Product Development-Jobs in Großbritannien

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About the Business

At ICIS, our mission is to optimize the world's resources. We help companies make strategic, sustainable decisions by bringing transparency to markets across the world. We create a comprehensive view of commodities markets, providing companies with the data and intelligence to successfully navigate across global value chains every day. Our customers benefit from instant access to price assessments, reports and forecasts, a dedicated news channel and supply and demand data. You can learn more about ICIS at the link at: https://www.icis.com/explore .

About the Role

ICIS is seeking an exceptional Director of Product Management to lead its Insight & Hindsight portfolios - the strategic cornerstone of ICIS' product ecosystem that delivers critical market intelligence and historical context, helping customers understand not just what's happening in commodity markets, but why it matters for their strategic decisions. This is a leadership role where you will drive product strategy across multiple domains, manage a team of product managers and directly influence business outcomes through innovative product development and go-to-market execution.

As Director, you will own the commercial roadmap for both the Insight capabilities (current market intelligence, pricing and fundamental data) and Hindsight analytics (historical data, market retrospectives and more). You'll work with cutting-edge technologies including AI and machine learning while leading a high-performing team of product professionals. You'll think about the right channel mix to provide customers with intelligence wherever they need it to be effective.

Responsibilities

Strategic Product Leadership

• Define and execute comprehensive product strategy for Insight & Hindsight portfolios, balancing organisational needs with customer requirements to drive significant commercial outcomes
• Set the strategic agenda for multiple product domains and drive programme execution across complex, interconnected systems
• Propose new business models, pricing strategies and provide critical input on 'build vs buy' decisions
• Establish, managed and drive to achieve the business objectives for the Insight and Hindsight focused portfolio.

Customer & Market Focus

• Interact extensively with customers to understand their business challenges and use cases in great depth
• Thoroughly understand competitive products and strategy, and how they influence customer decision-making
• Predict trends within customer segments and apply deep knowledge of how value is perceived across different market segments
• Drive customer-centric product development through hypothesis-driven evaluation strategies from the customer challenges that matter

Team Leadership & Development

• Develop, manage and recruit a team of product managers, taking direct responsibility for their growth and performance
• Coach and mentor team members while establishing a culture of data-driven decision making
• Ensure team effectively follows agile and lean methodologies while driving process improvement initiatives

Go-to-Market Excellence

• Develop comprehensive go-to-market strategies and launch plans, ensuring coordinated execution across product, sales, marketing, and customer-facing teams
• Take accountability for ROI of go-to-market initiatives, including revenue goal achievement
• Evangelise products to sales teams, customers and media whilst developing clear value propositions by segment and persona

Technical & Data Leadership

• Drive formulation of overall research and testing strategy, ensuring all product decisions are data-driven
• Champion AI and emerging technology integration both for internal optimisation and customer value creation
• Oversee strategy, planning and execution across web, cloud and data integration channels

Requirements

Experience & Domain Expertise

• Demonstrable product management experience with proven track record in managing complex data products
• Demonstrated ability to understand evolving market landscapes
• Experience managing and developing product management teams
• Expertise in driving digital and new product adoption multi fold
• Deep understanding of go to market tactics, purchase cycles and channel mix in a B2B setting

Leadership & Strategic Thinking

• Prior product leadership experience
• Proven ability to define and articulate clear product strategy within specific markets or geographies
• Track record of driving process improvement initiatives with long-term business value
• Experience making data-driven revenue projections and communicating commercial context to stakeholders
• Demonstrated success in 'build vs buy' decision-making and partnership evaluation
• Has experience in securing funding and leading new product development, taking products from 0 to 1

Technical & Analytical Skills

• Expert-level customer analytics capabilities with ability to identify the right data for decision-making
• Strong understanding of emerging technologies, platform relationships, and technology trade-offs
• Experience with AI/ML integration and application in product development
• Proficiency in agile methodologies and modern product development practices

Communication & Influence

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
• Proven ability to build relationships across organisations and guide towards desired outcomes through matrixed environments
• Experience presenting to senior leadership and board-level stakeholders

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