Product Manager - Access People Learning

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Product Manager - Access People Learning

Join the Access Family and see how we make software ideas become a reality!

Our core value of Love work, Love life’ 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, to help us become the UK’s #1 Software company.

Are you ready for the challenge?

What are we all about?
At Access we love software and how technology never stays the same. It’s this obsession that drives us to work closely across sectors to understand the business needs of our customers - from professional services to manufacturing to not for profits and more.
We’re passionate about helping our customers stay one step ahead of the challenges facing their industry and business. That’s why nearly 2 million users and over 50,000 organisations rely on Access software to help their organisation thrive.

Job role
Access is seeking an experienced Product Manager to join our dynamic Product team in Access People Learning. Reporting to the Senior Product Manager, you will play a vital role working within our People Learning division to help set the strategic product direction and define the solution roadmap.
You will maintain, enhance and grow our digital learning products, plus recommend and lead the build of new products based on your industry experience, research and constant external contact with customers, prospects and those shaping the sector. In addition, you will also ensure that the strategy is fulfilled with practical go-to-market planning and engagement.

About you:
You are a Product Manager with experience in Learning and Development and have managed SaaS or CaaS products in an agile product development environment.
You will have a can-do positive attitude to deliver, comfortable working in a high tempo environment, are innovative, curious and an avid learner.

Day-to-day, you will:
·Create the roadmap for the responsible product/s and market sector/s aligned with the
company Strategy and Vision.
·Working closely with the Content Development squad to design and deliver on the Product/s roadmap/s.
·Use sound understanding and appreciation of the market, customer problems and
competitive landscape along with research and metrics to inform decisions.
·Create Business Cases on a quarterly basis that contribute to increasing the profitability of their product/s and developing innovative new ideas.
·Collaborating with SME’s, contributors and accreditors to ensure the product meets high quality standards.
·Collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders and all other departments and divisions to communicate the product roadmap and launch.
·Develop and implement launch plans for responsible product/s, working closely with all
departments to execute the plan.
·Support sales and go to market initiatives for the existing product/s, owning the creation of
sales and demonstration material, content for lead generation and presentations/content for
user group meetings.
·Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of customers’ business processes and
requirements, becoming a product expert, able to do pre-sales demos of all of your
products.
·Work with the other Product Managers to understand the overall portfolio, to facilitate the
overall product strategy, integration and cross sell.
·Initiate and support engagement with clients through Special Interest Groups, User Groups
and other events.

As a well-rounded Product Manager, your Skills and Experiences likely include:
·Commercially aware with a good understanding of market drivers and client needs.
·Flexible and pragmatic, able to respond to shifting priorities, demands and timelines by using
effective analytical and problem-solving skills.
·Ability to think creatively and exploit opportunities.
·Excellent communicator able to communicate at all levels and adopt a flexible and consultative
approach.
·Proactive, works at pace, goal orientated with a strong delivery/milestone focus.
·Demonstrates sound judgement, able to make decisions independently whilst recognising
when to escalate for more senior approval.
·Persuasive, encouraging and motivating with strong Interpersonal skills.
·Identifies issues early and prioritises appropriately.
·Able to grasp technical concepts and new product functionality quickly.
·Thorough knowledge of agile development methods, processes and best practices.

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.

In addition to our standard benefits of 25 days holiday, a match contributory pension and healthcare you will get:
A Competitive Salary
Giving Back/Charity days
Quarterly Socials
6 weeks Sabbaticals (after 6 years of service)
The Access Group Big Break: our all-expenses paid holiday to Spain

Become part of our amazing Access family!