Senior Product Manager - Navigation Systems

Network IT; Chilton Polden; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Network IT is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the strategy, performance, and lifecycle of a portfolio of new products. The role focuses on translating how client products address evolving market regulations and defining a compelling customer proposition to drive growth and value.

Based in Somerset with 2-3 days on site, the position involves steering a team of Product Managers, owning roadmaps, and taking commercial accountability for portfolio performance in a regulated, competitive

Qualifications

• Lead strategy and lifecycle for a portfolio of new products.
• Translate customer needs and regulatory requirements into product propositions.
• Work cross-functionally to deliver customer-focused solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of Product Managers and drive cross-functional delivery.
• Own and deliver strategic direction and product roadmap for your portfolio.
• Manage portfolio performance including revenue, margin, and investment priorities.
• Define and execute portfolio strategy across full lifecycle to maximise value.
• Develop robust business cases to secure investment and guide decisions.
• Understand customer needs, market trends and competitor activity to shape priorities.
• Use data and experimentation to guide investment decisions.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to agree strategic themes and constraints.
• Coach and develop the product team to strengthen commercial decision-making.
• Balance supply costs, regulatory requirements, and ROI for portfolio decisions.
• Review legacy products to maximise value and determine retirement timing.

Skills

Product management

Team leadership

Strategic planning

Regulatory compliance

Portfolio management

Job description

Senior Product Manager

2-3 days in Somerset

£675 per day

12 month contract initially

The Senior Product Manager will lead the strategy, performance and lifecycle of a portfolio of new products.

The Senior Product Manager will be tasked with translating how our clients new products address new market wide legal regulations and defining a customer proposition to drive growth, innovation, and customer value.

The role will be working on Navigation Systems so experience working in aerospace, automotive or maritime is highly desired.

Responsibilities

• You will lead a small team of Product Managers and work cross-functionally to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Own and deliver the strategic direction and product roadmap for your portfolio, ensuring alignment with the Corporate Plan and wider organisational priorities.
• Take full commercial accountability for portfolio performance, including revenue, margin, growth, pricing strategy and investment prioritisation.
• Define and execute the portfolio strategy, managing products across the full lifecycle to maximise customer value and sustainable growth.
• Develop robust, insight-led business cases to secure investment and support strategic product decisions.
• Build a deep understanding of customer needs, market trends and competitor activity to identify opportunities and shape priorities.
• Use customer insight, performance data and experimentation to continuously improve products and guide investment decisions.
• Partner with the Head of Product and Services and other senior stakeholders to agree strategic themes, assumptions and constraints.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of Product Managers, strengthening capability in product thinking, commercial decision-making and customer-centric delivery.
• You will need to be able to demonstrate experience considering a wide range of factors - supply costs and legal agreements, regulatory requirements, production costs, costs of sales, competitor products, value to customer and ROI
• Maintaining a clearly differentiated set of products and services in an increasingly competitive and cost sensitive market
• Experience working in an environment with a high degree of regulation and strong commercial pressures
• Review a portfolio of legacy products to maximise their value to the business, developing strategies to extend their productive life and determine the right time and mechanism for their retirement