Focusrite
High Wycombe, UK
Junior Product Manager for Focusrite
We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior Product Manager/Owner to join our highly motivated Product Team and take ownership of part of Focusrite’s product portfolio. You will contribute to the definition and delivery of the Product Strategy needed to meet the Company’s Vision and future growth plans.
For your roadmap you will own each product lifecycle from concept through to end of life, making sure you have the right products in the market at the right time.
You will work closely with the Focusrite Product team, engaging at all levels of the business from segment team to operational board, to define and implement your product strategy, roadmaps and priorities.
What you'll be doing:
Lead and deliver your part of the rolling product roadmap for Focusrite.
Work together with your segment team to deliver great products. Be responsible for Product Management deliverables within hardware projects.
For software products, you will be the Product Owner within the Agile Scrum process, owning the backlog and ensuring your team is focused on the highest priorities.
Learn everyday about customers, product design, marketing, sale territories and technology.
Propose new products ideas. Identify what problems we can help solve for music makers, and what products they need.
Prioritise support and maintenance for your products in the field.
Other key relationships:
Work closely with:
The Product design team, on UX, product research, and product design.
Segment Marketing Managers, contributing to product marketing, customer insight, and market size analysis.
R&D, Engineering, Customer Support, and Operations, to identify and support the product development effort needed to deliver the Focusrite strategy, and to achieve Net Promoter Score and Ease of Use targets.
What experience you'll need to apply:
A strong affinity for Focusrite’s customers and products.
Great people skills. Able to work closely with others, as part of a cross functional team.
Personal leadership - able to work autonomously, and get things done.
Communication skills and ability to collaborate at all levels of an organization.
Good commercial acumen. Results focused, delivering commitments today, with one eye on the future identifying the next opportunity.
Ideally 2 years’ experience delivering technology products to market through well managed product management practices.
Ideally a degree related to Engineering, Technology, Product Design, or Music Technology.
Exposure to Waterfall and Agile methodology is a plus.
Love of Music Technology is essential! In this role you will help inspire a company of music makers.
Ultimately, we’re looking for an inspirational Product Manager/Owner, who can consistently and repeatedly enable the whole company to do what they do best - put amazing products into the hands of our customers, and help them make music.
About Us
Incorporating the Focusrite, Novation and Ampify brands, we aim to enrich lives through music by removing barriers to creativity.
As the number one selling audio interface brand worldwide, Focusrite has an illustrious and prestigious history. Alongside Novation and Ampify, the hardware and software that we develop plays a significant role in shaping the sound of modern music. From amateur to pro, our goal is to contribute to a world where we’ve made a difference creating opportunities for everyone and anyone to enjoy creating music.
We embrace evolution, and that means being open to new ideas. Our business has a flat structure and is setup to enable everyone to contribute and be heard at all levels and at all stages of product development. We encourage innovation, fresh thinking and are passionate about creating great products.
Benefits include flexible working, home working, company pension, life insurance, private healthcare, employee purchase scheme, share options, company music events, offsite company parties and free breakfast/lunch in the canteen. We arrange company training sessions, hold making things easy days, encourage personal development training, run lunch and learns and facilitate external visits.
Focusrite is an equal opportunity employer, we are company of employees spanning a wide range of diverse backgrounds and we acknowledge that embracing our diversity is one of the keys to our future success.
Junior Product Manager for Focusrite
We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior Product Manager/Owner to join our highly motivated Product Team and take ownership of part of Focusrite’s product portfolio. You will contribute to the definition and delivery of the Product Strategy needed to meet the Company’s Vision and future growth plans.
For your roadmap you will own each product lifecycle from concept through to end of life, making sure you have the right products in the market at the right time.
You will work closely with the Focusrite Product team, engaging at all levels of the business from segment team to operational board, to define and implement your product strategy, roadmaps and priorities.
What you'll be doing:
Lead and deliver your part of the rolling product roadmap for Focusrite.
Work together with your segment team to deliver great products. Be responsible for Product Management deliverables within hardware projects.
For software products, you will be the Product Owner within the Agile Scrum process, owning the backlog and ensuring your team is focused on the highest priorities.
