Head of Product Management

Job title: Head of Product Management
Location: Kent, commutable from: Dartford, Gravesend, Bromley, Rochester, Maidstone, West Malling
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits

Key Skills: Product Management, Roadmaps, Budget, Portfolio, Product Lifecycle, Electronics, Electrical, Automotive, Marketing, Safety, Project Management, Prince2, Agile

An experienced Head of Product Management is required to play a key role in this new senior management role, being responsible for the direction and performance for the company's product portfolio. You will be closely working with the Product Management team to lead the development of ambitious and sustainable product roadmaps, planning for and ensuring that these are delivered to time and budget.

Working from site, this is a truly fantastic opportunity for the right person. If this sounds like an opportunity for you, please read on!

The Role:

So, what will you be doing as a Head of Product Management?

• Departmental Management
• Play an active role as a member of the Sales & Marketing management team to ensure co-ordination within the department and drive progress for the company.
• Delegate and manage workloads to achieve product specialism and expertise, whilst ensuring high levels of product support to customer facing teams.
• Develop and resource team in line with changes in product portfolio.
• Set appropriate objectives for staff and manage performance against targets.
• Empower Product Managers to own and drive their product groups.
• Product Roadmap Development & Management
• Integrate Senior Management strategic goals with; market understanding; customer feedback; technology developments from suppliers; and internal expertise, to develop and own product roadmaps that will deliver customer satisfaction, sustainability and drive growth.
• Continually review new opportunities, ideas or market developments, such as regulatory changes, and adapt roadmaps as necessary.
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Work with the team to ensure products are managed through requirements setting, development, launch, upgrade and retirement.
• Take opportunity to drive PLM tool improvements in line with process development.
• Product Sales Forecasting, Reporting & Review
• Perform and present Product Category reviews that consider sales performance in light of various segments, be that customer type, industry or geography.
• Deliver ongoing KPI reporting against product sales targets and taking remedial action, if necessary, to recover sales.

What are we looking for in our next Head of Product Management?

• Educated to Degree level - Ideally from a Marketing OR Product Management discipline
• Have experience of running and managing a Product Management team, ideally in safety and / or electronics and / or automotive sectors.
• Evidence of developing product strategy and product roadmaps and then driving delivery.
• Strong commercial project or product management experience vital (minimum 10 years' experience) with a track record of success
• The ability to work across different product launches at any one time and to oversee and report on progress at a high level
• Expertise in product life cycle management

My client is keen to get this position filled ASAP, so if you feel you have the skills and desire to provide passion and drive as the next Head of Product Management, this is the opportunity for you!

So, if you are interested in joining a well-established, renowned organisation working with experts in their field as the next Head of Product Management, hit that apply button now!

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