Head of Product Management

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated individual to take responsibility for managing the commercial success and market positioning of this well-known international organisation. The UK Product team is responsible for managing the organisation’s product portfolio and works with key stakeholder departments to ensure the product offering meets current and potential customer requirements and supports the organisation in achieving its strategic and commercial goals.

The Head of Product management can work flexibly from both home and office and will be accountable for the commercial success and market positioning of the product portfolio.  Leading the creation and development of the UK product vision and roadmap you will ensure the offering is relevant, profitable and strategically aligned to the organisation’s business goals.  You will identify market opportunities and spearhead product business plans and investment cases. As well as being the UK ambassador for product-related activities and initiatives.

Key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Leading the product team, providing leadership with clear achievable objectives
• Responsibility for the profitability of the portfolio, including monitoring performance and using product data to prioritise work streams and inform resource and development decisions
• Establish a product Board and devise and communicate a Product Vision and Roadmap for the UK portfolio
• Work with other departments to identify optimal times for product promotions, to deliver sales growth
• Identify new opportunities and develop and present business cases to drive investment decisions
• Together with senior directors, drive critical reviews of the current portfolio to ensure products and services are fit for purpose and are aligned with the organisation’s strategy
• Report regularly on product status and SWOT and provide support to the Sales and Product teams by joining relevant stakeholder meetings where appropriate

This is a senior role which requires a highly experienced individual with extensive involvement in developing and scaling B2B products with a passion for data/information/analytics.  You will have a background in online products and services in media, information services, digital business intelligence or SaaS subscriptions businesses or B2B publishing.  You will be have demonstrable experience in transforming a product portfolio in a digital environment and be a self-starter who is highly pro-active in building and managing internal/external relationships with key stakeholders. Strong leadership and people management experience are crucial to this role, as is demonstrable experience of understanding and managing P&L.  Comfortable working with creative minds and experience of application and system integration working are also essential.

This role carries a competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with the responsibilities.  Candidates are invited to send their CV with a covering letter, demonstrating suitability, salary expectations and availability.