Head of Product

Role: Head of Product Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 approx Location: DundeeOnsite 3x days per week Role description and purposeThe Head of Product is a critical role. It's purpose is to deliver innovation pipeline; organising, supporting, mentoring and managing a group of dedicated professionals to deliver a series of new propositions that will contribute towards our ambition to deliver integrated solutions that support smart farming and processing operations.We have a number of propositions in development including a biomass camera, a sea-lice treatment system, a seal detection camera, a novel pump and a waterjet bleeder. These propositions are at various stages of development but share the need to be driven through development to deliver manufacturing ready outcomes. Delivery of these outcomes is critical to our ambition to become a leading provider of value-adding solutions to customers throughout the world.The range of activity to be overseen by the Head of Product extends from verification of market need, through prototyping, to the development and documentation of specifications for manufacturing. Development leadership requires an understanding of the constituent elements of each proposition, including software, electronics, mechanical and power engineering.As well as a capable in-house development team, we has an established network of partners within its supply chain that can be tapped to introduce additional capability and capacity.This role will require significant contact with all members of the senior management team and reports to the Chief Operating Officer.Responsibilities of the role
Provide leadership to the company's product team and to those within the supply chain involved in supporting the development of productsSupport the continuous development of the product team, ensuring that skills and capacity are aligned with the delivery objectives from this business unitPlan for and implement a process that achieves the transition of knowledge and capability from the more experienced members of the product team to new employeesActively manage the relationship between and our 3rd party manufacting units, to ensure quality and timely delivery. Focusing on the documentation, design artifacts and quality reporting.Liaise with marketing department (and third parties as required) to gather intelligence on customer requirements and case studiesOwn responsibility for delivering next generation propositionsSupport the transfer of new proposition designs to manufacturing business unit, to include the provision of all documentation required to build and safely operate the equipmentSchedule and define draft budgets for the activities of the product teamMaintain an up to date understanding of the regulatory environments within which operates and ensure that new product designs do not breach regulationsPromote a culture of health and safetyDefine OKRs relevant to the role, agree goals with the COO, and deliverProvide periodical reports to the COO on progress against OKRsExperience & Skills:Relevant degree with an engineering background and prior experience of owning the delivery of new value propositions within a fast moving SME environmentAbility to effectively work on the delivery of multiple new propositions simultaneouslyAbility to apply business knowledge to real-world scenariosLeadership capability and effective people managerPlanning and management skillsStrategic thinker capable of making a meaningful contribution to the direction of the businessProblem solving skills and analytical mindsetUnderstanding of budgeting process and financial managementExcellent communication skillsPro-active and self-startingAbility to assimilate detailed product knowledge and to disseminate this within the team and to third party supporters as requiredPresentation capability: written and verbalTechnical competencies:Project & task managementPeople managementFacilitation & change managementStrategic leadershipHow To Apply?Please send a CV to ##### Source Consulting Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. People Source specialise in technology recruitment across niche markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project and Programme Management, SAP, Digital and Consumer Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Management Consultancy, Business Intelligence, Manufacturing, Telecoms, Public Sector, Healthcare, Finance and Oil & Gas.
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