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Product Director

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Product Director

Posted 25 days ago

Join the Access Family and see how we make software ideas become a reality! Our core value of ‘Love Work, Love Life, Be You’ has been central to our success and so we’re looking for people to join us who share our passion for making things better every day and help us continue to grow. Are you ready for the challenge? We are the number one UK headquartered software provider in the UK and are forecasted to grow to a global population of over 12,000 employees by 2026. What are we all about? At Access, we love software and how technology never stays the same. It's this passion that drives us to work closely across sectors to understand the business needs of our customers – from the Hospitality sector to the Manufacturing industry, to Not for Profit’s or Construction plus many more. We’re passionate about helping our customers stay one step ahead of the challenges facing their industry and business, currently helping over 60,000 customers to have the freedom to do more. In Romania we are proud to have more than 350 tech and software business specialist working in Timisoara and around the country and we are not stopping here. Overview The Product & Engineering Director will own the product and engineering strategy, design and engineering delivery for all remote measurement based products, supporting the exponential growth of the domain. You will be a member of the HSC Product & Engineering Leadership Team, and the Product & Engineering SLC, working closely with the wider Access teams ensuring synergy and alignment. You will develop the operating model on how to successfully deliver products bringing a cadence and rhythm to the domain, aligning and driving growth and innovation in the products You will, in conjunction with the HSC Engineering Leadership Team, Product Management, Marketing, Sales and Customer Success teams drive planning and execution of successful Engineering Development into our products. You will establish stability, predictability and scalability ensuing we have robust quality and supply/support relationships to achieve the growth of the domain You will work closely with HR and Finance to facilitate Supply and Demand needs and capabilities to ensure we have appropriate resource needs clearly articulated, and with Finance to ensure close liaison on our costs and forecasts. The role will be a varied in content and individuals will be required to think and plan strategically as well as execute tactically, be flexible , multi skilled and undertake everything from stakeholder management to strategic product planning. To succeed in this role you must relish working with passion at pace. Responsibilities • Establishing and owning the TEC strategy, working closely with Sales, Marketing and M&A to provide a multi-year 4-2-1 (4 quarter, next 2 half years and the year after that) • Create and own the existing and new teams necessary to deliver on a multi-year roadmap • Ensure all Division and Group reporting is delivered in excellent quality on time, including DMT, CTO, Target Process and others as needed • Working closely with the core and regional product Development teams and senior stakeholders, influencing, and engaging at all levels across the business. • Regularly communicate project benefits, status, risks, change requests, and best practices to stakeholders and the project team. • Identify, anticipate, and effectively mitigate risks to the success of the products. • Enhance and streamline methods and processes to ensure that projects are delivered at pace and to the required standards. • Collaborating with key stakeholders and all other departments and divisions to communicate activity Experience/Attributes • Very strong track record of od delivery in UK &ideally global Telecare solutions • Demonstrable experience of delivering product strategy, engineering delivery to agreed budgets • Be an ambassador and evangelist to assist in the sales process • Experience in building 3rd party contracts with external hardware design and manufacturing • Strong programme/project management skills and experience of change management • Be agile and perform effectively in multi-tasking fast-paced environments • Excellent verbal and written communication as well as receptive listening skills, with ability to present complex ideas in a clear, concise fashion to technical and non-technical audiences • Self-managing and working virtually • Attention to detail • Excellent team player who can work with virtual, global, and cross-functional teams • Capacity to manage high stress situations • Experience of Business software Product development and/or large-scale Business software Product development projects • Excellent team player who can demonstrate experience of working with virtual, global, and cross-functional teams • Experience of or demonstrable understanding of complex business to business operational processes • Demonstrated self-starter with an ability to manage and motivate other team members • Experience managing the strategy, roadmap and go-to- market development of SaaS solutions is strong plus • Excellent people skills to interact with staff, colleagues, customers and cross-functional teams, and third parties • Comfortable managing multiple projects with tight deadlines and running big strategic projects with challenging or short deadlines • Naturally energetic and passionate about your products • Adaptable and flexible and thrive in an agile and dynamic environment with strong project management skills Qualifications: • Education: Bachelor’s Degree required • Proven professional experience in the technology industry • Proven Telecare experience product and engineering roles • Proven experience leading project teams and multiple stakeholders within multi-division and matrixed structures • Experience in launching products What does Access offer you? We are a growing software company and we deliver on what we say we do! We take the development of our people very seriously! We will work with you to carve out your success plan and an opportunity to accelerate your career and make a real difference. • Healthy, friendly, and inclusive culture • Work - life balance • Hybrid/Remote working • Flexible working hours • Competitive salary package • Great Holiday Package (starting from 25) • Charity day – day off paid by the company for volunteering activities • Private Healthcare & Life Insurance • Sport Allowance • Meal tickets • Referral Bonus • Christmas Bonus • Big Break – all-inclusive holiday paid by the company • Other benefits At Access we’re all about helping everyone Love Work, Love Life and Be you. Why? Because we believe people can only be their best when they can be themselves. So, if you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t match perfectly, we’d still love to hear from you. You might just be who we are looking for. We love the fact that we’re all different. We believe by having more diverse perspectives at work improves how we run our business, helps us to better support our customers, and when you think about it, it’s just more fun! What’s holding you back? Come and be part of our Amazing Access Family! Love Work. Love Life. Be You.