Product Manager - EV

WEX; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 67,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Hybrid work

Pension scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Life assurance

Income protection

Discounts & perks platform

Employee wellbeing

Job summary

WEX is an innovative payments and technology company shaping the future of business spend. We are seeking a Product Manager to lead one or more Electric Vehicle products and partnerships, with a focus on delivering EV solutions that retain customers as fleets transition to EV.

The role is London Bridge or Manchester, hybrid. You will work with engineering, sales, marketing and finance to translate strategy into roadmaps, write detailed requirements, and manage the product lifecycle from

Qualifications

• Previous Product Management experience delivering world class software or capabilities.
• Proven ability to work closely with engineering teams and other product teams to prioritize and deliver features. Equal focus on forging relationships with internal stakeholders such as marketing, finance, compliance and sales.
• Experience identifying customer problems, roadmap prioritization, writing detailed requirement documents, managing a backlog, and maintaining thorough documentation.
• An end-to-end view of the product lifecycle, including discovery, hypothesis-driven development, first use and support
• Deep customer centricity, with a passion for understanding customer problems and rapidly experimenting to solve them
• Strong problem-solving and analytical orientation with the ability to identify root cause of issues, rapidly test, develop recommendations, and influence others
• Strong financial acumen and experience with business model innovation, ensuring we are building products that will deliver commercial value
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to inspire teams around a vision and influence key stakeholders
• Passion about electrification and helping fleets and customers adopt new technologies
• Not required, but a plus: Familiarity with EV charging ecosystem and industry standards like OCPP and OCPI, experience integrating IoT or payment solutions within this ecosystem and with these standards

Responsibilities

• Strategic Mindset: Seek to understand WEX’s corporate strategy, the competitive environment and market trends and how our products can create value
• Customer Obsessed: Deeply understand our customers’ needs through customer empathy interviews and data analysis
• Results Focused: Leverage data to understand how the product is performing and prioritize work
• Insights Driven: Use qualitative and quantitative insights to drive decisions, define experiments and prioritize roadmap
• Trusted Partner: Appreciate and comprehend different points of view and share information clearly and transparently with strong collaboration while knowing when to escalation
• Relevant Expertise: Brings a deep understanding of the market, applied technologies and domain expertise, with a curiosity and learning mindset

Skills

Product Management

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Customer empathy

Backlog management

Job description

PRODUCT MANAGER / LONDON BRIDGE OR MANCHESTER / HYBRID/ PERMANENT/ SALARY £67,000-£79,000 PLUS BENEFITS

About the Team / Role

WEX is an innovative payments and technology company leading the way in a rapidly changing environment. Our goal is to simplify the business of running a business for our customers and free them to spend more time, with less worry, on the things they love.

WEX is an industry leader in helping commercial fleets and businesses manage their fuel and fleet expenses with its suite of payment and technology solutions. With electric vehicles (EVs) expected to be at least 10% of new commercial vehicles sales globally by 2030, commercial fleets are embracing mixed combustion and electric fleets. WEX is committed to helping them manage this complexity with the right payment, reporting, and software tools. Join a passionate team in building the next phases of WEX’s mobility product evolution and help drive the electrification of transportation. You will lead one or more of our Electric Vehicle products and partnerships, with a specific focus on delivering EV solutions that ensure the retention of customers as they transition their fleets to EV.

What’s on Offer?

• Highly competitive salary £67,000 - £79,000 (dependant on experience)
• Annual company bonus
• 37.5 hour week- Monday to Friday
• Hybrid working (1-2 days per week in London Bridge office or Manchester City Centre)
• Industry Leading pension scheme
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays – with the opportunity to purchase additional holidays
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Discounts & perks platform
• Employee wellbeing

How you’ll make an impact

• Strategic Mindset: Seek to understand WEX’s corporate strategy, the competitive environment and market trends and how our products can create value
• Customer Obsessed: Deeply understand our customers’ needs through customer empathy interviews and data analysis
• Results Focused: Leverage data to understand how the product is performing and prioritize work
• Insights Driven: Use qualitative and quantitative insights to drive decisions, define experiments and prioritize roadmap
• Trusted Partner: Appreciate and comprehend different points of view and share information clearly and transparently with strong collaboration while knowing when to escalation
• Relevant Expertise: Brings a deep understanding of the market, applied technologies and domain expertise, with a curiosity and learning mindset

Experience you’ll bring

• Previous Product Management experience delivering world class software or capabilities
• Proven ability to work closely with engineering teams and other product teams to prioritize and deliver features. Equal focus on forging relationships with internal stakeholders such as marketing, finance, compliance and sales.
• Experience identifying customer problems, roadmap prioritization, writing detailed requirement documents, managing a backlog, and maintaining thorough documentation.
• An end-to-end view of the product lifecycle, including discovery, hypothesis-driven development, first use and support
• Deep customer centricity, with a passion for understanding customer problems and rapidly experimenting to solve them
• Strong problem-solving and analytical orientation with the ability to identify root cause of issues, rapidly test, develop recommendations, and influence others
• Strong financial acumen and experience with business model innovation, ensuring we are building products that will deliver commercial value
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to inspire teams around a vision and influence key stakeholders
• Passion about electrification and helping fleets and customers adopt new technologies
• Not required, but a plus: Familiarity with EV charging ecosystem and industry standards like OCPP and OCPI, experience integrating IoT or payment solutions within this ecosystem and with these standards

What’s next?

Due to the volume of applications received, unfortunately it is not possible to respond to each one individually, applicants that are shortlisted will be contacted within one week of application

We do not accept speculative CVs. Any CV received by WEX will be treated as a gift and eligible for an agency fee. PSL agencies should only send CVs if authorised to do so by the Talent Acquisition team.