Product Manager (Mid/Senior) - Telecoms/Datacoms Synchronization

iO Associates; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Flexible holidays

Healthcare

Bonus

Share scheme

Etc.

Job summary

iO Associates is seeking an experienced Product Manager for a UK-based tech business, owning a time & synchronisation product line used in network and communications environments. Based in the UK with a hybrid setup (2–3 days WFH).

You’ll conduct customer discovery, shape what’s built, and ensure Sales/Marketing have what they need to take it to market. You’ll work with Engineering and customer-facing teams to move ideas from problem validation through to delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Product management (or close: technical product/solutions)
• Experience owning high-value, low-volume technical products
• Comfortable running discovery sessions and making data-based calls
• Confident communicator who explains rationale with data
• UK-based with unrestricted UK right to work

Responsibilities

• Speak to users regularly and turn learnings into product priorities
• Keep the roadmap focused by weighing value, cost, time-to-market and quality
• Partner with Engineering on scope and delivery for updates
• Support field comms: docs, training, demos, presentations, customer briefings
• Feed in market insight (competitors, sizing, forecasting) and shape positioning
• Attend industry events (up to ~25% travel)

Skills

Product management

Technical product ownership

Discovery facilitation

Data-driven decisions

Strong communicator

Education

Degree in EE/CS or equivalent

Job description

Our client, a UK-based tech business, is looking for an experienced Product Manager to take ownership of a time & synchronisation product line used in network and communications environments. You can be based out of any UK offices, with a hybrid setup (typically 2–3 days WFH, depending on the team).

The day-to-day is a mix of customer discovery, shaping what gets built next, and making sure Sales/Marketing have what they need to take it to market. You’ll work closely with Engineering, plus customer-facing teams, to move ideas from early problem validation through to delivery – and you’ll help steer messaging and longer-term priorities as the market moves.

What you’ll be doing

• Speak to users regularly and turn what you learn into clear product priorities
• Keep the roadmap focused: weigh up value, cost, time-to-market and quality
• Partner with Engineering on scope and delivery for updates and new products
• Support field comms: docs, training, demos, presentations, customer briefings
• Feed in market insight (competitors, sizing, forecasting) and help shape positioning
• Attend industry events as needed (expect up to ~25% travel)

What we’re looking for

• Around 5+ years in Product (or very close: technical product, solutions, systems, etc.)
• Experience owning high-value / low-volume technical products
• Comfortable running discovery sessions and making calls based on what you find
• Confident communicator — you can explain “why this, why now” with data where it helps
• Strong technical grounding (degree or equivalent experience in EE/CS or similar)
• UK-based with unrestricted UK right to work

Nice to have (not essential)

• Telecoms/datacoms: Ethernet/IP, DC networking, 4G/5G (Core/RAN)
• Monitoring/measurement systems, open/disaggregated network architectures
• Familiarity with network kit (switches/routers/firewalls/servers)

Package

Competitive salary + benefits (pension, flexible holidays, healthcare, bonus, share scheme, etc.).

• pension
• flexible holidays
• healthcare
• bonus
• share scheme
• etc.