Portfolio Product Manager – Release Train Engineer, SAFE (RTE)

Portfolio Product Manager – Release Train Engineer, SAFE (RTE)

We are looking for an ambitious Product Portfolio Manager to join one of our favourite clients (one of the most visited websites in the UK after Amazon). This organisation has been around for some time and since Covid and has fast tracked their digital transformation!

This is a chance to make a huge difference with an organsiation that is very open to change and has the money and resources behind them to back you and your ideas all the way.

They are offering one of the first end to end digital platform within this industry. Made up of a suite of tools for trade that connect to create efficiencies and digitise workflows. They’re bringing true digital transformation to this global industry benefiting both businesses and consumers.

What you will do:

The Product Portfolio Manager will be responsible for successfully supporting and coaching our clients Product Teams in navigating the complexity of delivering software in large, cross-functional environments. Connecting the teams together and ensuring they are all collaborating and communicating with each other in the best way possible.

As a core member of the product team, and collaborating closely with key stakeholders, the Product Portfolio Manager acts as a servant leader who facilitates product processes and execution, drives continuous development, manages risks and continuously supports the alignment of all product developments.

As the Product Portfolio Manager, you will lead the overall planning, coordination, execution, and management of the Product Quarterly Planning across the entire product portfolio. You will use your problem-solving and coaching skills to support the development of our client’s market leading digital solutions.

This role works closely with Product Owners, Heads of Product and Product Director to ensure that products and features are prioritised appropriately and delivered robustly and methodically.

Responsibilities & Requirements

• Ensure the successful preparation and execution of the Product Quarterly Planning process. Specific actions will include:
• Working with the Product Teams on the prioritisation of features to be considered in the next quarterly planning cycle
• Ensuring effective communication and coordination for and during quarterly planning
• Managing change to the quarterly product plan and the impacts of those changes
• Understand, visualise and manage upstream/downstream dependencies
• Drive cross-team and departmental impediments, planning, collaboration, and coordination.
• Help the product teams establish realistic commitments using historical capacity and performance data
• Provide coaching to help resolve process issues across multiple teams
• Assist teams in visualising, capturing and breaking down the delivery of more complex requests that require coordination between teams
• Support the refinement of features to be considered in the next quarterly planning cycle to meet agreed business outcomes
• Support regular and open communication across the product teams and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments
• Encourage a Build Measure Learn mind-set, creating a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the product team