Job Description
Looking for a role that will give you ownership for defining, driving, and executing your vision, strategy, and roadmap for all products – in this case our retail products, Internal IT Software, and 3rd Party portfolio.
This is a key role in our CTIO senior leadership team and you will have a big impact on our success and ongoing growth.
This is a business partnering and strategic role, ensuring our technology and Product Roadmap aligns and helps deliver our business strategy and objectives. Key here is previous experience of leading and collaborating with Software Development, Engineering and Scrum Teams in the Agile delivery of products.
Note: expectations are this will require visits to our Head Office in Abingdon, Oxon on a weekly basis therefore you will live within a comfortable commute.
Customers are at the heart of all that we do, so we are keen to speak to you to find out how you have led teams who have researched, designed, developed, and enhanced customer-centric products to create high impact solutions.
In this role you will lead, manage, and mentor a team, so people management is essential, as is being able to build relationships and influence internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
You will need to bring a deep understanding of product lifecycle management, along with Agile Development methodologies. Knowledge of Telecoms products would be highly desirable - eg regulatory considerations, knowledge of Telco Operations and Business Support systems.
Your focus will be two-fold, with one eye on the longer term, ensuring your strategy is future proof and aligned to the business objectives, as well as delivery of the now by you team.
Key will being able to bring a holistic view on progress to the Executive team, driving and addressing head on, any risks or issues being faced by the multiple teams who will deliver your strategy – eg your Product Managers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, Software Development and Engineers, etc.
We would love to find out where and how you have previously achieved desired results and benefits in a similar role.
Gigaclear is a growing Fibre Broadband (FTTP / FTTH) company, developing our fibre-to-the-premises broadband infrastructure to some of the most difficult to reach areas of the UK, empowering those communities with broadband to rival any city.