Strategic Product Director - Social Care & Education Tech

System C; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive rewards

Flexible wellbeing benefits

Professional development opportunities

Colleague recognition programmes

Job summary

System C, the UK's leading health and social care software and services company, seeks a Product Director to shape strategy, drive portfolio performance and lead successful delivery across markets.

You will influence senior stakeholders, balance commercial opportunities with customer needs, and ensure product investments deliver measurable outcomes. This is a high-visibility leadership role requiring strategic thinking and strong execution.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading product management and product strategy across complex portfolios.
• Strong commercial judgement and market awareness.
• Proven success delivering large-scale product roadmaps in regulated or safety-critical environments.
• Experience influencing executive-level investment and prioritisation decisions.
• Strong portfolio governance and resource management capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Data-driven approach to product decision-making.
• Experience developing and leading high-performing product teams.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity and navigate changing priorities.
• Healthcare, social care or education technology experience would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead product strategy across multiple portfolios and markets.
• Shape roadmap priorities using customer insight, market evidence and business objectives.
• Deliver portfolio commitments within agreed capacity, timescales and budgets.
• Own portfolio governance, investment prioritisation and lifecycle management.
• Drive customer retention, product performance and sustainable business growth.
• Establish meaningful product metrics and provide clear performance reporting.
• Influence senior leaders on trade-offs, priorities and investment decisions.
• Ensure products meet regulatory, compliance and governance requirements.
• Lead strategic partnerships and cross-functional collaboration.
• Build product capability, leadership succession and high-performing teams.
• Promote responsible adoption of AI, supported by appropriate governance and oversight.
• Take end-to-end ownership of outcomes and ensure commitments are delivered successfully.

Skills

Product strategy

Portfolio governance

Stakeholder management

Regulatory/compliance awareness

Leadership

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Healthcare/education tech experience

Job description

System C, the UK's leading health and social care software and services company, seeks a Product Director to shape strategy, drive portfolio performance and lead successful delivery across markets.

You will influence senior stakeholders, balance commercial opportunities with customer needs, and ensure product investments deliver measurable outcomes. This is a high-visibility leadership role requiring strategic thinking and strong execution.