Learn everyday about customers, product design, marketing, sale territories and technology.
Propose new products ideas. Identify what problems we can help solve for music makers, and what products they need.
Prioritise support and maintenance for your products in the field.
Other key relationships:
Work closely with:
The Product design team, on UX, product research, and product design.
Segment Marketing Managers, contributing to product marketing, customer insight, and market size analysis.
R&D, Engineering, Customer Support, and Operations, to identify and support the product development effort needed to deliver the Focusrite strategy, and to achieve Net Promoter Score and Ease of Use targets.
What experience you'll need to apply:
A strong affinity for Focusrite’s customers and products.
Great people skills. Able to work closely with others, as part of a cross functional team.
Personal leadership - able to work autonomously, and get things done.
Communication skills and ability to collaborate at all levels of an organization.
Good commercial acumen. Results focused, delivering commitments today, with one eye on the future identifying the next opportunity.
Ideally 2 years’ experience delivering technology products to market through well managed product management practices.
Ideally a degree related to Engineering, Technology, Product Design, or Music Technology.
Exposure to Waterfall and Agile methodology is a plus.
Love of Music Technology is essential! In this role you will help inspire a company of music makers.
Ultimately, we’re looking for an inspirational Product Manager/Owner, who can consistently and repeatedly enable the whole company to do what they do best - put amazing products into the hands of our customers, and help them make music.
About Us
Incorporating the Focusrite, Novation and Ampify brands, we aim to enrich lives through music by removing barriers to creativity.
As the number one selling audio interface brand worldwide, Focusrite has an illustrious and prestigious history. Alongside Novation and Ampify, the hardware and software that we develop plays a significant role in shaping the sound of modern music. From amateur to pro, our goal is to contribute to a world where we’ve made a difference creating opportunities for everyone and anyone to enjoy creating music.
We embrace evolution, and that means being open to new ideas. Our business has a flat structure and is setup to enable everyone to contribute and be heard at all levels and at all stages of product development. We encourage innovation, fresh thinking and are passionate about creating great products.
Benefits include flexible working, home working, company pension, life insurance, private healthcare, employee purchase scheme, share options, company music events, offsite company parties and free breakfast/lunch in the canteen. We arrange company training sessions, hold making things easy days, encourage personal development training, run lunch and learns and facilitate external visits.
Focusrite is an equal opportunity employer, we are company of employees spanning a wide range of diverse backgrounds and we acknowledge that embracing our diversity is one of the keys to our future success.
Focusrite
High Wycombe, UK
Project Manager
Full time, High Wycombe, UK
We're looking for a highly motivated Project Manager to join the Operations Team. The right candidate must be organised, a quick learner, and able to lead cross-functional teams that include members of Product Design, Engineering, Sales and Marketing.
You will be part of a small and enthusiastic team of project managers, delivering industry leading sound recording and music production equipment, in an exciting company which is committed to grow and evolve.
The successful candidate will:-
Be responsible for managing the development and delivery process for new electronic hardware and PC/Mac/iOS software products, across the Focusrite and Novation portfolio, ensuring consistent excellence in quality, ease of use, and reliability.
Apply and leverage our PRINCE2 derived project management framework to deliver successful project outcomes, generating project delivery plans, project documentation, and detailed stage plans with deliverables and review gates.
Work closely with the cross functional delivery teams, managing priorities, resolving work load conflicts, and planning and coordinating the stage deliverables from product concept validation through to mass production. Project ownership will be for the entire development process “End to End”, including deliverables from Product Management, R&D, Engineering, Marketing, Sales and Customer Service.
Be responsible for estimating project costs, tracking the project performance measures (schedule/cost/quality), and reporting status regularly to the Programme Manager.
Take ownership of project risk management: exposing, documenting and ensuring mitigation plans are successfully implemented as part of their projects.
Contribute as part of the Project Management team, to the successful delivery of the full NPI Programme.
Qualifications and Experience
At least 3 years’ experience delivering projects:
Able to demonstrate capability to deliver multiple projects simultaneously.
Demonstrable ability to understand and assess the schedule and risk in the planning and delivery of consumer hardware and software projects.
