Job Description

Are you a product focused individual who thrives on delivering outcomes in complex environments and motivated by the opportunity to build something new?

DNV Energy Systems is looking for a Product Manager to take direct ownership of a defined cluster of digital products, while helping to establish the product management capability that will underpin our digital future.

OUR OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Digital Portfolio Manager, you will take end‑to‑end ownership of a defined cluster of digital products within DNV’s portfolio. You will be accountable for commercial performance, product direction, and technical outcomes, while operating at a level of detail appropriate for products that are actively evolving.

This role combines product leadership with practical execution. You will work across the full product lifecycle: clarifying problems, shaping solutions, setting priorities, and ensuring delivery through a mix of internal teams and external partners. You will work closely with engineering, security, and architecture roles; filling gaps and resolving blockers that may arise; and regularly engage with stakeholders across business, domain, and operational teams.

As part of a growing and ambitious product function, you’ll also play a key role in defining how products are managed at DNV. With a broad and dynamic scope from day one, this role offers a unique opportunity to shapeboth the product direction and your own development over time.

What you’ll do:

Product Ownership & Delivery

• Own and maintain product roadmaps, backlogs, and release plans aligned to business objectives and customer needs
• Develop and maintain business cases, risk registers, and benefit realisation tracking for your product cluster
• Lead product discovery, customer interviews, stakeholder engagement, market research, to define and validate priorities
• Define clear acceptance criteria and lead UAT in partnership with engineering and quality teams
• Monitor product health metrics and drive continuous improvement through data-informed iteration

Stakeholder Engagement

• Engage directly with customers, internal service lines, and senior stakeholders to identify needs and communicate progress
• Partner with engineering teams to translate product requirements into deliverable specifications
• Represent your products in portfolio-level governance, reporting outcomes, risks and roadmap dependencies

Function Building

• Support the Digital Portfolio Manager in establishing product governance frameworks, templates, and ways of working
• Contribute to portfolio-level reporting and KPI tracking, ensuring visibility across leadership
• Champion best practices across engineering and commercial teams in the region

We value all our people and the contributions they make to our business, so it’s important that our rewards make us all feel valued here. That’s why we offer a flexible reward and benefits package, allowing you to choose the things that matter most to you, including;

• Exceptional Development and career progression opportunities with regular development discussions with your manager

• Non-contractual Profit Share Scheme

• Lifestyle benefits: 26 days annual leave + bank holidays, opportunity for up to 10 days unpaid leave, sabbatical leave, flexible working options

• Wellbeing benefits: (including Private Medical, Dental Insurance, Health Assessments, Gym allowance). Company contribution towards eye tests and glasses (for computer/laptop users), and Flu Vaccinations. Also, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provides free and confidential support for issues including work, family, relationships, money and health and we provide free fruit in our offices

• Financial Benefits: including a Pension Scheme with employer pension contributions up to 9%, Life Assurance and Income Protection

• Travel benefits: Season Ticket Loan, Cycle to Work Scheme, Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (for personal use)

• Re-imbursement of relevant Professional Membership Fees (up to £570)

• Access to employee retail discount site for high street and on-line shopping

DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity.

We're looking for a driven professional who brings analytical thinking, genuine curiosity, and the motivation to build something meaningful. You don't need to have done this exact role before, but you should be able to clearly show how your background translates and what fresh perspective you’ll bring.

This role is ideal if you’re stepping into product for the first time from a technical, engineering, delivery, or consulting background. We value strong systems thinking and a genuine motivation to grow your product leadership capability. As a Product Manager you will bring:

Essential

• Experience owning or leading digital products, platforms, or systems end‑to‑end (formally or informally), from discovery through delivery and iteration, in a complex, multi‑stakeholder environment
• Strong commercial acumen: comfortable with business cases, benefit modelling and prioritisation frameworks
• Ability to engage technical teams and non-technical stakeholders with equal effectiveness
• Experience working in regulated, technical, or data-intensive environments, or with engineering software platforms
• Takes ownership of their work and brings clarity to uncertain situations
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to present clearly to senior audiences

Desirable

• Experience in energy, infrastructure, engineering consultancy, or related technical sectors
• Familiarity with product security governance, compliance requirements, or regulated software delivery
• Exposure to product analytics, experimentation frameworks, or data-driven product design
• Professional product management qualification (e.g. AIPMM, Pragmatic Institute, PSPO)