GM/Director of Product BigChange

The simPRO Group
The simPRO Group

Product

Reading, UK

Posted on Jul 25, 2026

Job Context

The Director of Product Management sets a visionary product line direction, fostering innovation, troubleshooting process issues, and promoting cross-functional collaboration. The role also includes the responsibility of optimizing for the company's overall success, influencing industry events, and creating a collaborative and employee-centric work environment.

What You’ll Do

  • Craft a compelling vision for product and builds management and cross-functional support for that vision

  • Build a strong team and an environment of innovation and promotes innovation cross-functionally

  • Troubleshoot process issues that are hindering teams

  • Reapply process improvements from one team across other teams

  • Runs a v1 differently than a V12

  • Breaks log jams on lingering decisions

  • Helps the team discern when to apply informed judgment in lieu of data

  • Assigns and enforces decision authority at appropriate levels

  • Optimizes for the company vs. own product line responsibilities

  • Leads teams to seek out and savor surprises and inconsistencies

  • Effectively leads discussions at all levels of the company, customers, partners and vendors

  • Gain exposure as an influencer in industry events, trade shows, analyst briefings

  • Rebalances resources considering impacts to all stakeholders

  • Creates a desirable team environment and collaboration across teams

  • Continuously gathers employee input and acts quickly on issues

  • The responsibilities listed are not exhaustive. It may be required to perform additional tasks as necessary to meet the evolving needs of the organization.

What You’ll Bring

What We Can Offer You

  • A generous annual leave entitlement plus a personal leave entitlement

  • Private Health Insurance

  • Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 confidential support on relationships, bereavement, finances)

  • Life Insurance

  • Company pension scheme, with an uncapped 5% employer contribution

  • Generous Parental Leave Program

  • Paid Volunteer Leave Days

  • Public Holiday Exchange Scheme

  • Talent Referral Programme – get rewarded for referring a friend to join our team!

  • Cyclescheme, a salary sacrifice to treat yourself to a bike & equipment

  • Home & Tech Scheme, a salary sacrifice to treat yourself to some new tech

  • A discounts and cash back scheme

  • Casual dress and relaxed office environment

  • Opportunities for career progression and development

  • Diverse training & internal networking opportunities across all of our product lines

  • Service recognition awards

  • Click here to find out more about working at Simpro Group!

Our Core Values


We Are One Team

We Are Customer Centric
We Are Growth Minded
We Are Accountable
We Celebrate Success

Simpro, AroFlo, BigChange & ClockShark are equal opportunity employers with a best-of-class onboarding program and supportive team environments. This means that we want everyone to feel welcome and offer equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other non-performance factor.

If you'd like to join a fun and progressive organisation, where there are opportunities to develop your career, please apply now with your CV/Resumer.

Please note: no agencies will be accepted in the recruitment of this role. Any CVs provided to Simpro Software by agencies will be treated as a gift.