Product Director – Public Sector

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

📋 Description

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

• Ensure alignment of the product roadmap with Unit4’s platform strategy and commercial growth objectives.

• Lead a prioritized product backlog with dedicated engineering resources.

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

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

• Act as the internal expert on the Public Sector vertical.

• Provide support to product, marketing, analyst relations, and pre-sales teams by sharing industry insights.

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

• Establish 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.

• Engage with strategic customers and the Public Sector Industry Board to confirm roadmap direction and co-innovate.

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

• Monitor competitors such as Civica, Visma, Centric, and CGI.

• Collaborate with partners to enhance Unit4’s public sector value proposition.

⛳️ Requirements

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

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

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

• Familiarity with public procurement frameworks and practical ERP requirements.

• Understanding of security, data residency, and audit expectations for government buyers.

• A clear perspective on responsible AI for public sector organizations.

• Commercial awareness, including insight into how product decisions affect ARR, win rates, and customer retention.

• Strong communication skills suitable for interactions with Heads of Finance, Heads of ICT, and senior public service leaders.

• Experience in product management for enterprise SaaS platforms.

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

• Capacity to influence without authority and work across functions in a matrixed environment.

• Ability to transform complex industry needs into scalable product solutions.

• Excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder engagement abilities.

• Experience with ERP or PSA platforms is a plus.

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

• Familiarity with AI-driven or data-rich product environments is a plus.

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

• Right to work and personal identification may be necessary for security checks.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible Leave Paid Time Off policy.

• Opportunities for remote work.

• Global Wellbeing Days.

• Opportunities for growth and access to tools and guidance for professional development.

• A high-performance team, role models, and mentors.

• Initiatives focused on Environmental, Social, and Governance, as well as the Act4Good program.

• A safe and inclusive working environment.

• Employee Resource Groups that are open to all.

• Commitment to equal opportunities.

• Potential security checks conducted in accordance with local privacy laws.