Product Manager - Government (Local & Central)

**Please note – This role would need the candidate to be in the Bracknell office for the initial couple of weeks.  This is a hybrid role (working up to 50% at home) if you live within 25 miles of an NEC office.  If appropriate this role can also be made office based or homebased**

About the job

This job is situated within NEC Government which manages a diverse range of products. These products currently include NEC Revenues & Benefits and Central Government products.

As Product Manager you will be a product champion on one or more of these product areas, reporting to the business lead on a day-to-day basis and liaising with senior management with regards to new product areas.

What you will be up to

As Product Manager you will be responsible for

• Liaison and communication with customers (and prospective customers) in respect of your products
• Producing a roadmap for your products
• Understanding the needs of users and wants of the customers for your products so that you can champion them during the delivery phases
• Working across all areas associated with these products: business analysis, development, testing, support, technical authors, and pre-sales

Your responsibilities:

As Product Manager you will be required to:

• Understand the current and future needs of our customers
• Establish and document the detailed business requirements and/or user journeys for each deliverable
• Specify market requirements for current and future products by conducting user research supported by on-going visits to customers and potential customers
• Assist in the setting of your product and service roadmaps and ensure that development priorities align to NEC commercial opportunity, customer needs and other market drivers
• Act as the ‘product champion’ to relevant teams ensuring that they continue to focus on the delivery of product solutions that meet the needs of the marketplace
• Undertake day to day management and administrative tasks
• Provide support to sales via up-to-date product content, undertaking internal briefings and supporting responses to tenders
• Provide regular product updates to support business strategy and decisions
• Provide a point of contact for internal teams and customers for product enquires
• Write guides and other documentation for internal and external audiences

Your experience:

• Previous experience working within the UK Public Sector, with a good knowledge of local government services, specifically the area of Revenues and Benefits from a business and legislative perspective
• A good working knowledge of public sector organisations, where you have shown the ability to understand legal, commercial, and technical literature and communicate this clearly to other team members
• Excellent inter-personal and communications skills capable of exploring and articulating complex concepts across the various stakeholders of any project.
• Some knowledge of the end-to-end software development lifecycle
• Knowledge of a system or solution used by local authorities
• The ability to liaise and communicate with customers; information gathering, presentations, dispute resolution etc.
• Flexible, adaptable and used to working in an environment where solutions need to be delivered in challenging timeframes

What we offer: 

• Private Medical Cover (with the option to add family members) 
• 25 days paid holiday, with the option to buy/sell  
• 4 x basic salary life assurance cover (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost) 
• Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5% 
• Fantastic selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
• Full access to LinkedIn Learning to support your professional development
• Access to our wellbeing programme for confidential advice and support

Additional Information

This role requires you to travel to customer sites and therefore require a full and valid UK/EC driving licence.

You’ll need to provide evidence that you have a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. 

All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting and reference checks. Which includes meeting minimum standards to obtain National Non Police Vetting and Government SC security clearance.  A Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check may also be required.

NEC is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities.