Product Manager

We are seeking a Product Manager to lead the design, development, and delivery of technology products that support Next Energy Group’s asset management and investment management functions. This role sits within Technology & Digital Services (TDS) and acts as a key bridge between business stakeholders and the engineering, data, and delivery teams responsible for building the tools they rely on.

You will be responsible for understanding how the business manages its renewable energy asset portfolio and how investment performance is tracked, reported, and interrogated — and translating those needs into well‑scoped, well‑delivered technology products. You will own the roadmap, drive delivery, and ensure that what gets built creates genuine business value.

We are looking for a technology product professional who brings sufficient commercial and sector awareness to engage credibly with asset management and investment management stakeholders, ask the right questions, and make sound product decisions. You do not need to be a domain expert, but you do need to understand how the business works and what drives value.

• Define and own the product roadmap for technology solutions serving asset management and investment management stakeholders, grounded in a clear understanding of business priorities and user needs.
• Maintain a transparent, evidence‑based roadmap that balances business outcomes, technical constraints, risk, and delivery capacity.
• Lead build vs. buy assessments for asset monitoring, performance analytics, and investment reporting tooling, bringing a clear point of view on where to invest and why.
• Ensure the products you own contribute measurably to Next Energy Group’s strategic goal of becoming a data‑driven, technology‑led business.

• Work closely with asset management and investment management teams to understand their workflows, commercial priorities, and pain points — translating these into clear product requirements that engineering teams can act on.
• Bring sufficient knowledge of the renewable energy sector to hold informed conversations about asset performance, monitoring, and reporting requirements without needing extensive domain education from stakeholders.
• Understand the commercial and financial context in which the business operates — including how assets generate returns and how performance is measured and reported to investors — so that product decisions are grounded in business value.
• Run discovery, user research, and stakeholder workshops to surface and validate requirements before committing to build.
• Manage stakeholder expectations proactively, providing regular updates on progress, trade‑offs, and delivery timelines.

• Translate strategy into product epics and user stories with clear acceptance criteria, and manage the product backlog in Azure Dev Ops.
• Lead agile ceremonies with cross‑functional squads and coordinate with the PMO on dependencies, timelines, and communications.
• Drive delivery to time and quality, escalating risks and blockers early and resolving them decisively.
• Oversee handover, user enablement, and adoption of new products and system enhancements.

• Identify opportunities to embed AI and analytics capabilities into asset management and investment management products — including performance reporting, automated workflows, and data‑driven decision support.
• Partner with data and AI teams to define requirements and ensure responsible use of operational and financial data.

• Partner with compliance, security, and data governance colleagues to ensure products adhere to policy, maintain appropriate audit trails, and meet regulatory obligations.
• Monitor and mitigate product‑related risks throughout the product lifecycle.
• Stay current on relevant regulatory developments in the energy sector and ensure these are reflected in product planning where necessary.
• Evaluate and manage third‑party technology vendors and delivery partners across the asset monitoring and investment analytics space.
• Run structured vendor assessments, support commercial negotiations, and hold partners…