Product Manager

Applause IT Recruitment; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working from Nottingham

Ongoing professional development and职业

Job summary

UK Software Company is seeking a Technical Product Manager to own a growing portfolio of interoperability products. You’ll shape product strategy, understand customer challenges and work with engineering teams to deliver complex solutions.

You’ll influence product direction beyond backlog management, engaging with architects, PO, and delivery managers to align with customer needs and commercial objectives. Eligible for UK Security Clearance, hybrid work from Nottingham.

Qualifications

• Experience managing technical software products.
• Product strategy and roadmap ownership.
• Customer discovery and requirements gathering.
• Communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve product strategy across a growing software portfolio.
• Work directly with customers to understand business challenges and future requirements.
• Own product roadmaps and shape long-term investment priorities.
• Translate high-level requirements into deliverable work for engineering teams.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Technical Architects and Delivery Managers through the lifecycle.
• Support product releases and ensure delivery of new capabilities.
• Develop value propositions across software, services and managed services.
• Work with Marketing to support launches, messaging and promotion.

Skills

Technical product management

Stakeholder management

Cybersecurity awareness

Job description

Technical Product Manager – Defence, Information Security

We're working with an established UK software company developing technology for some of the country's most secure and technically demanding environments.

As they continue to invest in the next generation of their software portfolio, they're looking for a Technical Product Manager to take ownership of a growing suite of interoperability products, helping shape product strategy, understand customer challenges and work alongside engineering teams to deliver solutions that solve genuinely complex technical problems.

If you're looking for a role where you'll have real influence over product direction - not just backlog management - this is an opportunity to make a significant impact within a business where Product sits at the heart of future growth.

The Opportunity

This isn't a role where you'll inherit a roadmap and simply prioritise user stories.

You’ll be responsible for understanding where the market is heading, working closely with customers to identify future requirements and helping define the strategy behind a portfolio of software products and services.

Working alongside Technical Architects, Product Owners, Delivery Managers and engineering teams, you’ll translate high-level ideas into clear product direction, ensuring development effort is aligned with both customer needs and commercial objectives.

You’ll also play a key role in how the products are positioned in the market - developing value propositions, analysing competitors, supporting marketing activity and helping shape the future evolution of the portfolio.

It's a varied role that combines strategic product management with enough technical depth to engage confidently with software engineers, architects and customers alike.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Defining and evolving product strategy across a growing software portfolio.
• Working directly with customers to understand business challenges and future requirements.
• Owning product roadmaps and helping shape long-term investment priorities.
• Translating high-level customer and business requirements into deliverable work for engineering teams.
• Working closely with Product Owners, Technical Architects and Delivery Managers throughout the product lifecycle.
• Supporting product releases and ensuring successful delivery of new capabilities.
• Developing compelling value propositions across software, professional services and managed services.
• Working alongside Marketing to support product launches, messaging and promotional activity.
• Monitoring competitor products and emerging technologies to help inform future product direction.
• Acting as an advocate for the product portfolio, both internally and externally.

About You

You'll already have experience managing technical software products and enjoy balancing commercial thinking with technical delivery.

You could currently be working as a:

• Technical Product Manager
• Product Manager
• Senior Product Manager
• Software Product Manager
• Product Owner looking to step into a more strategic product management role

You’ll likely bring experience in:

• Software product management within a technical environment.
• Product strategy and roadmap ownership.
• Customer discovery and requirements gathering.
• Working closely with software engineering teams.
• Managing relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Presenting product direction and influencing decision-makers.

Experience within cyber security, secure software, defence, government or other highly regulated industries would be beneficial, but isn't essential. What's most important is your ability to understand complex technology, communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders and make sound product decisions that balance customer value with commercial outcomes.

Due to the nature of the work, you’ll need to be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join a business where Product Management has genuine influence.

You’ll be working on software that solves complex interoperability challenges, collaborating with highly experienced technical teams and engaging directly with customers to shape products that deliver real operational value.

You’ll have the freedom to influence strategy, the autonomy to make decisions and the opportunity to play a key role in the future direction of an expanding software portfolio.

Package

• Hybrid working from Nottingham
• Ongoing professional development and career progression
• Collaborative, highly technical environment
• The opportunity to shape innovative software products from concept through to delivery