Product Manager - NEC Housing
Job description
Product Manager for NEC Housing, shaping and delivering software products for the UK Social Housing sector covering Rents, Service Charges, Allocations and the Housing Mobile App. The role spans market research through requirements, build support and test verification.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- Conduct market research to understand legislative, regulatory, competitive, and economic trends, as well as evolving market drivers
- Become the subject matter expert in your product area, providing guidance to customers and internal stakeholders
- Collaborate with customers through co-design workshops, user groups, and meetings to capture insights and shape requirements
- Define customer business needs and objectives to ensure NEC Housing products meet or exceed expectations
- Create requirements, user stories, and wireframes for new developments, working closely with development and QA teams
- Partner with Technical Authors to produce and review product documentation
- Build business cases including market uptake, pricing, and margin analysis
- Identify and manage any third-party requirements, liaising with suppliers and integrators as needed
- Define and maintain the roadmap for your product area(s)
- Support Pre-Sales and Sales teams with bid responses, proposals, and quotations
- Deliver presentations to internal and external audiences
- Contribute to product launch activities
What we're looking for
- Experience in UK Social Housing, either as a customer or software solution provider
- Strong knowledge of project life cycle, methodologies, and delivering projects on time and within budget
- Experience defining product enhancements, UI/UX design, and Agile new product development
- Experience with housing management systems or related software
- Experience working with Housing system modules Rents, Service Charges, Allocations, or Mobile alternatives
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Full, valid UK/EC driving licence for travel
Nice to have
- Proven ability to build relationships and understand client perspectives
- Effective time management and resource allocation
- Strong decision-making skills
- Experience in end-to-end product life cycle management
- Experience designing digital solutions for the social housing sector, including mobile apps and web platforms
- Proficiency in tools such as Figma and JIRA
- Working knowledge of NEC Housing
Your team
Product Team
A dynamic team focused on exceeding customer expectations, maximising intellectual property, and driving transformation across the sector.
Benefits
- Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost)
- 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell
- 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
- A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5%
- A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
Apply
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About NEC Software Solutions
NEC Software Solutions is part of global tech giant NEC Corporation. Its software helps dispatch ambulances, support families, keep trains on the move, locate missing people and test the hearing of newborn babies. It works with governments, hospitals, police forces, housing providers, local authorities and more.
Key facts
- 3,000+ employees
- Software
- Part of global tech giant NEC Corporation
- Works with governments, hospitals, police forces, housing providers, local authorities and more