Technical Product Consultant

The Technical Product Consultant will be vital to our success and to driving future growth. In this role you will take responsibility for the management of the product roadmap

You will ensure they are maximizing opportunities and delivering the products and propositions that our customers demand.

Many challenges will be faced. It's an exciting time to be in the health arena as we help our customers understand more about important technology changes and you will lead some exciting developments as we are permanently looking to remain agile in a competitive world. You will drive a culture of continuous improvement, anticipate and respond to changes in our sector and innovate to exceed customer expectations. This is a highly challenging role that requires an agile and focused approach.

To succeed in this exciting role, you will need to demonstrate a successful track record gained in a leadership position in a technical product role. Ideally this will have been in a health market.

The main responsibilities of this role include:

• Provide design and technical consulting expertise for complex, high-impact projects.


• Communicate with stakeholders and customers to gather feedback and incorporate it into future product development.;


• Communicate with stakeholders and customers to understand their problems and try to solve it either independently or with support (problem solver);


• Provide consultation and support to client product leadership in their day-to-day activities and decision-making process across features.


• Propose conceptual technical solutions and make changes based on the client's feedback in an Agile environment


• Ensure technical requirements are clear, aligned, testable, accurate, and maintained;


• Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories;


• Collaborate and contribute on the creation, deployment and maintenance of technical best practices and standards.


• Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals;


• Ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared tasks to work on;


• Clearly expressing Product Backlog items;


• Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends;


• Ensure the development team understand items in the backlog.
  
  Demonstrable experience in a Business Analysis or Product Owner role;


• Excellent organizational and time management skills;


• Familiarity with advanced QA and test automation tools strongly preferred;


• Strong technical background;


• Prior expertise working with clinical data in a Healthcare


• Outstanding communication, presentation and leadership skills;


• Demonstrable knowledge of 1 or more programming languages (prior developer experience preferred);


• MySQL;


• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering or similar relevant field;


• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills;


• Strong knowledge of application architecture.
  
  Come join us and make a difference in the world!, We're NEC Software Solutions (part of global tech giant NEC Corporation). While you read this ad, our software is helping to dispatch ambulances, support families, keep trains on the move, locate missing people and even test the hearing of newborn babies.


Working with us, you'll be helping our 3,000+ employees push the boundaries of what's possible and support amazing public services.

We work with governments, hospitals, police forces, housing providers, local authorities and more. We help them pay financial support faster, speed up treatments for patients and respond to emergencies in the right way. The more we do, the more our customers can do for others. And together, we make a world of difference.

We'd love your help. And we'll support you all the way.

We pride ourselves in offering an excellent benefits package, including an above average pension scheme. When you join the team at NEC Software Solutions, you are provided with the following:

• Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost)


• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell


• 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)


• A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5%


• A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs


Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required.

All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting and reference checks.