Senior Product Manager

Who we are

Nimble is a boutique technology consultancy based in the UK North; Sheffield, Leeds and Manchester. We partner with ambitious clients across the public and private sectors to design, build, and optimize digital services that deliver real value. We pride ourselves on our agile mindset, our creative problem-solving, and our collaborative culture.

Our projects are diverse and different, just like our ways of working and our people. One of our key focusses is maintaining a strong culture of pragmatic, skilled, egoless people who collaborate to get things done and have lots of fun along the way.

We currently have offices in Sheffield (our HQ), Leeds & Manchester, however, a lot of us work remotely. We prefer for everyone to work however is best for them – all we ask is that people go into the office a few times a month and for team / client meetings when required.

What we are looking for

As a Senior Consultant at Nimble, you'll be joining our Product & Design Capability, our permanent team of highly skilled product management, business analysis and user centred design consultants.

We’re seeking a highly motivated Senior Product Manager who thrives in a dynamic and collaborative environment to lead Product development on a number of Nimble led engagements. The role would suit an experienced product owner or agile business analyst with experience across the breadth of the SDLC who is looking to continue their career development.

Key Responsibilities

• Ability to analyse business and technical domains. Specifically people, processes and data flows, business intelligence data and user needs
• Creation of initial product backlog and ongoing ownership, refinement & prioritisation based on value, cost and risk
• User journey mapping to ensure an holistic view of the product
• Eliciting and writing Epics and User Stories using INVEST principles with agreed acceptance criteria
• Facilitation of product demos and User Acceptance Testing of features.
• Data driven decision making. Ability to use data analytics to validate assumptions, measure product success and iterate on features.
• Stakeholder management and effective communication with senior staff and leadership at our clients.
• Workshop facilitation with business stakeholders, users and technical team members.
• Work with other key members of the product team to develop, elaborate and firm up an evolving roadmap for key products and/or key clients.

Key Skills

• Experience in a Product Manager/Owner and/or Business Analyst role in an agile development environment, working directly with a multidisciplinary team throughout the SDLC.
• Ability to work in different industry domains in both the public and private sectors
• Ability to understand both business and technical domains and understand how to maximise the delivery of value to our clients and their end users
• Product Roadmap and Backlog creation, maintenance and communication.
• Stakeholder management and effective communication skills.
• Strong decision maker and able to influence stakeholders
• Tenacity - to overcome hurdles in both people and process
• Desirable - Previous consultancy experience
• Desirable - Previous public sector and GDS project experience

What we offer

• Private healthcare for you and a family member through Westfield Health
• Flexible / Hybrid working
• Enhanced Parental pay
• Volunteer Days
• Multiple Qualified Mental Health First Aider’s with regular 1-1’s available
• £2,000 champion fund to spend as you wish on your own L&D each year
• Referral scheme (£3,000) for every successful applicant
• Lots of career progression opportunities
• Laptop and any practicable equipment provided (either a Mac or Windows)
• Regular Nimble Socials (both virtual & physical) including Escape rooms, Lunches, Award nights, Bowling, Bouldering and more!
• Relaxed and fun working environment
• Engaging and collaborative communities to be involved in
• A chance to be involved in company OKRs and shape how we will be in the future
• 25 days holiday allowance + bank holidays
• Company pension (with employer contributions)

Equal Opportunities Statement

At Nimble Approach, we strongly believe that discrimination and victimisation is unacceptable.

It is our duty to ensure that no employee or job applicant receives less favourable facilities or treatment (either directly or indirectly) in recruitment or employment on grounds of age, disability, gender / gender reassignment, marriage / civil partnership, pregnancy / maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation (the protected characteristics).

Our aim is that our workforce will be truly representative of society and each employee feels respected and able to give their best.

We want everyone at Nimble and those applying to join us to feel safe, supported and encouraged so if we can make any adjustments to help with your application or you require any assistance, please reach out to us on people@nimbleapproach.com or reach us on 0114 345 0540 and we are happy to help.