Product Manager

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : London || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Guildford || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Leeds 

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.
 

Commercial Product Manager (TAK Solutions)

Salary: Competitive

Location: London, Frimley, Gloucester,  hybrid – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Job Title: Commercial Product Manager

Location: London, Frimley, Gloucester,  hybrid – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Competitive

Who we are

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow – shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space – there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Role Description 

We are currently seeking an experienced Commercial Product Manager who will work closely with our TAK solution to maximise its effectiveness across a range of customers. Our TAK Solutions provide a supplier common operating picture to our customers across Defence, Government and Law Enforcement. We provide TAK Products and Services that offer enhanced situational awareness, coordination, coordination and wider integration.

Core Duties 

Customer & Market Insight

• Develop deep understanding of customer needs through ongoing engagement with customers, partners, prospects, and industry analysts.
• Conduct market research and regular customer visits to identify problems, validate opportunities, and define market requirements for current and future products.
• Utilise expert customer, market and competitive intelligence to influence and shape product strategy.

Product Strategy & Roadmapping

• Contribute to overall product strategy and take responsibility for the commercial success of the product or product line.
• Develop market and product roadmaps for major initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders to understand market vision and translate it into clear product capabilities and strategic plans.

Go‑to‑Market & Sales Alignment

• Serve as an internal and external evangelist for the product, working closely with the sales channel and key customers to drive market success.
• Partner with marketing communications to define go‑to‑market strategy, including product positioning, key benefits, and target segments.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships, identifying business‑winning opportunities and prosecuting them effectively.
• Identify and analyse strategic partner relationships to enhance product value and market reach.

Execution & Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Elicit and refine product requirements, working closely with technical teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, tailoring messaging appropriately and constructively challenging where needed.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of product management processes, including full product lifecycle management.

Commercial Acumen

• Own financial forecasting for the product or product line where appropriate.
• Support the business in designing pricing and licensing models that reflect customer value, competitive dynamics, and strategic commercial objectives.

Other Requirements

• Willingness and ability to travel internationally on a regular basis.
• Superior communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple senior stakeholder groups.

The Team

We work hard and often go the extra mile, but we recognise people’s efforts and that everyone has a life outside of work. We encourage people to speak up if they want to rotate to a new project.

Why BAE Systems

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work – this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family – support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive.

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence 

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day.

By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well-being.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.

Division overview: Government

At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and Government contracts are an area we have many decades of experience in. Government and key infrastructure networks are critical targets to defend as the effects of these networks being breached can be devastating.

As a member of the Government business unit, you will defend the connected world and ensure the protection of nations. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours.