Product Manager

Applause IT Recruitment; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £75k-£85k

Hybrid work in Nottingham

Professional development

Collaborative, highly technical team

Shape software portfolio from concept

Job summary

Applause IT Recruitment seeks a Technical Product Manager – Defence, Information Security for a UK software company delivering secure interoperability solutions. You will own product strategy, work with customers and engineering, and influence roadmap beyond backlog.

Hybrid role based in Nottingham with £75,000-£85,000 salary. Eligibility for UK Security Clearance required. You will collaborate with architects, delivery managers and marketing to position products and drive growth.

Qualifications

• Experience managing technical software products in a demanding environment.
• Ability to translate business needs into product strategy and roadmaps.
• Strong collaboration with engineers, architects and delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve product strategy across a growing software portfolio.
• Own product roadmaps and shape long-term investment priorities.
• Translate high-level requirements into deliverable work for engineering teams.
• Work with Product Owners, Technical Architects and Delivery Managers throughout the lifecycle.
• Support product releases and ensure delivery of new capabilities.
• Develop value propositions and support marketing activity.
• Monitor competitors and inform future product direction.

Skills

Technical product management

Product strategy

Agile software development

Stakeholder management

Customer discovery

Job description

Technical Product Manager – Defence, Information Security

£75,000 - £85,000 | Hybrid - Nottingham

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.
• Agile software development.
• 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

• £75,000 - £85,000 salary
• 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

Interested?

If you’re an experienced Technical Product Manager looking for a role where you can influence product strategy, work on technically challenging software and help shape the future of an innovative product portfolio, we’d love to hear from you.