Product Manager, Control Room Tech — Hybrid

National Energy System Operator Limited; Wokingham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 15%

28 days annual leave

Pension: company match up to 12%

Flexible benefits package

Job summary

National Energy System Operator Limited is seeking an experienced Product Manager (Control Room Technology) to shape the balancing tools and roadmap for the Balancing Programme. You will partner with control-room users, Product Owners and delivery teams to translate needs into clear requirements and guide agile delivery.

You’ll own backlog priorities, coordinate delivery, assess training and readiness, and communicate progress to stakeholders across internal and external partners.

Qualifications

• Experience in Agile environments (Scrum or Kanban) and Jira to manage backlogs and delivery.
• Experience working in critical infrastructure or energy domain is beneficial.
• Able to translate complex needs into clear product requirements and priorities.
• Strong relationships with operational users, technical teams and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the product strategy and roadmap for balancing tools, shaped by priorities and user feedback.
• Build a detailed understanding of control-room users, processes and decision support tools.
• Define, refine and prioritise backlogs, requirements and delivery objectives with Product Owners.
• Translate operational needs into actionable requirements for Digital, Data & Technology teams.
• Balance user value, risk, feasibility, dependencies, cost and delivery capacity in decisions.
• Review proposed solutions with users, supporting testing, training and operational readiness.
• Coordinate delivery across business, technology and change teams; manage dependencies.
• Communicate product priorities, roadmaps and progress to internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Agile experience

Stakeholder management

Requirements translation

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Tools

Jira

Job description

National Energy System Operator Limited is seeking an experienced Product Manager (Control Room Technology) to shape the balancing tools and roadmap for the Balancing Programme. You will partner with control-room users, Product Owners and delivery teams to translate needs into clear requirements and guide agile delivery.

You’ll own backlog priorities, coordinate delivery, assess training and readiness, and communicate progress to stakeholders across internal and external partners.