Product Manager

Ocean Infinity; Southampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ocean Infinity is seeking a Product Manager to drive the evolution of a data and decision-support ecosystem. You will ensure diverse software components integrate into a coherent, operational product used by the right users at the right time.

You will translate programme needs into a clear product direction and roadmap, guiding delivery across multiple stakeholders and ensuring scalable product outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering software products or complex software-enabled systems in a programme or delivery-led context.
• Ability to manage external suppliers and translate needs into deliverables.
• Experience working with data-rich software systems and users.

Responsibilities

• Own product outcomes, backlog, priorities across the data-to-decision ecosystem.
• Act as primary interface to external software suppliers and translate needs into deliverables.
• Ensure coherence of supplier outputs into an integrated, user-centred solution.
• Identify and prioritise user needs to maximise operational value.
• Balance customer satisfaction, delivery risk, and programme constraints.
• Engage with users to validate priorities and inform iterative improvements.
• Support programme change activity, scope evolution, and follow-on delivery phases.

Skills

Software product delivery

Stakeholder management

External supplier management

Data systems

Job description

Worker Type

Employee

Application End Date

09-06-2026

We are using and creating technology to transform operations at sea to enable people and the planet to thrive.

We are open-minded and fearless in our approach to innovation and don't believe in boundaries. We challenge everything and have massive ambitions to drag aging industries into the tech era.

We take safety, equality and education very seriously, and our responsibilities don't stop at our front door. Our business is built on the belief that there's definitely a more environmentally responsible way to operate at sea.

We employ people who share our core values. We expect our people to be courageous, trustworthy, and conscientious, driven by a desire to do the right thing. We strive for excellence, work collaboratively, and are genuinely excited by our work.

We offer opportunities for our people to develop beyond their role and span a multitude of disciplines. These are open to all, regardless of background and experience level. Working with us means being part of a team that is harnessing technology and creativity to disrupt a traditional industry.

We are not your average workplace.

We are seeking a Product Manager to drive the evolution of a critical data and decision‑support ecosystem delivered through internal teams and external suppliers. You will ensure that diverse software components integrate into a coherent, operationally effective product used by the right users at the right time.

You’ll translate programme needs into a clear product direction and roadmap, guiding delivery across multiple stakeholders and acting as an informed customer to ensure the programme develops a scalable product rather than a one‑off solution.

This Role Combines

• Product direction & roadmap ownership — shaping requirements, priorities, and long‑term vision
• Cross‑functional coordination — working with programme leadership, engineering teams, suppliers, and users
• Operationally driven development — grounding decisions in real user needs and live programme delivery

You’ll maintain a coherent long‑term product vision while supporting near‑term delivery across an active programme environment. This role suits someone who thrives at the intersection of technology, delivery, and user operations — someone who communicates clearly, builds technical credibility, and operates autonomously in a complex ecosystem.

What You Will Be Doing

• Own product outcomes, requirements, backlog, prioritisation, and acceptance for the programme’s data‑to‑decision software ecosystem
• Act as the primary product interface to external software suppliers, translating programme and user needs into clear, testable deliverables
• Ensure coherence across supplier outputs, aligning independently developed capabilities into an integrated, user‑centred solution
• Identify, prioritise, and represent user needs, ensuring delivery focus remains on operational outcomes rather than technology for its own sake
• Balance customer satisfaction, delivery risk, and programme constraints when assessing change requests and scope evolution
• Work closely with programme leadership to manage flexibility within agreed risk tolerances and delivery boundaries
• Engage directly with users to validate priorities, assess value, and inform iterative improvement of the solution
• Support programme change activity, including variations, scope growth, and follow‑on delivery phases
• Ensure the solution is shaped and delivered as a reusable product, capable of being deployed and configured for additional customers in future
• Communicate clearly to suppliers, customers, and internal stakeholders what outcomes and value are being delivered now, next, and later

Who You Are

• Proven experience delivering software products or complex software‑enabled systems in a programme or delivery‑led context
• Strong background in software and data systems, with the ability to assess how technical decisions translate into user value
• Demonstrated ability to manage and direct external suppliers from a product perspective, acting as an informed and credible customer
• Experience operating in complex stakeholder environments, balancing delivery realism with evolving customer needs
• Strong judgement in prioritisation and trade‑off decisions, including knowing when to act autonomously and when to elevate
• Ability to recognise when engineering effort is not aligned to user outcomes and redirect focus accordingly

Desirable

• Product management experience in B2B or business‑to‑government environments
• Experience delivering decision‑support, data‑rich, or analytics‑driven software systems
• Prior exposure to large, long‑running programmes with phased delivery and evolving scope
• Demonstrated ability to support continuous improvement and product evolution over extended programme lifecycles
• Experience helping transition programme‑specific solutions into repeatable offerings for new customers

Salary

The salary varies for this position as we are recruiting in multiple regional locations and job grades. The salary process is based on skills, abilities, and experience required.

What You Can Expect

At Ocean Infinity, we believe in creating equal opportunities for all, celebrating each and everyone’s differences. We are driven by transforming the industry, through our technology, thoughts, behaviours and actions. Being inclusive and respectful to all is fundamental to who we are. It is the right thing to do and enables innovation and creativity to thrive.

There is more work to be done, and we know that we aren’t perfect, but our commitment to these values is unwavering. They are central to our mission and the impact we have on the industry, meaning, we cannot live without them.