Product Manager

Elsevier; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global information company is seeking an experienced Product Manager to develop and manage internal tools within the STMJ team. This role involves collaboration with various stakeholders to solve problems and improve user experiences. Candidates should have strong analytical and organizational skills, and a background in product management is required. This position offers a variety of benefits including generous holiday allowance and health screening.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening

Wellbeing programs

Access to a competitive pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Confident in collaborating across teams to resolve issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven experience building relationships with customers.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience in a changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage software systems for STMJ.
• Lead product discovery for assigned areas.
• Create and maintain product roadmaps.
• Oversee testing of new features.
• Gather input and feedback for product improvements.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Relationship building

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Education

Experience as Product Owner or Product Manager

Tools

Salesforce technology

Job description

About our team

Our STMJ (Science, Technology, and Medical Journals) team publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research that drives progress across scientific and medical disciplines. We collaborate closely with authors, editors, reviewers, and societies to ensure the integrity and impact of the published work. Through innovation in editorial workflows and publishing technology, we help global research communities discover, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge that advances science and improves lives.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Product Manager to join our team. You will own, manage and develop internal tools and systems that support and are used by colleagues in STMJ. You should have a desire to solve user problems and meet business needs in a creative way, and you need a strong customer focus.

You'll work closely with Technology, other colleagues from JES and stakeholders in related STMJ groups, so a collaborative approach is essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage and roll out software systems and tools for STMJ.

• Generate new ideas from product data and lead product discovery for your assigned area(s).

• Create clear requirements and work in collaboration with technology colleagues to implement these.

• Create and maintain product roadmaps, prioritizing features and development.

• Oversee, manage and/or perform testing of new features within the product.

• Liaise with related stakeholder groups to gather input and feedback on requirements and new business needs for the product.

Requirements

• Be a natural problem solver, confident to take the lead in collaborating across teams to resolve issues.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Proven experience of building successful relationships with customers and stakeholders.

• Excellent organizational skills, especially when dealing with multiple or conflicting priorities.

• Confident working in a changing environment when the way forward can be unclear.

• Strong analytical skills.

• Previous experience in a Product Owner or Product Manager role or related position required.

• Familiarity with STMJ internal systems processes and salesforce technology is preferred but not essential.

Work in a way that works for you:

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you:

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Wellbeing programs
• Life assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Optional Dental Insurance
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

About the business:

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. What you do every day will help advance science and healthcare to advance human progress.

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