Platform & Solutions PM: Architecture for SaaS

NECSWS; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Cover

Pension plan

25 days holiday

Life assurance

Flexible benefits

LinkedIn Learning access

Job summary

NEC Software Solutions is seeking a Platform and Solutions Product Manager to bridge Product Management, Development and Customer-facing teams, translating vision into scalable, secure software solutions.

You will lead architectural design, drive cloud-native and microservices practices, and ensure non-functional requirements balance security, availability and performance while aligning with business strategy.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in software architecture, enterprise platforms, solution architecture or senior software engineering roles.
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale software platforms and products.
• Strong understanding of cloud/hosted/on-premise platforms and the impact on solution designs.
• Experience with SaaS product development and platform-based business models.
• Experience balancing commercial, operational and technical considerations in architectural decisions.
• Experience engaging directly with customers and senior stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across teams to ensure defined target architecture for software products and platforms.
• Design and specify technical solutions for new features and products.
• Support technology roadmap development and investment planning.
• Define non-functional requirements and prioritisation for capabilities and solutions (security, availability, performance, maintainability, scalability).
• Ensure ongoing non-functional roadmaps for in-service products are reviewed and prioritised.
• Work with engineering to align capabilities with technology strategy and multiple NEC products.
• Evaluate architectural trade-offs and recommend optimal approaches balancing cost, risk, and timelines.
• Engage with customers and partners to understand technical requirements and challenges.
• Provide technical leadership during customer workshops, bid responses, and demonstrations.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Software architecture

Enterprise platforms

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Tools

Cloud platforms

SaaS tooling

Job description

NEC Software Solutions is seeking a Platform and Solutions Product Manager to bridge Product Management, Development and Customer-facing teams, translating vision into scalable, secure software solutions.

You will lead architectural design, drive cloud-native and microservices practices, and ensure non-functional requirements balance security, availability and performance while aligning with business strategy.