Marble Mayne Recruitment company
A world-class online private education focused organisation is seeking a Product Manager for a full-time, permanent role.
The role represents a change to work on some cutting edge EdTech & AI (Artificial Intelligence) products in a fast growing, market leading organisation in their sector.
The role is fully remote / home-based (from anywhere within the UK) with a salary of circa £45,000 - £50,000 per annum.
The organisation have a Product Manager role available reporting to the Head of Product & Platform Experience to work with the team to develop new & existing products, maximising the use of the organisation’s key systems and advising on key product developments. Additionally, the role will ensure that programmes and business improvement projects are delivered to the appropriate quality, timescale, and budget.
As part of the Technology Team, you will be responsible for;
-Lead with business owners to understand user requirements and system developments to define the project scope. Produce project initiation documents (PIDs) projects, engaging the business process owner in the initial planning and risk assessment
-Lead on identification of business users’ current and future needs, turning business needs into documented and well scoped Business Requirements and Acceptance Criteria.
-Take sometimes poorly framed business needs and work with managers to define business requirements and translate them into IT change requests and projects to enhance the core systems such as Dynamics 365 online.
-Ensure that changes in operational areas consider the impact on existing systems and processes, known future developments, and other projects within the wider organisation
-Develop effective working relationships and maintain a dialogue with the business process owners.
-Provide advice, guidance, and suggestions about the viability of proposed projects. Manage relationships with stakeholders (internal and external) proactively and effectively
Liaise effectively with managers and key users to ensure that business needs are well documented and understood, and that database issues and solutions are understood by internal clients
The organisation are looking for a highly successful and proven technical Product Manager to deliver new products. The role will report directly to the Head of Product & Platform Experience for direction and management.
Responsibilities include:
-Be a key lead on design of products for the business, including:
-Providing support and leadership for the Project Sponsor and the wider project team
-Requirements gathering and solution design
-Identify problems and develop potential solutions
-Work with users to identify process/system improvements
-Design, script and run database testing and validation
-Support implementation activities such as giving user support at go-live
-Contribute to post project reviews to ascertain project effectiveness and identify lessons learned
-Actively identify, measure, and manage project Risks and Performance
-Liaise with the Head of Product & Platform Experience and other key IT team leaders to facilitate implementation of agreed changes to systems, and support user groups and managers by developing database solutions to evolving business requirements
-Implement quality assurance procedures and conduct post project evaluations to ascertain their effectiveness
-Ensure all project documents (Business Requirements, Acceptance Criteria and User Stories) are complete current and stored in accordance with organisational requirements
-Produce relevant system documentation such as User Guides, SOPs, and Training Manuals
Requirements:
-Relevant Product Manager qualification
-Education to degree level or equivalent commercial experience
-Excellent communication skills including listening, negotiating and interpretation, establishing rapport, understanding needs, and reaching agreement with others. Able to adapt working style and communications appropriately to different levels.
-Ability to think logically has a demonstrated track record of researching and investigating issues and problem-solving. This will include analysing problems; identify solution criteria and producing a range of options to solve issues and implementing the best fit solution
-Can build successful and effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders and can manage these relationships over a sustained period
-Confident attitude to using initiative and taking responsibility, e.g., decision-making, project management, running meetings
-Excellent time management skills including planning, effectiveness, efficiency, reliability.
-Self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook, and a clear focus on high quality. Able to work independently and effectively and use own initiative to deliver projects
-Demonstrable experience of defining and achieving objectives and working with business users to achieve objectives
-Has a good understanding of operational management and, ideally, a sound knowledge of working with IT systems.
Closing date: Ongoing / ASAP
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum
Please send your CV for immediate consideration.
