Product Manager

iO Associates; Linlithgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Flexible holidays

Healthcare

Bonus

Share scheme

Job summary

iO Associates is seeking an experienced Product Manager to own a time and synchronization product line used in network and communications environments. Based in the UK with a hybrid setup, typically 2–3 days work-from-home, you’ll collaborate with Engineering and customer-facing teams from discovery through delivery.

You’ll shape roadmaps, prioritize value, and help Sales/Marketing take products to market while influencing messaging and long-term priorities as the market evolves.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Product or closely related roles in tech.
• Experience owning high-value / low-volume technical products.
• Comfortable running discovery sessions and making data-backed calls.
• Confident communicator able to explain rationale with data.
• Strong technical grounding in EE or CS or equivalent.
• UK-based with right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Speak to users regularly and translate insights into priorities.
• Keep the roadmap focused by weighing value, costs, time-to-market and quality.
• Partner with Engineering on scope and delivery for updates.
• Support field communications: docs, training, demos, customer briefings.
• Incorporate market insight and help shape positioning.
• Attend industry events (up to 25% travel).

Skills

Product management

Technical product

Discovery sessions

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder communication

Education

Degree in EE/CS or equivalent

Job description

Our client, a UK-based tech business, is looking for an experienced Product Manager to take ownership of a time & synchronisation product line used in network and communications environments. You can be based out of any UK offices, with a hybrid setup (typically 2–3 days WFH, depending on the team).

The day-to-day is a mix of customer discovery, shaping what gets built next, and making sure Sales/Marketing have what they need to take it to market. You’ll work closely with Engineering, plus customer-facing teams, to move ideas from early problem validation through to delivery – and you’ll help steer messaging and longer-term priorities as the market moves.

What you’ll be doing

• Speak to users regularly and turn what you learn into clear product priorities
• Keep the roadmap focused: weigh up value, cost, time-to-market and quality
• Partner with Engineering on scope and delivery for updates and new products
• Support field comms: docs, training, demos, presentations, customer briefings
• Feed in market insight (competitors, sizing, forecasting) and help shape positioning
• Attend industry events as needed (expect up to ~25% travel)

What we’re looking for

• Around 5+ years in Product (or very close: technical product, solutions, systems, etc.)
• Experience owning high-value / low-volume technical products
• Comfortable running discovery sessions and making calls based on what you find
• Confident communicator — you can explain “why this, why now” with data where it helps
• Strong technical grounding (degree or equivalent experience in EE/CS or similar)
• UK-based with unrestricted UK right to work

Nice to have (not essential)

• Telecoms/datacoms: Ethernet/IP, DC networking, 4G/5G (Core/RAN)
• Monitoring/measurement systems, open/disaggregated network architectures
• Familiarity with network kit (switches/routers/firewalls/servers)

Package
Competitive salary + benefits (pension, flexible holidays, healthcare, bonus, share scheme, etc.).