Role: Product Manager Location: Manchester (Hybrid - 2 days on-site) Rate:£500-525 IR35: Inside Duration: 6 Months Computer Futures is looking for a highly skilled and technical Product Manager to support one of our key customers in the development of some of their most critical services supporting their core retail and finance processes. This is a technically focused product role so a deep technical understanding is required and the ability to balance engineering and product initiatives is essential in order to deliver value to our wide range of customers. The successful candidate will work with stakeholders to elicit their requirements, explore suitablesolution options, make recommendations for the solutions to move forward with and then see those solutions through to full implementation. Throughout this entire process, the successful candidate will evidence exemplary stakeholder management to keep all parties informed of the status of product discovery and delivery efforts. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Work with senior stakeholders to define the overall strategy and direction for your product area Identify internal customers to deliver first class tools and service to meet customer needs developing close relationships to understand user needs, existing pain points, and opportunities for improvements Define core platform metrics for your products; be accountable for the end-to-end success of your product Size opportunities (with engineers), prioritise the roadmap, and set targets for the team Work collaboratively with a team ofdevelopers, designers, testers, analysts, researchers and others to create products that delight your users Work with agile coaches and your team to drive continuous efficiency improvements Communicate with multiple key stakeholders to keep them up to date and bought into your product development Work closely with the Engineering Manager and the team to identify and manage technical debt in a sustainable manner Keep on top of industry trends and standards, and put those to good use in your own products ROLE QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS: - Experience working as a Product Manager, Technical Business Analyst, Business Analyst or Systems Analyst within a technically complex team - Great presentation skills with the ability to elaborate on various technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders, this is key to this role. - Good technical understanding of web technologies, API design and development; data and cloud technologies - Proven experience of working effectively with diverse stakeholders across the business - Excellent problem solving skills - Outstanding communication skills - Analytical in approach and naturally curious. - Experience building, using and managing Product Roadmaps - Capability to plan and prioritise effectively; comfortable with ambiguity and pragmatism when plans change - Continuously builds commercial, market and technical knowledge and leverages knowledge and insights to anticipate customer and product needs Please click to find out more about our Key Information Documents. Please note that the documents provided contain generic information. If we are successful in finding you an assignment, you will receive a Key Information Document which will be specific to the vendor set-up you have chosen and your placement. To find out more about Computer Futures please visit Computer Futures, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC(phonenumber removed) England and Wales