Software Engagement Manager

Simon-Kucher & Partners; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job description

Software Engagement Manager In the United Kingdom- London

Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,000 employees in 30 countries. Our sole focus is on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy – product, price, innovation, marketing, and sales – based on deep insights into what customers want and value. With nearly 40 years of experience in monetization topics of all kinds, we are regarded as the world’s leading pricing and growth specialist.

Ready to boost your personal development in our fast-growing Digital practice? Interested in having an impact on big-name companies and hidden champions? Then this is the right place for you! Become a pioneer of the digital transformation and support us as a product manager.

How you will create impact:

• Take over the end-to-end responsibility for a software suite and manage the processes from proposal stage, over requirements engineering, solution design and development until rollout and transition into software lifecycle.
• Be involved from the start by drafting business proposals, determining project scopes and conceptualizing solutions for our clients.
• Team up with clients, consultants, data scientists, UX designers, and technical experts to lead the development of innovative concepts.
• Take the lead on implementing the software vision with internal and external development teams and ensure timely delivery as well as meet cost and quality expectations.
• Manage the software life cycle including roadmap creation and delivery management of product updates and target operating model.

Your profile:

• You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree (business, computer science or a related field) and one to three years of professional experience in consulting, software development or product management.
• You have knowledge of and are enthusiastic about technology trends and digital topics, including cloud technologies, app development, and AI concepts.
• You have a proven record of first experience as a technical project manager or engineering manager ideally with programming experience for web-based scalable solutions.
• You have first-hand experience with B2B applications ideally in the field of digital pricing, digital marketing, or digital sales.
• You are familiar with software development concepts (e.g., microservices vs. monolith) and methodologies (e.g., Scrum, test-driven development, etc.).
• You have refined problem-solving skills to creatively translate business needs into digital solutions.
• You have strong interpersonal and communication skills and proactively, reliably, and enthusiastically work with clients, consultants, and developers.
• Ideally, you have a good understanding or some hands-on experience with some of the following topics: CI/CD, relational databases, data integrations, programming, DevOps, and Cloud infrastructure.

What we offer:

• Work within a corporate culture defined by our entrepreneurial spirit, openness, and integrity.
• Broaden your perspective with our extensive training curriculum and learning opportunities.
• Push your development with support from our holistic feedback and development processes.
• Hybrid work, mixing your work location between our London office, client sites, and the option to remote work for an element of your time.
• Enjoy our range of benefits and our focus on your wellbeing.

Does this sound like you? Let's connect. Simply press the 'Apply now' button. Your application should include a cover letter defining your fit with the role and your CV.