Product Manager - Local Government (Council Tax & Business Rates)

**Please note – This role is hybrid working from one of the NEC offices, but the successful candidate would be in the Bracknell office for the initial couple of weeks**

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 Citizen Access (online services).

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 Council Tax 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

We are proud of the benefits we offer employees of NEC Software Solutions 

• Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost)
• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/ sell 
• 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
• A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5%
• A fantastic selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
• We are an employer who cares, we have a invaluable employee assistance programme which can help in every area of your life
• All colleagues get free access to LinkedIn Learning. Over 15000 courses covering a huge breadth of subjects. Learn about what you like, when you like, how you like.

OTHER INFORMATION

Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required.

All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting and reference checks. Depending on the nature of the role a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check may also be required.

NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs during the recruitment or interview process, please feel free to share these with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accommodating experience for all candidates.

Who We Are:

We’re NEC Software Solutions (part of global tech giant NEC Corporation). While you read this ad, our software is helping to dispatch ambulances, support families, keep trains on the move, locate missing people and even test the hearing of newborn babies.

Working with us, you’ll be helping our 3,000+ employees push the boundaries of what’s possible and support amazing public services.

We work with governments, hospitals, police forces, housing providers, local authorities and more. We help them pay financial support faster, speed up treatments for patients and respond to emergencies in the right way. The more we do, the more our customers can do for others. And together, we make a world of difference.

We’d love your help. And we’ll support you all the way.