Product Manager

Focus Resourcing; Wallingford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established event technology provider in Wallingford seeks a Product Manager to lead the evolution of its core platform. In this role, you'll define the product vision, manage user stories, and work closely with diverse teams to deliver quality outcomes. The ideal candidate has experience in software or event technology, understands agile methodologies, and excels at data-driven decision-making. Competitive salary and benefits including hybrid working are offered.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Private Medical

Travel insurance

Electric vehicle scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Product Manager or Product Owner role.
• Strong understanding of agile delivery principles.
• Experience with writing user stories and backlog management.

Responsibilities

• Define and own product strategy and roadmap.
• Act as Product Owner for agile teams.
• Lead agile ceremonies like sprint planning.

Skills

Product vision ownership

Agile development

User story writing

Data analysis

Clear communication

Tools

SQL

Job description

Product Manager

Location: Wallingford - hybrid working available
Salary: Competitive
Benefits: 25 days holiday + bank holidays (increasing with length in service), Life Assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Private Medical, Travel insurance, Electric vehicle scheme

We're recruiting on behalf of an established event technology provider that delivers end-to-end delegate management, ticketing and onsite access solutions. They're looking for a Product Manager to take ownership of a core platform and drive its ongoing evolution.

In this role, you'll shape product strategy and roadmaps, translate customer and business needs into clear user stories, and work closely with development, commercial and operational teams to deliver high-quality product outcomes.

What you'll be doing

• Own product vision, roadmap and prioritised backlog
• Act as Product Owner across agile development teams
• Lead refinement, sprint planning and reviews
• Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, sales and delivery
• Use data and insight to inform product decisions
• Ensure quality through effective testing and release practices

What we're looking for

• Proven experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner in software or event technology
• Strong understanding of agile delivery and product best practice
• Experience writing user stories and managing backlogs
• Comfortable working with data, including SQL
• Clear communicator with a collaborative, delivery-focused mindset
• Experience in events, education or payments technology is advantageous but not essential

Apply now for a confidential discussion