Product Manager

Our client, a small team of technical professionals building products to AI-enable the IT industry, is looking to expand the team, and a key role is the appointment of a new product manager to help them in their journey.

As Product Manager you will have a varied set of responsibilities at different times during the launch.

Product Strategy - You will directly support the CTO with developing the product strategy

1. Help build the product vision both internally and with key external partners
2. Monitor and analyse market trends. Study competitors’ services and products.
3. Identify and present creative and innovative product solutions
4. Develop product pricing and positioning strategies.

Product Planning & Delivery - You will take ownership of defining and executing the integrated product plan

1. Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes.
2. Work with development leads to make sure that product requirements are understood.
3. Scope and prioritise activities based on business and customer impact. Maintain the high level product roadmap, and the mapping to tasks on the backlog.
4. Work closely with engineering team to deliver with quick time-to-market with optimal resources
5. Test product changes to ensure they meet requirements, utilising support from the UK where appropriate.
6. Coordinate product releases with the engineering team and users

Customer Facing - You will support the deployment to new customers

1. Provide product training and the necessary technical expertise to the sales team to enable them sell the product. Assist with technical pre-sales activity and production of product marketing content.
2. Provide an interface between Professional Services teams and engineering resources to assist with on-boarding new customers.
3. Work with beta testers, customers and internal partners to capture feedback and requirements for the product.
4. Produce user / technical documentation where appropriate.

Skills & Experience Required

1. You will have worked full-time on at least two software projects, ideally introducing new products to internal or external audiences.
2. You will have experience in one or more of Product Management, Project Management, Testing, Business Analysis.
3. Strong communication and interpersonal skills will be essential, including fluent English. You will need to be able to understand complex, technical scenarios and articulate them effectively.
4. You have a strong interest it at least one of: data science, machine learning, software quality.