Interactive Product Manager / Business Developer (1 year maternity cov

Interactive Product Manager / Business Developer (1 year maternity cov

Location: Gunnersbury, West London (W3) , W3 View map Salary: Unspecified Date posted: 31/03/2012 16:02 Job type:Contract Company: Illumina Digital Ltd Contact: Annette Bissoon Ref: Totaljobs Job ID: 53031977

Illumina Digital is an award-winning multiplatform production company based in Acton, west London, and Glasgow, Scotland.

We develop concepts, create content, and design and build platforms in the health, learning and entertainment sectors. Our current clients include the NHS, the BBC, Welsh Assembly, Skillset and the Technology Strategy Board.

We are currently looking for an interactive product manager / business developer to join our team, working with our clients in health and learning.

Illuminas Product Managers are responsible for creating, defining and holding the vision for the interactive products we develop ourselves and on behalf of our clients.Product Managers need to lead, influence and inspire teams and plot a roadmap for how products develop, always keeping user needs at their heart.They are also business developers in identifying and qualifying business opportunities, developing propositions to fulfil client needs and leading pitching teams.

As Product Manager you will need to identify the appropriate forms of interactive content and deliver the subsequent user experience to the clients and users requirements.The business development aspect will include seeking opportunities and managing responses to bids and tender requests. You will work with staff across the company to develop responses to tender that ensure that the customers requirements are understood and met.

We are looking for individuals with the following skills and experience:

Proven experience of leading the delivery of com plex multimedia projects at a project, product or strategic level.

A passion for digital technology and its possibilities

Understanding of the component disciplines of interactive media: interaction design, editorial strategy, software development

Experience of UX Research, UCD principles and Agile development methodologies

Good listening skills

The ability to engage and influence senior external and internal stakeholders and build collaborative relationships

Confidence in finding solutions that meets a range of complex user and stakeholder needs

Excellent ability to communicate, lead and work with designers and developers, editorial and production staff and an understanding of their different needs and working practices.

Ability to report clearly and promptly to senior managers on strategic issues

Understanding of the healthcare and/or learning sector.

Rates dependent on experience.

No agencies please.

Please email a current CV and covering letter to jobs@illumina.co.uk with "Product Manager / Business Developer" in the subject line.