Product Manager - NEC Housing

NEC Software Solutions; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Product Manager for NEC Housing, where you'll shape innovative products for the Social Housing sector. This role involves market research, collaboration with customers, and product lifecycle management. With opportunities for growth, you will make a significant impact in the housing community.

Benefits

Private Medical Cover

25 days paid holiday

Life assurance cover

Group Pension Plan

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in UK Social Housing as a customer or software provider.
• Strong knowledge of project life-cycle and Agile product development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market research to understand the competitive landscape.
• Collaborate with customers to define business needs and objectives.
• Assist in the production of sales proposals and presentations.

Skills

Communication

Time Management

Decision Making

Tools

Figma

JIRA

Job description

Company Description

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Job Description

Join us on an exhilarating journey as a Product Manager for NEC Housing, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering cutting-edge products for the Social Housing community. We're particularly looking for candidates with experience in asset management and/or compliance to be part of a dynamic team focused on exceeding customer expectations, maximising intellectual property, and revolutionising the sector!

From market assessment through to requirements decomposition, support of build and final test verification, you'll be focused on ensuring that the NEC Housing platform supports our customers meet the challenges they face.

Responsibilities:

1. Carry out market research to understand legislative, regulatory, competitive, economic landscape, as well as changing market drivers for your business process areas.
2. Become the expert in your product area, with the ability to deal with queries from customers and internal stakeholders.
3. Collaborate with customers through co-design workshops, User Group sessions and customer meetings to fully understand what’s happening in the sector and how this influences customer requirements.
4. Define customer business needs and objectives to ensure that NEC Housing products and solutions meet or exceed customer/market expectations.
5. Build business cases to define market uptake, pricing and margin analysis.
6. Identify any 3rd party requirements to complete the user requirements. Liaise and manage requirements with 3rd party suppliers, systems integrators or other organisations as required.
7. Define the roadmap for your product area(s).
8. Assist the Pre-Sales/Sales team with the production, review and management of bid responses, sales proposals and quotations, as required.
9. Produce and deliver presentations for both customer and internal audiences.
10. Support product launch activities.

This is your chance to shape and influence NEC Housing products while guiding customers toward best practices. Future opportunities for growth and progression within the Product Team or the wider business await the successful candidate. Join us now and make a lasting impact in the Housing sector!

Qualifications

Essential:

1. Experience in UK Social Housing, either as a customer or software solution provider.
2. Experience of asset management and/or compliance in the social housing sector.
3. Strong knowledge of project life-cycle, methodologies, and delivering projects on time and budget.
4. Experience in defining product enhancements, UI/UX design, and Agile new product development.
5. Experience with housing management systems or related software.

Desirable:

1. Excellent presentation and communication skills.
2. Proven ability to build relationships and understand client perspectives.
3. Effective time management and resource allocation.
4. Strong decision-making skills.
5. Full, valid UK/EC driving license for travel.
6. Experience in end-to-end product life cycle management.
7. Experience of designing digital solutions for the social housing sector, including mobile apps and web platforms.
8. Proficiency in tools like Figma, JIRA.

Additional Information

We pride ourselves in offering an excellent benefits package, including an above average pension scheme. When you join NEC Software Solutions, you are provided with:

• 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 employer contributions up to 8.5%
• Flexible benefits to suit your needs

Candidates must demonstrate a right to work and travel within the UK. Evidence will be required. All offers are subject to vetting and checks. A DBS check may be required depending on the role.

NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer. If you need accommodations during recruitment, please inform us. We are committed to inclusivity.

Who We Are:

We’re NEC Software Solutions, part of NEC Corporation. Our software helps in dispatching ambulances, supporting families, maintaining trains, locating missing persons, and testing newborn hearing. We support over 3,000 employees and work with governments, hospitals, police, housing providers, and local authorities. Our work enables vital public services, making a difference worldwide.

We’d love your help. Join us and be part of something impactful!