Product Associate Remote
Job description
About us
At Aptitude we love complexity.
We immerse ourselves in the intricacies of finance digitization, subscription management, compliance, and revenue management which gives us the power to make a real impact. Once we understand how an organization works, we can implement software solutions that provide the clarity, confidence, and control they need to drive growth and achieve their ambitions.
Aptitude has served the offices of finance for over 20 years, delivering financial control and insights to empower our clients to achieve their strategies and ambitions. We are currently serving over 75 CFOs whose organisations generate a combined revenue of over $1 Trillion.
We are proud of our growing team of smart, motivated and passionate people, and believe diverse experiences and perspectives build stronger teams and better solutions.
Headquartered in London, we have seven office locations around the world with clients across four continents.
What you'll do and what we offer
The Product Management team sits at the technical and commercial intersection of the
business and is responsible for designing a portfolio strategy which ensures Aptitude
Software is evolving product capability in line with current and future market demands.
The team collectively shapes the future direction of the Aptitude Software product
portfolio in line with company strategy and ensures the company maintains and grows a
leading position in its key markets.
The Product Management team is the voice of and expert in the products within Aptitude
Software’s portfolio internally and externally. They control the evolution of the product
through collecting market, client and prospect requirements and ensuring that the
development function executes on those to maximize the commercial success of the
business.
The Product Associate will support their dedicated Product Owner in their work on the
strategic activities for their product—including analysing market trends and refining a
product strategy—and will take a leading role in the operational management of the
product on a day to day basis.
The Product Associate will focus primarily on ensuring the smooth delivery of consistent
value throughout the product lifecycle and will work with the development team and
stakeholders across Aptitude to ensure that a sufficient set of refined requirements are
available for development in any given sprint. They will help the Product Owner weight
priorities and execute on the most valuable product changes.
activities, including:
- Maintaining an up to date view of market trends and associated implications for
- Developing and refining a product strategy which delivers value to the market,
- Evangelising the benefits of their product(s) across the wider organization with
can communicate this message effectively.
- Coordinating activities across the business to successfully bring their product(s)
They will develop an understanding of relevant market trends, as well as a nuanced view
of the specific business problems and user needs which their product has been designed
to address. They will be able to articulate the functional capabilities of the product to a
wide variety of audiences and will be considered a subject matter expert in the product(s)
of focus. They will understand the technical considerations of different design and
technology choices made when developing their product(s)
product(s), including:
- Analysis of product changes raised by clients and Aptitude teams, with a focus on
product would need to meet in order to deliver value.
- Proactive coordination of stakeholders across the business to ensure that
degree of completeness for use in development.
- Management of the backlog of product priorities and plan sprints in collaboration
sufficient pool of refined requirements to effectively deliver value in every release.
- Developing materials to communicate product priorities to the wider Aptitude
- Independently leading discrete Agile development workstreams or product
management guidance as appropriate to the development team and others in
the business to successfully deliver on these initiatives.
- Establishing strong relationships within the development organization and other
- Supporting client conversations on product benefits, roadmap direction, and
The Product Associate will develop an advanced understanding of the application of Agile
methodologies, in particular Scrum working practices, in enterprise software delivery. They
will be able to communicate effectively across a range of audiences and will develop a set
of soft influencing tactics to deliver on their goals
We’ll provide you with the opportunity to further grow your expertise in an environment that supports you, your life and your career. We’ll also offer you a competitive salary and commission package, as well as the following benefits:
- ShareSave scheme – ability to purchase company shares on preferential terms
- Private healthcare
- Income protection and group life insurance
- Flexible / hybrid working options
Whilst this role is based from our London office, we are happy to support hybrid working and for you to be based anywhere in the UK. Regular travel in-country and overseas will be required.
What we're looking for
- Proactive and self-directed but able to work effectively with an experienced team
- Results-oriented with a track record of delivering positive outcomes in a complex
- Able to work effectively through ambiguity, and put appropriate structures in
- Fundamentally communicative and collaborative in their approach to work
- Highly articulate with the ability to communicate clearly, persuasively sell ideas
levels of the business
- Enthusiastic about the opportunity to learn
- Exceptionally attentive to detail, intellectually agile and precise
- High level of analytical and quantitative skills. The ability to use information/data
- Experienced in the development and delivery of software products using Agile
- Knowledgeable of cloud-based software development and deployment a plus
- Expertise in one or more of the following a plus: Finance & Accounting, Enterprise
