Product Manager

At AAT it’s our mission to make it possible for more people to experience the opportunities a career in finance brings, through our accessible qualifications and supportive community.

We are the UK’s leading qualification and professional membership body for vocational accountants. We pride ourselves on providing practical qualifications that meet the needs of both employers and employees, as well as products and services to support our members and customers throughout their careers.

Term: Permanent * 2

Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)

Salary: £52,975.56 per annum

Location:   We have hybrid working in place, with 1-2 days per week, in our office in Canary Wharf.

What exactly will you be doing?

As Product Manager you will collaborate with colleagues across AAT to develop and drive our product strategy and grow a portfolio of products and services. You will identify opportunities, develop value propositions, and manage the full product lifecycle. Your goal is to maximise market opportunities, meet KPIs, and deliver growth and engagement.

Major objectives 

The key objectives for the role are:

• Collaborate with colleagues across AAT to develop and execute the product strategy and grow the portfolio of accounting products and services.
• Take responsibility for existing products and services, ensuring customer feedback is incorporated, developments are timely, and sales, marketing, retention and income targets are met.
• Identify market opportunities and maximise them by developing clearly defined value propositions that drive growth, engagement and KPI delivery.
• Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle for the portfolio including budgets and financial performance of all products and services.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for proactive and dynamic individuals to join our growing team. If you have the following skills and experience, we would love to hear from you:

·       Prior experience with new product development and managing the full product lifecycle.

·       Strong project management skills including briefing, scheduling, and managing complex activity schedules.

·       Prior experience with product strategy development and implementation.

·       Knowledge of professional bodies, training, and/or the accountancy profession is desirable.

·       Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

·       Problem solving skills and analytical thinking.

·       Financial management skills including budgeting and new product budget management.

What are the benefits?

At AAT we believe in treating our staff well and this is reflected in our wide-ranging benefits, which include:

• Hybrid working (1-2 days per week in our London office) and opportunities for further flexible working.
• 25 days’ annual leave, increasing one day per year up to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays.
• Great pension scheme, life assurance, and critical illness cover.

·       Health cash plan.

• Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave contributions of up to 6 months’ full pay depending on the length of service.

·       Regular wellbeing initiatives.

• Cycle2Work scheme and much more.

Closing Date: The planned closing date for this role is 31 January 2024 at 17.00, however, we reserve the right to close the role earlier than planned.

It’s an exciting time to join AAT and we would love you to join us on our journey. In 2023 we achieved one-star company status in the Best Companies survey, and we have recently launched our strategy to 2030.

We are committed to being an inclusive and welcoming place to work. We encourage applications from diverse candidates and make recruitment decisions based on skill and experience. We have a Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Champions group, which leads on our D&I strategy and organise events to celebrate and raise awareness. We are a disability-confident committed employer and have signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We have also signed up for the Women in Finance Charter, and in 2022 we exceeded our target for appointing females into senior positions.

Come and help us to make AAT an even better place to work!

Interested?

To apply please upload a copy of your CV and fill your application online.

If you have a disability, need further support, or reasonable adjustments to assist you in our process, please contact us.