Product Lifecycle Manager

Location: Poole, GB, BH17 7ER

Type of Employment: Full-time

Career Level: Professional

Job Family: Product Management, Portfolio & Innovation

Date posted: 10 Jul 2026

Uniting What’s Next In Traffic. At Yunex Traffic, we launch cities into the future with forward-looking infrastructure and transport solutions, making mobility safer, more efficient and more sustainable for all.

Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Roadmapping

• Develop and maintain a 3–5 year outcome‑based product roadmap aligned to business priorities, technology evolution and operational capability.
• Lead quarterly (or appropriate cadence) roadmap reviews with cross‑functional stakeholders to drive alignment on outcomes, timing and dependencies.
• In collaboration with Engineering leadership, incorporate technical constraints, learnings and architectural direction into planning.
• Make the final call on scope and priority after structured input from Engineering, Operations, Sales and Finance.
• Continuously adjust plans based on delivery learning, customer feedback, market change and technical discovery.

Product Discovery, Definition & Requirements

• Create clear, high‑quality product requirements that articulate what is needed and why, grounded in user and business intent.
• Engage Engineering and Design early to explore options, constraints, risks and trade‑offs before committing to scope.
• Define outcome‑based acceptance criteria and ensure delivered capability meets customer and business intent (not just functional completeness).
• Maintain traceability from strategic outcomes through epics/features to delivered value.

Backlog Governance & Delivery Collaboration

• Maintain a prioritised product backlog in collaboration with Engineering; ensure transparency of priorities, sequencing and rationale.
• Operate disciplined change control for scope, requirements and specifications; manage trade‑offs and stakeholder expectations.
• Partner with Engineering to prioritise technical debt alongside customer‑facing enhancements and compliance needs.
• Act as a day‑to‑day partner to Engineering, enabling fast decisions and removing blockers.
• Support release planning and readiness, ensuring documentation, training, support and operational impacts are addressed.

In‑Life Performance, Quality & End‑of‑Life Management

• Own product health in‑life: performance, reliability, quality, cost‑to‑serve, customer satisfaction and operational sustainability.
• Coordinate resolution of product issues by aligning Engineering and Operations on priorities, root cause and corrective actions.
• Manage product lifecycle policies including versioning, supportability, feature deprecation and compliance obligations.
• Lead end‑of‑life planning: obsolescence strategy, customer migration, communication and controlled retirement of products/features.
• Use data and customer insight to drive continuous improvement and prioritisation.

Engineering (R&D) Interface, Investment & Budgeting

• Serve as the primary product interface to Engineering (R&D), building a trust‑based partnership and clear ways of working.
• Ensure two‑way communication on priorities, capacity, constraints and timelines; Escalate issues rapidly and constructively.
• Manage the annual R&D and Support budget allocation and tracking for the portfolio.
• Contribute to investment planning and business cases for product initiatives, balancing ROI, risk, compliance and operational impact.
• Follow the internal milestone process to provide sign‑off for development spend and monitor consumption and progress against plan.

Qualifications & Experience

• Demonstrated experience owning the product lifecycle for complex B2B, infrastructure, or mission‑critical products (concept to end‑of‑life).
• Strong product judgement: able to balance customer value, commercial outcomes, operational needs and technical reality.
• Excellent cross‑functional leadership; able to influence without formal authority and drive decisions with senior stakeholders.
• Comfortable working with Engineering leaders; able to translate technical constraints into clear business implications.
• Skilled in conflict resolution between business pressure and delivery feasibility, using data, options and transparent trade‑offs.
• Strong communication skills: clear requirements writing, concise decision papers, and stakeholder alignment.
• Experience with agile product practices (backlog management, discovery, iterative delivery) and structured governance where needed.

Desirable

• Experience working in the ANPR Enforcement market, or alternatively in regulated environments and/or products requiring high availability, safety, security or compliance.
• Exposure to both hardware‑enabled solutions and lifecycle/obsolescence management (where applicable).
• Experience partnering with Sales/Account Management teams to translate customer needs into scalable product outcomes.

What Success Looks Like

• A credible, outcome‑based roadmap that is aligned across stakeholders and delivered predictably.
• Improved alignment between commercial commitments and Engineering capacity/constraints.
• Reduced late‑stage churn and rework through clear requirements.
• Measurable improvements in product health (quality, reliability, performance) and customer outcomes.
• Effective end‑of‑life and migration planning that reduces risk and protects customer experience.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary plus annual bonus
• 26 days holiday (rising to 29 with service)
• 37.5‑hour working week
• Company vehicle
• Excellent pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution
• Flexible benefits tailored to your needs
• Ongoing training and development, including support for professional memberships

We strongly encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements and workplace adjustments with all applicants to encourage agile working and innovation.

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