Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Hybrid, with a minimum of 20% in the Oxford office per month
About Us:
Were Nominet a world-leading domain name registry operating at the heart of the UK internet. While we're best known for running .UK domains, our DNS expertise also underpins critical internet infrastructure that government services, including the NHS, rely on.
As a public benefit company, our work has a positive impact on society. Weve donated millions to projects that use technology to improve peoples lives and have committed to delivering £60m worth of support over the next three years.
The Role:
The internet is ever changing, and we are looking for a Product Manager who thrives in this dynamic market to identify both the current and future business challenges our customers face and clearly articulate the value that we could bring through our Registry and DNS solutions to solve those challenges. Working with our engineering teams, you will own a product or product components and be responsible for creating value for our customers and the business.
You will own the entire Product lifecycle for your products, identifying new opportunities to add value through product discovery whilst also managing and prioritising the product backlog. You will own key stakeholder relationships with colleagues in engineering, security and customer success to ensure product roadmaps are communicated and understood throughout the business as well as to external stakeholders.
If you have a background working in a product management role within the Domain Name or DNS industry and have strong communication skills, with the ability to manage the product discovery process, get in touch with us for an informal discussion.
What You'll Be Doing:
1. Working closely with Sales, Marketing, R&D and development teams to gather feedback that can be distilled into a product discovery process
2. Engaging with existing or prospective customers to understand what problems we can solve for them and how we can add value
3. Define and clearly articulate market requirements working with the engineering teams to prototype and experiment with new ideas to solve customer challenges.
4. Own the product discovery process, creating an internal roadmap based on feedback and ideas that can be used to create solutions.
5. Act as Product Owner with your engineering teams to prioritise the backlog including new features, engineering and security tasks.
6. As the subject matter expert, represent Nominet at industry events and stakeholder engagements to be an advocate for Nominets Registry expertise.
7. Track the Domain Name market though latest industry, competitor, regulatory and policy landscapes, looking for new opportunities to add value.
About You:
8. Experienced Product Manager having worked in an agile environment
9. Strong influencing and inter-personal communication skills
10. Ability to translate technical features into customer benefits
11. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
12. Detail orientated and with a methodical and organised approach
13. Ability to work in and coordinate complex cross functional teams
14. Experience in working as part of a project team
Nice to have:
15. Knowledge of the Domain Name/DNS market
What To Expect Next:
16. 1st stage: Introduction call with a member of the TA team (30 mins)
17. 2nd stage: Hiring Manager Interview (60 mins via Teams)
18. 3rd stage: Onsite interview (60 mins)
What We Offer:
19. Hybrid & Flexible Working
20. Early Finish Friday Working week of 34 hours with full-time pay. (Finish at midday on Friday)
21. 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the ability to purchase an additional 5 days.
22. Private Medical Insurance + Employee Assistance Programme
23. Medicash
24. Pension Scheme (Matched to 7%)
25. Annual Bonus Scheme
26. Family Leave (Enhanced)
27. Electric vehicle scheme with on-site charging points*
28. Rewards platform with access to discounts at hundreds of shops, restaurants etc.*
*Flexible Benefits
Diversity Statement:
We're passionate about creating a workplace where every individual is valued, respected, and empowered. Somewhere we can benefit from all forms of diversity and discover the true value in our differences. If there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know
Security Statement
Nominet is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of the internet and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment by participating in the relevant security and screening processes. All roles working for Nominet will be subject to a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. Some roles due to the nature of their work, will require additional security clearance.