Senior Sales Associate

We have an exciting opportunity for an Product Manager to join our team based in Gilwell Park, Chingford, London. We will offer you a competitive salary of £53,500 per annum.

We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. Right across the UK, we help over 400,000 young people aged 4-25 gain skills for life and find their place in the world. We help them speak up, play their part and shine bright.

The Product Manager Role:

It’s an exciting time to join the Project Management Office (PMO) at the Scouts. The PMO supports portfolio, programme, and project management which will ultimately deliver our Skills for Life Strategy 2025. Our work helps to deliver our ambitious Skills for Life strategy, and together we are delivering projects which will helps to make a significant difference to over 150,000 volunteers and 400,000 young people across the UK who are members of the Scouts.

Key responsibilities as our Product Manager:

• Lead and facilitate the scoping, design, and delivery of projects
• Agree project objectives, benefits, and plans for delivering these with your project stakeholders
• Lead on the creation, ownership, and maintenance of project documentation
• Develop and manage project schedules and progress updates
• Develop other required project documentation such as RAID logs and finance sheets
• Secure adequate resource allocation for programmes and projects from line managers
• Support Senior Responsible Owners and Sponsors with governance of programmes and projects
• Manage programme and project budgets
• Help maintain and continuously improve TSA’s programme and project management framework

What we are looking for in our Product Manager:

• Excellence in all practical aspects of project management
• Ability to use project management techniques, tools, and software
• Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to manage conflicting priorities
• Deal with ambiguity and change positively, with the ability to adapt your approach
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work collaboratively, including working across organisations within the sector and with external suppliers
• Comfortable with conflict resolution and balancing the sometimes-competing demands of all the stakeholders involved

What we can offer you as our Product Manager:

• 25 days holiday and going up to 28 days after 2 years’ service and 32 days after 5 years’ service
• Additional holidays between Christmas & New Year
• Life Assurance
• Simply Health Scheme
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Free car parking

We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer…

• Up to four personal days paid leave a year
• Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Childcare Vouchers
• Flexible working hours
• Store Discount at our Scout Store + other online benefits
• Study and volunteer leave

Closing date: 11:59pm Sunday 6 November 2022

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join our fantastic team! Click ‘Apply’ now!

The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

Strictly no agencies.

• Contact: The Scout Association
• Reference: Totaljobs/AMGilPM2410
• Job ID: 99019777