Product Manager (Product Owner)
- London, ENG (GBR), Brentford, England (GBR)
- £520 - £585 Per Day
- 6 Months
- Start date: ASAP
- Ref: GSK0JP00078005
- digital
- Product Management
- mobile
- software development
- strong communication skills
- prototypes
- roadmap
- customer experience
Product Manager (Product Owner)
GSK House, Brentford
6 Month Contract
Pay: up to £585 per day
Job Overview
As GSK Consumer Healthcare embarks on its Digital journey, we continue to look for ways to further digitize our business by optimizing and developing new web (owned media) properties. With regards to this, we are looking for a Product Manager to join our Digital – Content and Commerce team. We envision the product manager to be gathering and prioritizing requirements for our web properties that are catered to experts such as dentist and physicians. These expert web properties can span the work of building new enhancements and optimizing on existing functionality with category / brand and market / local teams to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. The Product Manager will also be responsible for creating buy-in for his/her roadmap both internally and with key external partners as well as translating strategy of the roadmap into detailed requirements and prototypes.
The role is rare in that the scope for you to make an impact is very real and you will interface significantly with senior colleagues across the company within the Digital, category / brand and market / local teams. This is an excellent time to be joining a highly successful market leader in the healthcare industry and drive significant technology change across the organization.
Other requirements include:
- Ability to gain a deep understanding of internal and external customer/consumer requirements, identify and fill product (related to web / mobile properties) gaps and generate new ideas that improve customer experience and drive growth
- Ability to create buy-in for the product (related to web / mobile properties) vision both internally and with key external partners
- Ability to scope and prioritize activities based on business and customer impact
- Ability to work closely with development teams to deliver with quick time-to-market and optimal resources
- Ability to drive product (related to web / mobile properties) launches including working with executives, external stakeholders, and other team members in Digital, category / brand and market / local teams
- Act as a product (related to web / mobile properties) evangelist to build awareness and understanding
- Ability to work through ambiguity and to also take others on journey to navigate the ambiguity with a pragmatic approach.
- Ability to lead junior product managers as well.
Qualifications
- Proven 3-5 years work experience in product management or as an associate product manager
- Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle
- Proven ability to develop product roadmaps and strategies and effectively communicate recommendations to executive management
- Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and digital technologies
- Strong problem solving skills and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done
- Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams in a matrix organization
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Have a highly innovative mind-set and strong experience with web / mobile properties.
- Ability to work in close partnership with other IT functions such as IT security, compliance, infrastructure, etc. as well as partner closely with business stakeholders in the digital and R&D organizations.
- Ability to develop and maintain productive working links with suppliers and specialist technology providers to assemble and maintain a distinctive and flexible mix of capabilities against future requirements.
- MS/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent preferred. Ideal candidate would have built an impressive hands-on career to date in an advanced, recognized and innovative environment.
All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications, we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply.
