Software & Payments Initiative Manager

This is a remote-based role, with attendance required at the Ibcos office in Poole for meetings and training sessions, typically once per month. Some travel will also be required to visit customers and suppliers across the UK and Ireland.

£65,000 - £70,000 depending on experience.

Software & Payments Initiative Manager

R&D Director/ Managing Director

Ibcos Computers Ltd is the UK’s leading provider of Dealership Management Software to the agricultural, construction and ground care industries. Catalyst Computer Systems Ltd is a leading supplier of Dealership Management Systems to industries including motorcycle, caravan, automotive and marine. Starkwood Media Group is a specialist digital agency providing website, e-commerce and digital marketing solutions to dealerships. Together, these three companies form Dealer UK.

We help dealerships manage and grow their businesses through integrated software, digital and marketing solutions, covering everything from parts, service, sales and finance to online presence and customer engagement.

Our parent company, Constellation Software Inc., is an international provider of market-leading software to a wide range of industries. Constellation Software’s mission is to acquire, manage and build market-leading software businesses that develop specialised, mission‑critical software solutions. Established in 1995, the company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices in North America, Europe, Pakistan and Australia. Constellation is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: CSU).

The Software & Payments Initiatives Manager will identify and evaluate product innovation opportunities, develop business cases and deliver business growth through delivery of these projects to market across three UK-based Constellation Software companies.

This is a delivery-and‑orchestration role rather than a people‑management role in the first instance: success depends on influence, structure, and clarity across squads, functions, and leadership, rather than direct headcount ownership.

• Identify, qualify and prioritise potential revenue‑generating initiatives across Dealer UK
• Continually research ideas from customers, internal stakeholders and sister companies to identify revenue‑generating opportunities based on current and future customer needs.
• Build a business case for each initiative, including cost analysis, pricing and pro forma financials (e.g. TAM, ARR, and IRR); obtain stakeholder buy‑in and sign‑off from the senior management team.
• Execute each initiative as a start‑up, taking ownership of the full product lifecycle from start to finish.
• Create a pipeline of revenue‑generating initiatives at various stages of execution.
• Ensure all products are developed in a customer‑centric manner
• Identify and specify market requirements by proposing solutions that deliver high revenue growth, either through ems that a high number of customers have, creating high amounts of value or both.
• Define and build a minimum sellable product.
• Test and validate assumptions by building and managing a development partner group.
• Oversee the successful research and development of identified initiatives
• Partner with the R&D Director to secure resources.
• Prepare a project plan and deliver this using AI driven development processes such as AI‑DLC
• Act as the connective layer between Product, Engineering, and Commercial functions to keep initiatives aligned to business outcomes.
• Take ownership of the project scope, timeline and budget.
• Drive the successful execution of the launch and post‑launch phases of each initiative
• Partner with all departments and stakeholders to develop and execute a company‑wide go‑to‑market plan.
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