Product Manager

From the day we opened our doors in 1971, MRI Software has built flexible, game-changing real estate software solutions to improve people’s lives. The only way to carry out that mission is to hire the absolute best employees on earth. People like you.   

Work hard, play hard. Always. Our relentless commitment to client success, our employee resource groups and our promise to empower our teams to reach their full potential are a few examples of what makes MRI Software special.   

And we’re insanely dedicated to creating a work environment that you look forward to every single day. That’s why we invest heavily in our employee engagement, so you enjoy the tech industry’s best perks. Together with the whole Pride, (lion roar for "family") employees, customers, and partners, we’re on a mission to break new ground and lead the real estate industry into a digital-first future.  

We understand the need to provide a flexible working environment partnered with team collaboration and socialisation. Therefore, we operate a hybrid working model with 3 days of working from home per week. This role can be based from either our London, Newcastle or Sleaford office.  

POSITION OVERVIEW:

As a leader within the Product Management Team for Social Housing at MRI Software, you will be responsible for driving the definition, strategy, requirements and delivery of new and/or adaptation of current MRI offerings. You will partner with all cross-functional leaders and team members to deliver the preparation and oversight required for an offering to succeed in the market.

The role will be measured by delivering high quality, innovative solutions that are adopted by the market and are competitively differentiated.  Manage timely deliverables with strong communication and cross-functional partnering. Ability to gain shared vision on challenging decisions that impact various teams and the offering.  Success will require closely engaging the market (distribution channels, market influencers) and our clients to define and drive delivery of a product that provides value to our clients. You must have a ‘can do’ attitude and be comfortable working in a fast paced, unstructured environment where a winning team will be in remote locations. The role will deliver on the growing needs of our product suite.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and promote product line strategy and vision
• Discover and validate market problems and opportunities
• Responsible for ensuring roadmaps are defined, priorities and communicated
• Ensure product feedback loops are in place with customers and key business areas
• Managing a portfolio of Products, responsible of the end to end product lifecycle from design, development and go to market
• Define and size market segments
• Ensure Products have KPI’s to track performance (including, profitability, sales, ARR etc.)
• Conduct win/loss analysis and competitor analysis
• Create and maintain business plans and business cases, including pricing
• Determine buy/build/partner decisions
• Develop, socialise and maintain customer personas and journeys
• Position the product for all markets and all buyer types
• Serves as thought leader in market-facing and internal capacity
• Working closely with pre-sales to ensure we have strong demos available, ensuing key business areas are up to date with roadmaps and new features
• Working closely with Marketing to develop product documentation and marketing including Go-to-market plans

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Personal and Business Skills
• Business/entrepreneurial thinker
• Knowledge of MRI’s products and Social Housing market experience preferred
• Analytic & strategic thinking
• Solid decision making skills in the face of imperfect data
• Strong planning acumen
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Proven experience interfacing with senior-level client personnel
• Background and experience in some or all of the following:
• Product Management Best Practice
• Software Development Lifecycle
• Project management experience with proven ability to drive projects to completion on time and within budget

Experience:

• 2-5 years of working experience in enterprise software or market domain
• Proven ability to work with distributed leadership teams and cross-functional partners
• Experience with global business processes in the European region
• Detail-oriented and extremely organized, with proven ability to establish priorities and achieve results with very strong executive communication skills
• Minimum Educational Requirements:
• B.S./B.A. or equivalent plus 5 years of product management (or equivalent) experience.
• Working Conditions:
• This position requires sitting for long periods of time and extensive computer use
• 20% travel requirement

We’re obsessed with making this the best job you’ve ever had! 

We want our teams to love working here, so we’ve created some incredible perks for you to enjoy: 

• Join our employee-led groups to maximise your experience at work such as our DEI committee, employee resource groups such as Women and Allies, and our Pride Event Group. 

• Enjoy peace of mind over yours and your family’s health with our Private Medical Insurance and Health Cash Plan. 

• Invest in our competitive Personal Pension plan and help set you up for your future. 

• Big on family? So are we! We understand family is important and being able to spend quality time with your family as it grows is a wonderful experience. Our Parental Leave Program is designed to give you the opportunity to spend even more time with your new arrival(s).  

• Enjoy a fantastic work-life balance with 25 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays, and finish early 6 times a year with our ‘Flexi’ scheme. 

• Income Protection Plans give you the peace of mind you deserve.  

• Further your professional development and growth with our generous Tuition Reimbursement Schemes. 

• Enjoy the flexibility of working from anywhere in the world for two weeks out of the year! 

MRI continues to strive to amaze as a global industry leader in real estate software. Whether you are joining as a new pride member or bringing your expertise back, your talent is important to maintaining MRI’s high client experience standard and continuing our growth in the PropTech space.  

Amazing growth takes amazing employees. Are you up to the challenge? 

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting remarkable candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you! 

As a global company, we believe diversity brings benefits for our people, customers and clients. This is why MRI Software is committed to being an inclusive employer, regardless of your ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, military and veteran status. 

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion are values that are critical to our success; come and see for yourself.