Job Title: Product Manager – Benchmarking, reporting and analytics

Salary: up to £65,0000

The Business: 

Founded by a team of financial experts and ex-MAT professionals, IMP Software has a deep understanding of the challenges facing multi-academy trusts. Our mission is to empower multi-academy trusts with the tools and expertise they need to manage their finances more efficiently and effectively. That's why we're trusted by trusts across the country to provide the only budgeting, forecasting, and reporting software designed specifically for them. From a standing start, in less than 5 years we are now used by most large trusts to help them deliver smarter MAT Finance. 

We're proud to be at the forefront of innovation in the MAT finance sector, and we're constantly looking for ways to improve our offering. We work closely with our customers to understand their requirements so that we can tailor our product to their specific needs, and our team is always available to provide expert advice and support. 

But at our core, we're more than just a software company. We're a team of passionate and dedicated professionals, committed to helping multi-academy trusts achieve their financial goals. We believe that financial planning should be simpler, more accessible, and more transparent, and we're proud to be leading the way in supporting smarter MAT finance. 

At IMP we are very aware that the success of our business will be directly correlated to the quality of the team that we can attract and more importantly retain! Due to this core belief, IMP offers fantastic career progression within a business that places huge importance on the happiness of the team, through our respectful, fun(!) and supportive culture + flexible working, regular socials and funded/encouraged CPD.     

Role Description: 

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Product Manager to join our dynamic product team. You will play a pivotal role in translating customer needs into actionable product requirements and driving the successful delivery of our solutions.

Specifically, this role is focussed on providing our customers with the right reports (data insights) across our product range and managing our annual benchmarking survey.

As a Product Manager you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, especially engineering, to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality products that meet our customers' needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and Implement Data Insights Vision & Strategy: Create and execute a cohesive vision and plan for data insights and reporting across all products.

• Drive Data Insights Strategy: Lead the execution of the data insights strategy, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.

• Manage Annual Benchmarking Project: Oversee the planning, execution, and analysis of the annual benchmarking project.

• Coordinate Reporting Efforts: Align and prioritise reporting initiatives across the suite of products, ensuring consistency and strategic focus.

• Enhance Self-Serve Reporting Capabilities: Evolve and improve self-serve reporting tools, using Excel.

• Understand Customer Data Insights Needs: Conduct research and gather feedback to deeply understand customer needs and preferences regarding data insights.

• Extend Benchmarking Vision and Strategy: Expand the scope and impact of benchmarking initiatives to provide greater value to customers.

• Integrate Financial Reporting into IMP Brand: Develop and implement strategies to incorporate financial reporting into the IMP brand.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product owners, engineers, and business stakeholders, to gather requirements and ensure product alignment with business goals.

Skills, experience and attributes:

• Experience: Minimum of 3 years of experience in product management, business intelligence, or a related field.

• Technical Skills: Proficiency in BI tools Power BI

• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets.

• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

• Leadership: Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.

• Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with education sector (specifically MATs) trends and best practices in BI and reporting.

Benefits: 

• 27 days of holiday per year plus bank holidays 

• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

• AXA Health insurance including dental and mental health

• Broadband allowance

• Home office stipend

• Life assurance (4 x basic salary) 

• Encouraged and funded CPD