at communicating outputs at multiple levels within the business
- Skilled in communications plan development and execution
- Collaborative thinker and able to 'join the dots' across multiple domains
- Mature and professional approach to expectation management
This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual with the entrepreneurial spirit, vision and drive to help shape the future direction of Sky IQ, part of the Sky team.
Our benefits package recognises the essential part you play in Sky's success. We offer free Sky+HD, broadband and talk services; private medical insurance, generous holiday entitlements, a contribution pension scheme, a Share scheme so you can have a stake in Sky and our success plus Sky Choices, a benefit scheme to help you make valuable tax national insurance savings.
Due to the fast paced nature of Sky's Businesses our vacancy close dates may be subject to change.
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