Able to manage multiple priorities, identify critical path activities, and resolve resource constraints.
Familiar with Microsoft Project and proficient with Microsoft Office.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Excellent problem solving skills.
About Us
Incorporating the Focusrite, Novation and Ampify brands, we aim to enrich lives through music by removing barriers to creativity.
As the number one selling audio interface brand worldwide, Focusrite has an illustrious and prestigious history. Alongside Novation and Ampify, the hardware and software that we develop plays a significant role in shaping the sound of modern music. From amateur to pro, our goal is to contribute to a world where we’ve made a difference creating opportunities for everyone and anyone to enjoy creating music.
We embrace evolution, and that means being open to new ideas. Our business has a flat structure and is setup to enable everyone to contribute and be heard at all levels and at all stages of product development. We encourage innovation, fresh thinking and are passionate about creating great products.
Benefits include flexible working, home working, company pension, life insurance, private healthcare, employee purchase scheme, share options, company music events, offsite company parties and free breakfast/lunch in the canteen. We arrange company training sessions, hold making things easy days, encourage personal development training, run lunch and learns and facilitate external visits.
Focusrite is an equal opportunity employer, we are company of employees spanning a wide range of diverse backgrounds and we acknowledge that embracing our diversity is one of the keys to our future success.
Project Manager
Full time, High Wycombe, UK
We're looking for a highly motivated Project Manager to join the Operations Team. The right candidate must be organised, a quick learner, and able to lead cross-functional teams that include members of Product Design, Engineering, Sales and Marketing.
You will be part of a small and enthusiastic team of project managers, delivering industry leading sound recording and music production equipment, in an exciting company which is committed to grow and evolve.
The successful candidate will:-
Be responsible for managing the development and delivery process for new electronic hardware and PC/Mac/iOS software products, across the Focusrite and Novation portfolio, ensuring consistent excellence in quality, ease of use, and reliability.
Apply and leverage our PRINCE2 derived project management framework to deliver successful project outcomes, generating project delivery plans, project documentation, and detailed stage plans with deliverables and review gates.
Work closely with the cross functional delivery teams, managing priorities, resolving work load conflicts, and planning and coordinating the stage deliverables from product concept validation through to mass production. Project ownership will be for the entire development process “End to End”, including deliverables from Product Management, R&D, Engineering, Marketing, Sales and Customer Service.
Be responsible for estimating project costs, tracking the project performance measures (schedule/cost/quality), and reporting status regularly to the Programme Manager.
Take ownership of project risk management: exposing, documenting and ensuring mitigation plans are successfully implemented as part of their projects.
Contribute as part of the Project Management team, to the successful delivery of the full NPI Programme.
Qualifications and Experience
At least 3 years’ experience delivering projects:
Able to demonstrate capability to deliver multiple projects simultaneously.
Demonstrable ability to understand and assess the schedule and risk in the planning and delivery of consumer hardware and software projects.
Able to manage multiple priorities, identify critical path activities, and resolve resource constraints.
Familiar with Microsoft Project and proficient with Microsoft Office.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Excellent problem solving skills.
About Us
Incorporating the Focusrite, Novation and Ampify brands, we aim to enrich lives through music by removing barriers to creativity.
As the number one selling audio interface brand worldwide, Focusrite has an illustrious and prestigious history. Alongside Novation and Ampify, the hardware and software that we develop plays a significant role in shaping the sound of modern music. From amateur to pro, our goal is to contribute to a world where we’ve made a difference creating opportunities for everyone and anyone to enjoy creating music.
We embrace evolution, and that means being open to new ideas. Our business has a flat structure and is setup to enable everyone to contribute and be heard at all levels and at all stages of product development. We encourage innovation, fresh thinking and are passionate about creating great products.
Benefits include flexible working, home working, company pension, life insurance, private healthcare, employee purchase scheme, share options, company music events, offsite company parties and free breakfast/lunch in the canteen. We arrange company training sessions, hold making things easy days, encourage personal development training, run lunch and learns and facilitate external visits.
Focusrite is an equal opportunity employer, we are company of employees spanning a wide range of diverse backgrounds and we acknowledge that embracing our diversity is one of the keys to our future success.
