Product Manager
Location: Farnborough
Working pattern: Hybrid
A Little About Us:
Parico is an established technology business with a history of delivering innovative and secure solutions to Public Sector customers across the United Kingdom. Our team are motivated individuals that help each other to do remarkable things every day. We face challenges together and we win together. At Parico, we deliver world-class solutions that transform the way that our clients use technology.
The Role:
Parico is seeking an experienced and customer-focused Product Manager to lead the development and lifecycle management of digital products and technology services. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining product vision, creating product strategies, managing roadmaps, and working closely with engineering, design, operations, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions that create measurable value for customers and the organisation.
The Product Manager will act as the voice of the customer, ensuring product decisions are informed by user needs, business objectives, market trends, and technical feasibility.
What You'll Be Doing:
Product Strategy and Vision
Define and communicate a clear product vision aligned with organisational objectives.
Develop and maintain product strategies that support business growth and customer outcomes.
Identify market opportunities, emerging technologies, and industry trends to inform product direction.
Conduct competitor analysis and market research to support strategic decision-making.
Product Roadmap Management
Own and maintain the product roadmap, ensuring priorities align with strategic goals.
Balance customer requirements, technical debt, regulatory requirements, and business priorities.
Translate strategic objectives into actionable product initiatives and deliverables.
Regularly review and adapt roadmap priorities based on changing business needs and customer feedback.
Customer and User Engagement
Lead engage with customers, users, and stakeholders to understand needs, challenges, and opportunities.
Gather, analyse, and prioritise product requirements.
Use qualitative and quantitative data to inform product decisions.
Champion user-centred design and customer experience improvements.
Agile Product Delivery
Work closely with engineering, architecture and delivery teams to ensure successful product development.
Create and manage product Initiatives, backlogs, epics, features, and user stories.
Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
Ensure products are delivered on time, within scope, and to agreed quality standards.
Stakeholder Management
Build strong relationships across business, technology, operational, and executive teams.
Present product strategies, progress updates, and business cases to senior stakeholders.
Our Ideal Candidate:
Proven experience as a Product Manager within a technology or digital environment.
Experience managing the full product lifecycle from concept through to retirement.
Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies
Experience creating and managing product roadmaps and backlogs.
Ability to analyse customer needs and translate them into product requirements.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Experience working with cross-functional teams including engineering, Delivery and Senior Leadership
Commercial awareness and understanding of product value drivers.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
Experience using product management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Productboard, or similar.
Experience with SaaS, cloud-based platforms, AI-enabled products, or enterprise technology solutions.
Understanding of data analytics and experimentation techniques.
Familiarity with ITIL, DevOps, and Service Management practices.
Ability to hold a minimum of UK Security Clearance (SC)
What’s In It For You?
A high-performance company culture and leadership team that are there to help you to progress your career quickly and thrive with endless opportunities
Kitted out with a full suite of tech goodies and any additional tech you may need with our work-from-home subsidy upon joining, so you can kit out your home office
A catered lunch in the office once a week
25 days of paid holiday (plus 8 bank holidays)
10 days at full pay for Armed Forces Reservist training
Private health insurance provided through AXA PPP and mental health support through our Employee Assistance Program
Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle car scheme with Octopus Energy
Discretionary company bonus
Flexible Life Insurance, with a minimum of 2 x salary and rewards, provided by YuLife
Flexible working hours to support life admin as well as being able to work from home
Enhanced Private pension contributions, matched up to 5%
We’re family friendly, with Parico company policies built to support you, in all stages of life
If you're relocating to join the team, we'll provide a contribution to help with your costs
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity and meet the requirements, please submit your application today. At Parico, we believe a diverse workforce is a successful workforce. We actively work to empower balanced teams which represent ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, the LGBTQIA+ community, and all genders.
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