About Version 1
Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.
Responsibilities
•Lead with vision - set a clear direction and reinforce it through team discussions, planning sessions, and stakeholder updates.
•Frame problems before solutions - continuously discover, ask the right questions, and ensure the team is solving the right problem.
•Champion the user - bring real user insight into every conversation and every decision, ensuring it shapes priorities and trade-offs.
•Collaborate openly - work across disciplines (design, engineering, data, policy) as true problem-solving partners.
•Facilitate with purpose - run workshops and meetings that lead to clear decisions and shared understanding.
•Drive progress - take ownership and ensure the team gets over the line.
•Deliver with integrity - do the right thing, including having difficult conversations when needed, so we can proudly stand behind our work.
Requirements
•Experienced - you're a proven product practitioner with a strong grasp on the fundamentals and putting them into action to drive real, measurable impact.
•User-centred - the needs of the people you're building for are always your North Star.
•Strategically minded - you connect the dots between user needs, business goals, and delivery realities.
•A storyteller - you make the complex simple and craft compelling narratives that bring others with you.
•Emotionally intelligent - you know how to read a room, build trust, and navigate disagreement with respect.
•Adaptable - you thrive in ambiguity, bring structure where there is none, and can onboard quickly.
•Accountable - you make tough calls, hold yourself and others to account, and aren't afraid to say no to ensure a product succeeds.
•A multiplier - you drive teams forward and you make everyone around you better.
Nice to have
When working with our clients, expectations are often aligned to SFIA and DDaT frameworks. Experience working in these environments is desirable, but not essential.
Benefits
•Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
•Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
•Flexible/remote working; Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people's individual circumstances and offers flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
•Financial Wellbeing initiatives including: Version 1 Pension with a 5% employee-matched contribution, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
•Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more
•24 days holiday allowance plus Public Holidays, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
•Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
•Reward schemes including Version 1's Annual Excellence Awards & quarterly Star Awards
•Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allowing involvement in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes
