Product Director, Public Sector

Unit4

22h

About The Position

Unit4 is hiring a Product Director for Public Sector to own the product vision, strategy, and multi-horizon roadmap for public sector organizations across the UK, Netherlands, the Nordics, and similarly managed geographies. The role focuses on helping municipalities, local authorities, agencies, non-departmental public bodies, and emergency services address constrained budgets and stretched teams through enterprise software that supports their work.

This is a product-building role, not a policy advisory position. The Product Director will lead a prioritized backlog with dedicated engineering capacity and work with horizontal product teams so the platform serves public sector needs across finance, HR, procurement, and operations. The role is accountable for product outcomes, including adoption, usage, and customer impact, as well as launch readiness, regulatory and security considerations, and competitive positioning. It also serves as the internal authority on the public sector vertical and engages strategic customers and the Public Sector Industry Board to validate and shape the roadmap.

The successful candidate will bring hands-on experience building and shipping enterprise software for public sector organizations, deep knowledge of public finance and procurement, and a responsible perspective on applying AI in settings with strong accountability, transparency, and security obligations. The role requires commercial orientation and the ability to communicate with senior public service, finance, and technology leaders.

Requirements

• Proven product management experience building enterprise software, ERP, or enterprise SaaS for public sector organizations, particularly municipalities, local authorities, or specialist agencies.
• Experience shipping products used by public sector finance and operations teams; consulting experience alone is not sufficient.
• Deep knowledge of public finance management, public sector accounting, and government budgeting practices.
• Solid understanding of public procurement frameworks and their practical ERP requirements, including approval workflows, audit trails, supplier management, and contract compliance.
• Understanding of government buyers' security, data residency, and audit expectations and their implications for cloud ERP product decisions.
• A clear perspective on how AI can responsibly support public sector organizations while balancing efficiency and insight with accountability, transparency, and security obligations.
• Commercial orientation and understanding of how product decisions affect ARR, win rate, and customer retention.
• Strong communication skills with Heads of Finance, Heads of ICT, and senior public service leaders.
• Experience in product management for enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Deep understanding of professional services business models, including project-based delivery, utilization, billing, scheduling, and compliance.
• Ability to influence without authority and work cross-functionally in a matrixed environment.
• Ability to translate complex industry needs into scalable product solutions.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ERP or PSA platforms.
• Familiarity with mid-market services firms and their operational challenges.
• Familiarity with AI-driven or data-rich product environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the Public Sector product vision, strategy, and multi-horizon roadmap, aligning it with Unit4's platform strategy and commercial growth targets.
• Lead a prioritized product backlog with dedicated engineering capacity, defining outcomes, success metrics, release plans, and quality criteria.
• Set adoption, usage, and customer impact goals for product capabilities and track performance after launch.
• Serve as the internal authority on the Public Sector vertical for product, marketing, analyst relations, and pre-sales teams.
• Translate sector knowledge into investment-backed product requirements, including problem statements, opportunity sizing, and build-versus-partner decisions.
• Define industry-specific solution blueprints, reference configurations, and pre-built templates to reduce implementation time for public sector customers.
• Work with horizontal product teams to reflect public sector requirements in platform investments across finance, HR, procurement, and operations.
• Partner with the Industry Growth Director on launch readiness, pricing, packaging, and field enablement.
• Engage strategic customers and the Public Sector Industry Board to validate roadmap direction, co-innovate, and capture outcome evidence.
• Ensure regulatory, security, accessibility, and localisation requirements across supported geographies are reflected in the roadmap.
• Monitor competitors including Civica, Visma, Centric, and CGI, and assess implications for Unit4's positioning.
• Work with partners to extend the value proposition for public sector customers.

Benefits

• Flexible Leave Paid Time Off policy.
• Remote working opportunities.
• Global Wellbeing Days.
• Tools and guidance to support growth and achievement of best work.
• A culture built on trust and accountability, with freedom and autonomy.
• Talented colleagues, role models, and mentors.
• Commitment to sustainability through initiatives including the Environmental, Social, and Governance strategy and Act4Good programme.
• Safe and inclusive working environment supported by Employee Resource Groups.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed