Product Director – Public Sector

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Portugal.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the product vision, strategy, and multi-horizon roadmap for the Public Sector.

• Ensure the public sector roadmap is in alignment with Unit4's platform strategy and commercial growth objectives.

• Manage a prioritized product backlog with dedicated engineering resources.

• Establish outcomes, success metrics, release plans, and quality standards.

• Oversee feature outcomes and monitor adoption, usage, and customer impact following launch.

• Act as the internal expert on the Public Sector domain for product, marketing, analyst relations, and pre-sales teams.

• Convert sector insights into product requirements, opportunity assessments, and build-vs-partner decisions.

• Develop industry-specific solution blueprints, reference configurations, and pre-built templates.

• Collaborate with horizontal product teams across finance, HR, procurement, and operations.

• Work alongside the Industry Growth Director on launch readiness, pricing, packaging, and field enablement.

• Interact with strategic customers and the Public Sector Industry Board to validate roadmap direction and foster co-innovation.

• Ensure that regulatory, security, accessibility, and localization requirements are incorporated into the roadmap.

• Keep an eye on competitors such as Civica, Visma, Centric, and CGI.

• Collaborate with partners to enhance the value proposition for public sector customers.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in product management for enterprise software, ERP, or enterprise SaaS within public sector organizations.

• Background in developing products tailored for municipalities, local authorities, or specialized agencies.

• Experience in launching products utilized by finance and operations teams in the public sector.

• Extensive knowledge of public finance management, public sector accounting, and government budgeting practices.

• Understanding of public procurement frameworks, approval workflows, audit trails, supplier management, and contract compliance.

• Familiarity with government security, data residency, and audit expectations for cloud ERP solutions.

• Clear perspective on responsible AI practices applicable to public sector organizations.

• Commercially oriented with an understanding of how product decisions influence ARR, win rates, and customer retention.

• Strong communication skills to engage with Heads of Finance, Heads of ICT, and senior public service leadership.

• Experience in product management for enterprise SaaS platforms.

• In-depth understanding of professional services business models, including project delivery, utilization, billing, scheduling, and compliance.

• Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority in a matrixed organization.

• Capacity to translate complex industry needs into scalable product solutions.

• Excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder engagement abilities.

• Experience with ERP or PSA platforms is preferred.

• Familiarity with mid-market services firms and their operational challenges is advantageous.

• Experience in AI-driven or data-rich product environments is a plus.

• May require obtaining security clearance and undergoing background checks for customer projects and sensitive data.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible Leave Paid Time Off policy.

• Opportunities for remote working.

• Global Wellbeing Days.

• Opportunities for professional growth.

• Access to tools and guidance for professional development.

• Work alongside talented colleagues, role models, and mentors.

• Involvement in Environmental, Social, and Governance initiatives.

• Participation in the Act4Good programme.

• A safe and inclusive working environment.

• Employee Resource Groups that are open to everyone.