Product Manager - NEC Housing

NEC Software Solutions; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical

25 days holiday

Life assurance 4x basic salary

Pension plan (up to 8.5%)

Flexible benefits

LinkedIn Learning access

Job summary

NEC Software Solutions is seeking a Product Manager for NEC Housing to shape and deliver cutting-edge solutions for the UK social housing sector. You will oversee market assessment, requirements decomposition, build support, and test verification, contributing to ongoing platform improvements and customer value.

Join a dynamic team focused on exceeding customer expectations, maximising IP, and revolutionising the sector.

Qualifications

• Experience in UK Social Housing.
• Strong knowledge of project life-cycle, methodologies, and delivering projects on time and budget.
• Experience in defining product enhancements, UI/UX design, and Agile new product development.
• Experience with housing management systems or related software.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out market research to understand legislative, regulatory, competitive, economic landscape.
• Collaborate with specialised Product Managers to create end-to-end processes and identify areas for improvement.
• Collaborate with customers through workshops and meetings to understand sector needs.
• Define customer business needs and objectives, aligning to product strategy.
• Build business cases for market uptake, pricing and margin analysis.
• Support the team to define, manage and maintain the roadmap.
• Assist Pre-Sales/Sales with bid responses, proposals and quotations.
• Produce and deliver presentations for customer and internal audiences.

Skills

UK Social Housing experience

Project lifecycle

UI/UX design

Agile product development

Presentation skills

Tools

Figma

JIRA

Job description

Company Description

Come join us and make a difference in the world!

Discover more atwww.necsws.com

Job Description

*** Please note - Hybrid or remote subject to location ***

Join us on an exhilarating journey as a Product Manager for NEC Housing, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering cutting-edge products for the Social Housing sector. We are investing over £8m per annum in our market-leading award-winning solutions that support our customers to deliver better services, more effectively.

We’re now looking to expand our team of Product Managers further, so that we can continue to invest and take our platform to the next level.

We're looking for candidates with strong Product Management experience to collaborate with our team of specialised Product Managers to bring components of the NEC Housing platform together to create user friendly, streamlined end-to-end processes. You’ll work closely with the wider Product Management team and get involved in market assessment, customer consultation, requirements decomposition, support of build and final test verification, producing clear documentation and running handover sessions with internal teams. You'll be focused on continual improvement of the NEC Housing platform, to ensure it supports our customers meet the challenges they face.

You’ll be part of a dynamic team focused on exceeding customer expectations, maximising intellectual property, and revolutionising the sector.

You’ll need a strong understanding of key functions managed by social housing landlords particularly across the repairs, assets and compliance areas, keeping up to date with legislative and sector challenges.

We're looking for candidates to be part of a dynamic team focused on exceeding customer expectations, maximising intellectual property, and revolutionising the sector!

From market assessment through to requirements decomposition, support of build and final test verification, you'll be focused on ensuring that the NEC Housing platform supports our customers meet the challenges they face.

Responsibilities:

• Carry out market research to understand legislative, regulatory, competitive, economic landscape, as well as changing market drivers.
• Collaborate with specialised Product Managers to bring components of the NEC Housing platform together to create user friendly, streamlined end-to-end processes and identify areas for improvement and optimisation.
• Collaborate with customers through co-design workshops, User Group sessions and customer meetings to fully understand what’s happening in the sector and how this influences customer requirements.
• Define customer business needs and objectives, aligning to product strategy, to ensure that NEC Housing products and solutions meet or exceed customer/market expectations.
• Stay updated with the latest advancements and trends in technology to ensure we remain competitive.
• Build business cases as required to define market uptake, pricing and margin analysis.
• Identify any 3rd party requirements to complete the user requirements. Liaise and manage requirements with 3rd party suppliers, systems integrators or other organisations as required.
• Support the team to define, manage and maintain the roadmap
• Assist the Pre-Sales/Sales team with the production, review and management of bid responses, sales proposals and quotations, as required.
• Work closely with project delivery teams to ensure strong understanding of the end-to-end
• Produce and deliver presentations for both customer and internal audiences.
• Support product launch activities.

This is your chance to shape and influence NEC Housing products while guiding customers toward best practices. Future opportunities for growth and progression within the Product Team or the wider business await the successful candidate.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Experience in UK Social Housing, either as a customer or software solution provider.
• Strong knowledge of project life-cycle, methodologies, and delivering projects on time and budget.
• Experience in defining product enhancements, UI/UX design, and Agile new product development.
• Experience with housing management systems or related software.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.

Desirable:

• Proven ability to build relationships and understand client perspectives.
• Effective time management and resource allocation.
• Strong decision-making skills.
• Full, valid UK/EC driving license for travel.
• Experience in end-to-end product life cycle management.
• Experience of designingdigital solutions for the social housing sector, including mobile apps and web platforms.
• Proficiency in tools like Figma, JIRA.

Additional Information

• Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost)
• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell (FTE)
• 4 x basic salarylife assurance coverfunded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
• A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributionsup to a maximum of 8.5%
• A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
• All colleagues get free access to LinkedIn Learning. Over 15000 courses covering a huge breadth of subjects. Learn about what you like, when you like, how you like.

OTHER INFORMATION

• Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required.
• All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting, references and occupational health checks.
• Depending on the nature of the role a DisclosureBarring Service (DBS) check may also be required.

NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities.If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs during the recruitment or interview process, please feel free to share these with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accommodating experience for all candidates.

Who We Are:

We’re NEC Software Solutions (part of global tech giant NEC Corporation). While you read this ad, our software is helping to dispatch ambulances, support families, keep trains on the move, locate missing people and even test the hearing of newborn babies.

Working with us, you’ll be helping our 3,000+ employees push the boundaries of what’s possible and support amazing public services.

We work with governments, hospitals, police forces, housing providers, local authorities and more. We help them pay financial support faster, speed up treatments for patients and respond to emergencies in the right way. The more we do, the more our customers can do for others. And together, we make a world of difference.

We’d love your help. And we’ll support you all the way.