Product Manager

You are responsible for line managing and directing Product Owners within your squads.

Reporting to the Head of Product for a domain or directly to the Head of Product, the Product Manager is responsible for maintaining the Product Roadmap for their area of responsibility. You will translate this into a backlog of initiatives that will deliver the desired outcomes of your Product Roadmap. At the early stage in the Product life cycle you will take the necessary actions to identify dependencies affecting your product initiatives and ensure they are engaged in the early stages of an initiative.

• Promoting and maintaining a positive, results orientated work environment, building partnerships and teamwork across ENSEK.
• Agreeing the objectives, commercial value and investment of each the product initiatives.
• Ensuring clarity and focus on the key results or desired outcomes of each initiative and any associated KPI’s and ensuring the acceptance criteria has been agreed.
• Working with Engineering to size the effort for the work and identify any technology implications.
• Maintaining the Product Roadmap for area of responsibility; translating this into a backlog of initiatives and reprioritising as required.
• Providing support, coaching and direction to the Product Owners and other stakeholders as required.
• Ensure the close working relationship with engineers and your tribe and squad colleagues, making sure everyone is clear on priorities and what’s up next.
• Adding value to the experience of our clients, colleagues and other relevant stakeholders through practicing and promoting the ENSEK values.
• Proactively facilitate stakeholder reviews on the Product Roadmap and or back log of initiatives.
• Understanding and managing the required dependencies between and for each of the product initiatives.
• Define the customer experience, reviewing and improving the Product initiatives to ensure ENSEK enhances the customer journey.
• Continuously monitor progress against the initiatives to ensure the delivery of the Product Roadmap.

• Experience in managing and delivering projects, prioritising to ensure alignment and delivery of product initiatives.
• Experience of working in and collaborating with multi-disciplined teams on product initiatives.
• Strong project management skills with a flexible attitude and who is able to thrive in a high-pressure environment.
• Ability to manage, coach, support and lead teams through influence and persuasion.
• Experience of working in an agile environment and from within the Energy/Utilities would be advantageous but not essential.
• Proven ability to engage with and develop strong relationships with customers and stakeholders.
• Client focused approach, utilising knowledge and experience, demonstrating outstanding levels of diplomacy and tact.
• Experience in a business to business (B2B) background/ Billing processes is preferred.
• A problem solver who is able to facilitate timely decisions.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to influence others across the business .