Product Manager

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Job description

In Deals we solve the important problems that stand in the way of value being created, sustained, realised or protected for our clients - working together to aid responsible recovery and growth.

We put together major mergers and acquisitions and resolve business crises - from international take-over bids to financial crime investigations and cases of insolvency. Our teams work on iconic deals with national and global clients as well as operating and investing in businesses, new ventures and entrepreneurs in our local market and communities. It's both a responsibility and a privilege to guide our clients through moments that matter deeply to them. Our breadth of clients in an ever-changing market means we need to be agile - responding when we need to, in a way that really makes a difference.

We draw upon our deals experience across many industries to support and partner with our clients, to positively impact society and the communities in which we operate. The insight we create, coupled with the innovative tools and methodologies we use to access and evaluate the data that matters, contributes to the success of our clients in all Deals situations. We encourage our clients to think more broadly - connecting their actions today with their successes tomorrow. We help our clients throughout the Deals lifecycle to create lasting value for their businesses.

Each of our key areas within Deals, delivers services to the market individually or together by combining our specialists to provide comprehensive client solutions.

About the team

The Deals Technology Team is an exciting, fast-paced, and growing team focused on the technical and business requirements of the Deals arm of the PwC UK Business. We are responsible for the development, adoption, and use of technology within the Deals Business. The Deals line of service works with the types of situations you hear about regularly in the news and provide support, insight and analysis to the management, shareholders and financiers of business around the world.

The successful candidate will work alongside the Application Development team (a sub-team of Deals Technology) as well as the wider department of Data Analysts, Systems Engineers, and Business Representatives.

The Application Development team is formed of a group of like minded and friendly individuals who actively work together to solve the platform development challenges presented by the firm. The team has been working from home during the pandemic, but this has not stopped the team from keeping in touch day to day.

Morning team stand-ups still occur each day via video conferencing, and everyone keeps in touch via the firm's messaging system (dropping into adhoc video calls to help each other solve challenges whenever necessary). Before the pandemic work life balance was important to us, and it still is now as we establish our new ways of working.

You can expect a varied and rewarding career that will provide you with opportunities to work with all areas of the business. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn new technologies, with access to industry leading technical training resources you will be both able and encouraged to further develop your skills and advance your career with a market leading employer.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Product Manager to support the successful adoption and future development of a product, developed in-house at PwC, focused on making valuable and insightful data easily accessible.

In this role, you'll leverage your technical expertise whilst working with users, stakeholders, software engineers, and others to identify, define, and prioritise new business use cases and functional requirements. Collaborating closely with the product team as well as the Head of Application Development, you will define the vision, success metrics, and roadmap for the team and subsequently track those metrics to monitor and prove adoption and successful product performance.

We feel it is important for a successful Product Manager to form a strong understanding of the business they work in and to network with business users. As such our team is encouraged to learn not just the requirements of their projects but also the why and how of the processes involved. Unlike many development teams, our team sits alongside the rest of the Deals teams and are considered part of the Deals practice rather than a support function.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing ambitious visions, strategic and tactical plans in line with the businesses strategy and objectives, prioritising what matters most to achieve the strategic goals and initiatives behind the product.
• Define Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and establish an efficient process to collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative product data to understand product performance against these.
• Drive the success of the product working alongside cross-functional teams, identifying and prioritising roadmap milestones to achieve OKRs.
• Meet with users and stakeholders to discuss requirements and validate the roadmap.
• Coordinate an effective internal product communication and information delivery.
• Assist with the generation of process and governance to support the product.
• Coordinate with others to develop training materials to support product adoption.
• Owning the business case and reporting directly to the Head of Application Development for the Deals practice.

Desired Skills and Experience

If you are naturally inquisitive, have an analytical mind and enjoy solving problems in a rigorous and logical manner then this is the role for you. Alongside other members of the team you will engage with senior members of our business, helping to solve important business problems and generate value for our clients.

• An experienced professional with a track record of successful product management, utilising best practice tools and techniques.
• Experience owning a product strategy and defining product roadmaps.
• Ability to set and define business priorities based on an in-depth understanding of business needs, problems and objectives.
• Ability to approach projects analytically with experience of making data-driven decisions.
• Strong communication skills across project and leadership teams.
• Excellent stakeholder analysis and management skills.
• Familiar with Agile working practices.

Location

This position is based in our London office (located near Tower Bridge) or our Bristol office (located near Temple Meads train station). There may be occasional requirements to travel between the two offices (which would be funded by PwC). Remote working based near the London or Bristol office may also be available; with an understanding that when required the successful candidate will attend the office according to team demands and resourcing.

Deals

Our Deals business is an exciting, fast-paced and an ever-growing business that focuses on deals and crisis situations for our clients. Collectively, we deal with the types of situations you hear about regularly in the news and we provide support, insight and analysis to the management, shareholders and financiers of business.

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All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

The Deal

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Diversity

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