Product Manager

A Product Manager at NEC is responsible for owning the product vision and roadmap for the Land & Property suite. This entails translating strategic objectives into clear requirements, collaborating across teams, and ensuring effective product delivery from conception to market launch.

Candidates should possess a solid understanding of the Land & Property domain, experience with local government processes, and strong stakeholder management skills. A passion for user-centric design, continuous improvement, and the ability to handle multiple stakeholders effectively are essential.

The Product Manager role at NEC is primarily home-based, promoting flexibility. However, collaboration with internal teams and external partners is a vital part of the job, requiring good communication and teamwork skills.

As a Product Manager at NEC, you will have the chance to spot growth opportunities within the market and help expand the company's offerings. Engaging with local authorities enables you to impact how services are delivered and drive digital transformation initiatives.

NEC offers competitive salaries, a Group Pension Plan with excellent employer contributions, private medical cover options, generous vacation days, and a variety of other flexible benefits, ensuring that employees' individual needs are met.

To prioritize product features effectively, assess each feature's alignment with the product vision, customer needs, and business goals. Utilize customer feedback and data analytics to guide decisions and engage stakeholders throughout the process.

Discuss a specific challenge you encountered where you had to adjust your strategy or collaborate with teams to overcome obstacles, showing how you effectively managed stakeholder expectations and delivered a successful outcome.

Share various methods for gathering customer feedback, such as surveys, user testing sessions, and direct interviews, emphasizing the importance of integrating these insights into product development to enhance user satisfaction.

Explain your approach for maintaining regular communication channels, setting shared goals, and organizing workshops or meetings to ensure all teams remain aligned on product messaging, positioning, and launch strategies.

Highlight your hands-on experience with agile methodologies, focusing on how you've applied iterative development processes, sprint planning, and reviews to enhance product delivery and responsiveness to changing customer needs.

Discuss your sources for industry insights, such as attending conferences, subscribing to relevant publications, and engaging with professional networks. Demonstrate your commitment to continuous learning and adaptability.

Describe strategies for resolving conflicts, including facilitating discussions, understanding stakeholder perspectives, and negotiating priorities that balance company objectives with customer needs effectively.

Share a detailed account of a product launch, including your role in planning, collaboration with various teams, and the metrics that defined success, highlighting key learnings for future improvements.

Define user-centric design and explain its significance in product development. Share examples of how you involve users in the design process and how their feedback informs product features.

Discuss popular tools such as JIRA, Trello, or Aha!, explaining their benefits and how they enhance visibility, collaboration, and tracking of product development progress across teams.