Product Director – Public Sector
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Product Director leading public sector software strategy at Unit4. Owning product vision, managing backlog, and ensuring alignment with platform strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Own the Public Sector product vision, strategy, and multi-horizon roadmap; align it with Unit4's platform strategy and commercial growth targets.
- Lead a prioritized product backlog with dedicated engineering capacity - defining outcomes, success metrics, release plans, and quality criteria.
- Serve as the internal authority on the Public Sector vertical, providing product, marketing, analyst relations, and pre-sales teams with the industry grounding they need to position, demonstrate, and sell effectively.
- Translate deep sector knowledge into specific, investment-backed product requirements: problem statements, opportunity sizing, and build-vs-partner decisions.
- Work closely with horizontal product teams to ensure public sector requirements are reflected in platform investment across finance, HR, procurement, and operations.
- Partner with the Industry Growth Director on launch readiness, pricing, packaging, and field enablement.
Requirements:
- Proven product management experience building enterprise software - ERP or enterprise SaaS - for public sector organizations, particularly municipalities, local authorities, or specialist agencies.
- Deep knowledge of public finance management, public sector accounting, and government budgeting practices.
- Solid understanding of public procurement frameworks and how they translate into practical ERP requirements - from approval workflows and audit trails to supplier management and contract compliance.
- Understanding of the security, data residency, and audit expectations of government buyers and what that means for cloud ERP product decisions.
- A clear point of view on how AI can responsibly empower public sector organizations - balancing real opportunity for efficiency and insight with the accountability, transparency, and security obligations these organizations carry.
- Commercial orientation: you understand how product decisions drive ARR, win rate, and customer retention.
- Strong communication skills at Head of Finance, Head of ICT, and senior public service leadership level.
Benefits:
- balance - with our Flexible Leave Paid Time Off policy
- remote working opportunities
- Global Wellbeing Days
- commitment to sustainability - with initiatives such as our Environmental, Social, and Governance strategy and Act4Good programme
- a safe and inclusive working environment – supported by our Employee Resource Groups, which are open to all.
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