The Product Operations Manager is the driver of product priorities; using data, industry trends feedback and analysis to ensure that the business is focusing on the most important things.
The Product Operations Manager is responsible for the planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle including gathering, prioritising and analysing product and customer requirements and accountability for approving product changes.
The role doesn’t stop once a feature is launched; the Product Operations Manager ensures that the product continues to meet customer needs and is adopted effectively in order to drive ROI and provide service excellence.
The Product Operations Manager directly manages the Product team and works in close collaboration with Head of DevOps to deliver the product strategy. This is a cross-functional role that works with the majority of teams to deliver the product priorities, ensure product adoption, generate revenue, and improve our customer’s experience. The Product Operations Manager works closely with the Managing Director to ensure that product goals are aligned with the direction of the company.
Reporting To
Managing Director
The Ideal Candidate
To be considered for the Product Operations Manager role, candidates must:
Have experience managing a department, team or product and ensuring that business results are achieved Be data-led and have experience in gathering business insights and identifying trends from data, including a combination of data from multiple sources Have the ability to influence and persuade internal and external stakeholders Have worked cross-functionally to deliver on project goals Demonstrate strong project management skills and be pragmatic in approach, ensuring the delivery of the product roadmap within budget and timescales Have working knowledge of programming concepts, relational databases and User Interface/User Experience (UI/UE) Demonstrate business acumen in terms of understanding Return-on-Investment and measuring outcomes
It is preferred that the candidate also has:
Managed SaaS Product Operations in B2B environment
Experience driving complex projects or programs with several competing stakeholders, ideally in software development role
A qualification in Product Management, Business Management or a related topic
Specific Duties Include:
Strategic
Working with key stakeholders to define the product strategy to support achievement of the
overall business objectives
Communicate the vision with the team and empower them to deliver against it
Actively seek to understand industry trends and best-practice, highlighting business
opportunities
Contribute to the discussions and decisions of the Leadership Team in all aspects of the
business as well as holding other members of the Leadership Team accountable for results
Provide timely reports and feedback on product changes
Alert the leadership team to any concerns you have that may prevent the Company achieving
its goals
Keep the business up to date with product changes and revenue opportunities
People
Provide feedback on individual performance on a regular basis (individual targets/ rocks)
Provide one to one coaching and training of the team leaders to achieve goals
Ensure team and individual motivation through Level 10 Meetings and quarterly reviews
Recruit, select and induct Product roles
Undertake performance management of employees if required
Ensure the team have accurate and up to date information required to perform their role (The
Vault)
Core Specialism
Identify the product priorities using data, feedback, analysis and market research to create and
maintain a product roadmap
Work closely with the wider Product Development team to deliver the product roadmap in line
with accessplanit’s vision, business priorities and delivering an ROI
Understand customer experience, fill product gaps and make UX improvements that reduce
support intervention, improve customer experience and drive feature-adoption
Ensure that the product continues to meet customer and business needs including identifying
when features and integrations are no longer adding value or are causing friction
Develop systems for product feedback including usage data, product suggestions, user groups
and support trends in order to identify product changes and enhancements
Facilitate the release and documentation of new product features and enhancements, ensuring
goals are met in terms of usage, revenue generated and product-adoption
To act as the bridge between the product and the rest of the business providing alignment
between product and go-to-market teams such as Sales and Marketing and Customer
Operations
Act as the escalation point for Product issues and provide support for resolution
Ensure that the Product team has the processes, tools and systems to work effectively
Manage third-party product relationships including monitoring and managing required product
changes and identifying opportunities
To oversee the customer request process, approve or decline custom requirements and provide
systems and support to allow customers and customer-facing teams to define requirements
ahead of submission
Deliver the Product strategy to increase customer knowledge and staff onboarding
To keep abreast of industry knowledge by attending conferences/events
Work within the company’s procedures as stated on the Vault to meet the company objectives.
Participate in accessplanit user groups, exhibitions and training events as required
Initiate and deliver quarterly rocks
Benefits Package
We offer a great working environment in a new, purpose-built office situated in Lancaster City centre.
We are passionate about providing opportunities to learn and develop, including guaranteed learning hours per month.
In addition, we offer:
25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
Flexible working
Healthcare Cashback Scheme
Company profit bonus share
Employee Assistance Programme
Company sick, maternity and paternity pay
Access to industry events and learning and development opportunities
Informal office spaces including pool table, dart board and beer fridge
Pension
Charity initiatives
Paid for social events