Principal Product Manager - Thoughtworks
View Company Profile- Job Title
- Principal Product Manager
- Job Location
- London
- Job Description
Thoughtworks partners with clients to build impactful digital products which deliver extraordinary customer experiences. We do this by integrating design, strategy and technology. We’re looking for a seasoned product leader, with experience in identifying, launching and scaling new products and product portfolio, to join the Customer Experience, Product and Design (CXPD) service line.
Job responsibilities
- As a trusted advisor to our client’s leadership, you will partner with them to understand their context and needs, make recommendations, and provide advice and hands-on expertise on taking new products from concept to market to scale
- Drive the innovation mindset and the overall product development lifecycle, utilising lean and hypothesis driven approaches to identify, conceptualise and pilot new products that deliver undeniable value.
- Establish the market & competitive landscape, go to market strategy and business case or economic model for the opportunity with our clients.
- Lead the stakeholders to think about customer’s problems, business outcomes and take them on the change journey of moving to empowered product teams that create strategic growth for the organisation
- Shape and lead teams to deliver client engagements in a way which is both effective for our client and operationally sound for Thoughtworks.
- Help shape CXPD service line value propositions, creating case studies, points of view and other content through insights on client needs and solutions, and also through defining repeatable practices which will help us to scale our efforts.
- Get involved in pre-sales, creating proposals and pitches, shaping engagements for clients and helping to educate both clients and colleagues about the value of our services.
- Contribute to the growth and scale of our evolving business through taking an active part in recruiting, community building, mentorship and driving continuous improvement in practices and techniques.
Job qualifications
Technical Skills
- 10+ years of experience in leading new ideas from concept to launch and scale with expertise in go-to-market strategy and developing new revenue streams
- Experience in commercial and economic modelling, including monetisation strategy
- Experience in bringing an innovation mindset into an organisation at scale and creating sustained innovation investment across strategic horizons.
- Depth in conducting research and bringing market trends, customer and competitive insights to facilitate strategic ideation to identify opportunities for strategic growth.
- Depth and expertise in developing value proposition, using lean approaches to test viability, feasibility and desirable to achieve problem-solution and product-market fit before scaling.
- Demonstrated hypothesis and data driven problem-solving orientation with exceptional ability to create structured quantitative and qualitative analyses
- Operate at company, portfolio and product level — defining and executing a strategy, shaping a vision and translating it into a roadmap with clear business and customer value-based measures of success.
- Advise clients on becoming a value-driven, customer-centric product organisation and drive the change by introducing best practices in product management, value delivery and measurement and making innovation mainstream.
- Expertise in the end-to-end product development lifecycle, agile and lean software development practices.
Professional Skills
- Skilled at operating and building relationships with C-suite executives and confident in driving conversations at the intersection of technology and business.
- Strong interpersonal skills — active listening, persuading and empathising with others and excellent written and verbal communication.
- Ability to formulate and deliver insights around complex business problems in a thoughtful and persuasive manner.
- Strong consulting skills and can operate with ambiguity.
- Bias for action, and can break down complex problems into tangible steps.
- Enjoy collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and can operate as an advisory but also as a hands on practitioner.
- Passionate about creating thought-leadership and representing our brand and value proposition in external events, and by writing articles or white papers.
Other things to know
Learning & Development
There is no one-size-fits-all career path at Thoughtworks: however you want to develop your career is entirely up to you. But we also balance autonomy with the strength of our cultivation culture. This means your career is supported by interactive tools, numerous development programs and teammates who want to help you grow. We see value in helping each other be our best and that extends to empowering our employees in their career journeys.
About Thoughtworks
Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering to drive digital innovation. For 30+ years, our clients have trusted our autonomous teams to build solutions that look past the obvious. Here, computer science grads come together with seasoned technologists, self-taught developers, midlife career changers and more to learn from and challenge each other. Career journeys flourish with the strength of our cultivation culture, which has won numerous awards around the world.
Join Thoughtworks and thrive. Together, our extra curiosity, innovation, passion and dedication overcomes ordinary.
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Thoughtworks Company Size
Between 10,000 - 20,000 employees
Thoughtworks Founded Year
1993
Thoughtworks Total Amount Raised
$748,000,000
Thoughtworks Funding Rounds
View funding detailsPrivate Equity
$720,000,000 USD
Private Equity
$28,000,000 USD