Senior Product Manager in Stratford-upon-Avon

Senior Product Manager

Department: Technology

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Stratford-Upon-Avon

Reporting To: Calvin Stickelmann

Compensation: £60,000 - £75,000 / year

Description

Here at Valpak, we are looking for a Senior Product Manager to join our team on a permanent basis. This is a full-time role offering remote working, with the expectation of attending our Stratford-upon-Avon office approximately once per quarter.

As the UK’s leading provider of environmental compliance, Valpak strives to work together towards a profitable, sustainable, waste-free world. To date, our teams work in partnership with more than 400 customers, in nearly every corner of the globe.

Valpak contributes to achieving the mission of Reconomy’s complete global compliance offering – Comply Loop. Solving increasingly complex environmental regulatory challenges using data, expert local knowledge, and through leadership to drive business accountability across the globe.

Our core values drive everything we do. We believe in promoting a supportive environment for our colleagues, delivering exceptional service to our customers, contributing to the community, and working towards a more sustainable environment. If you share these values and are passionate about making a positive impact, we'd love to have you on our team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 3 (Product Owners and a Business Analyst)
• Create and drive product vision, roadmap, and goals and translate into product features and planned work
• Scope the product solution and define user journey, user stories, and process flows
• Define and develop product strategy and roadmap to drive targeted business outcomes in alignment with corporate strategies
• Ensure Delivery through participation and/or lead scrum ceremonies, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog and oversee the development stages
• Work closely with engineering teams to drive product development
• Collaborate closely with global business development teams and other stakeholders and act as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding of the product
• Own relationships with key customers; understand the industry and product-related landscapes, be the voice of the customer and feedback user inputs

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• 6+ years of industry experience as a Product Manager within a technology environment, with a progressive record of successful delivery of complex products
• Demonstrated leadership experience in cross-functional teams & a passion for developing and guiding others
• Strong business acumen and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build relationships at all levels
• Focus on the customer; celebrates the success of others in the business
• Highly organised and self-motivated
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize
• Effective working in a team environment and independently
• Bachelor, Master or MBA in technology or business
• Background in Circular Economy, Environmental Sciences, Sustainability Reporting or similar fields (desirable)

Job Benefits

• Hybrid working available, happy to talk flexible working
• Up to 10% bonus
• Enhanced holiday scheme (option to buy/sell up to 10 days) and long service awards
• Critical illness, Life assurance & disability income protection
• Option to join private medical insurance, subsidised gym membership, and bike to work scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Wellbeing initiatives and support including Wellbeing App access
• MyPerks discounts platform