Technical Product Manager

Job Description

My client in Guildford are looking for a Technical Product Manager, on a contract basis for 12-18 months working hybrid, paying up to £600 p/d inside IR35.As a Technical Product Manager, your role involves acting as the liaison between business stakeholders and the technical development teams (in-house/3rd party).Tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Product Vision: Communicating the technical product vision and strategy, aligning with overall business goals.
• Requirements Gathering: Collaborating closely with business stakeholders to document technical requirements, ensuring a thorough understanding of their needs and priorities.
• Feature Prioritization: Making informed decisions about feature prioritization, balancing business needs, technical complexity, and resource constraints.
• Technical Roadmap: Developing and maintaining a technical roadmap, prioritizing features, enhancements, and technical debt based on business value and technical feasibility.
• Feedback Loop: Establishing a feedback loop with business stakeholders to gather feedback on technical solutions and using it to drive improvements.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Working closely with cross-functional teams (software developers, architects, quality assurance, DevOps) to ensure effective and efficient product development.
• Risk Management: Identifying and mitigating technical risks that may impact the successful delivery of the product.
• Release Planning: Coordinating technical product releases, defining release goals, feature scope, and timelines.
• Quality Assurance: Defining and validating technical acceptance criteria to ensure the delivery of high-quality, reliable, and scalable solutions.
• Technical Documentation: Creating and maintaining technical documentation, including user stories, feature specifications, and technical diagrams.

Previous Experience:

• Bachelors degree in a related Computing field (Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Systems, Applied Computing, or similar).
• Experience as a Product Owner or similar role in technical product development.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Deep technical knowledge and experience in software development, architecture, or related areas.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with product management and project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
• Passion for technology and a keen interest in staying updated on emerging tech trends.

Key Skills:

• Exposure to modern O/S (e.g. Windows & Linux).
• Developing and supporting IT tools in a business environment.
• Understanding of Software Development processes and associated software development lifecycle challenges.
• User engagement - translating business needs into viable solution design.
• Experience of leading ERP implementations - (SAP4/HANA).

Knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas would also be beneficial to the role:

• Web Application development (e.g. HTML5, JavaScript, ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework/ORM).
• SaaS/Cloud-based technologies.
• General scripting/programming resources for IT
• Excellent inter-personal skills - both written and oral communications.
• Ability to multi-task and deliver both immediate and longer-term tasks.
• Proven ability to deliver solutions under pressure and to tight timescales.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well established, growing company; please do not hesitate to apply today.