GM/Director of Product BigChange

Simpro Software; Reading; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Simpro Software in Reading, UK seeks a Director of Product Management who will set a visionary product line direction, lead cross-functional collaboration, and optimize for the company’s overall success.

You will build and mentor a high-performing team, drive process improvements, and influence industry events while maintaining an employee-centric environment. This role reports to executive leadership and shapes long-term product strategy within a dynamic, customer-focused organization.

Responsibilities

• Craft a compelling vision for product management and cross-functional support.
• Build a strong team and foster an environment of innovation across functions.
• Troubleshoot process issues hindering teams.
• Reapply process improvements across multiple teams.
• Lead stakeholders and decisions at all levels.
• Influence industry events and thought leadership.

Job description

Job Context

The Director of Product Management sets a visionary product line direction, fostering innovation, troubleshooting process issues, and promoting cross-functional collaboration. The role also includes the responsibility of optimizing for the company's overall success, influencing industry events, and creating a collaborative and employee-centric work environment.

Job Context

The Director of Product Management sets a visionary product line direction, fostering innovation, troubleshooting process issues, and promoting cross-functional collaboration. The role also includes the responsibility of optimizing for the company's overall success, influencing industry events, and creating a collaborative and employee-centric work environment.

What You’ll Do

• Craft a compelling vision for product and builds management and cross-functional support for that vision
• Build a strong team and an environment of innovation and promotes innovation cross-functionally
• Troubleshoot process issues that are hindering teams
• Reapply process improvements from one team across other teams
• Runs a v1 differently than a V12
• Breaks log jams on lingering decisions
• Helps the team discern when to apply informed judgment in lieu of data
• Assigns and enforces decision authority at appropriate levels
• Optimizes for the company vs. own product line responsibilities
• Leads teams to seek out and savor surprises and inconsistencies
• Effectively leads discussions at all levels of the company, customers, partners and vendors
• Gain exposure as an influencer in industry events, trade shows, analyst briefings
• Rebalances resources considering impacts to all stakeholders
• Creates a desirable team environment and collaboration across teams
• Continuously gathers employee input and acts quickly on issues
• The responsibilities listed are not exhaustive. It may be required to perform additional tasks as necessary to meet the evolving needs of the organization.

What You’ll Bring

Our Core Values

• We Are One Team
• We Are Customer Centric
• We Are Growth Minded
• We Are Accountable
• We Celebrate Success

Simpro, AroFlo, BigChange & ClockShark are equal opportunity employers with a best-of-class onboarding program and supportive team environments. This means that we want everyone to feel welcome and offer equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other non-performance factor.

Please note: no agencies will be accepted in the recruitment of this role. Any CVs provided to Simpro Software by agencies will be treated as a gift.