Product Strategy Lead

2 weeks ago


Oxford Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Different Technologies Pty Ltd. Full time

Forseven, a revolutionary company looking to transform the EV industry through cutting-edge technology and innovative engineering practices, is seeking an exceptional Product Strategy Lead to join our highly skilled and dynamic product team.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Product Strategy team and play a pivotal role in shaping our future products. Collaborate across functions with Engineering, Attributes, Finance, Manufacturing, and Commercial teams to strike the perfect balance between customer needs, brand identity, and business objectives. You’ll be pivotal to defining exciting and compelling products that will set us apart in the market and ensure long-lasting value for our customers.

To succeed in this role, you’ll need a profound understanding of the automotive industry and its evolving landscape—covering customer preferences, emerging trends, and cutting-edge technologies. Your insights will drive the vision and attributes of each product which you’ll then ensure is supported by a robust architecture.

The Opportunity...

The role of Product Strategy Lead is a crucial at the early programme stage and as such it will require you to represent the Product Strategy function in proactively driving the business. Your ultimate goal will be to ensure the customer, brand and business needs are appropriately balanced, leading to overall success and resonance in market. The primary objective is to provide impartial definition of the product concept, while balancing innovative creative thought, exceptional competitive knowledge and good financial acumen techniques.

What you'll do....

Product Definition:

  • An opportunity to define Forseven’s future products and business direction
  • Exposure to business decision making and direction setting
  • A high level of responsibility, autonomy and exposure to senior leadership
  • Support the Senior Portfolio Strategy Manager in preparation of early stage programme gateways and key cross functional meetings
  • Define and select programme content to meet customer, financial, attribute and technical requirements
  • Lead cross functional alignment activities including co-ordination of Engineering, Attributes, Quality Finance, Marketing and Manufacturing teams
  • Develop the product definition from the ground up
  • Define and position product attributes with clear customer requirements
  • Prepare presentations as a basis for product proposals
  • Review business cases with stakeholders
  • Organise, prepare and participate in product evaluation events
  • Develop new vehicle concepts and programme rationales
  • Provide recommendation of life cycle activities and support the management of the product portfolio plan
  • Support other activities including Cycle Plan development, studies into new opportunities & technologies and development of cross-carline implementation strategies.

Insights & Data Analysis:

  • Monitor market trends and innovative technologies
  • Collate competitors’ product information in an easy-to-understand format
  • Evaluate market research findings
  • Analyse data collated from market trends to inform proposals of product changes, presented in simple conclusions
  • Qualification (degree or higher) ideally in a STEM subject.
Who you are....
  • Experience in a product or strategy-related role is essential
  • An exceptional interest in and breadth of knowledge of the automotive industry (brand, products, customer needs); with an awareness of market dynamics and understanding positioning; with a customer-first mind-set.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills with the ability to overcome obstacles and resistance
  • Microsoft skills primarily PowerPoint and Excel
  • Previous experience of working in the automotive sector
  • Comfortable working in a developing organisation and influencing key personnel who are not direct reports; you should thrive on change and be committed to transforming and growing our business
  • High-level technical understanding of electrified vehicles

About us and our culture…

At Forseven, we are more than just a team of professionals; we are dynamic innovators, visionary collaborators and trailblazers who believe in making a difference. Our passion lies in revolutionising the electric vehicle industry through our cutting-edge advancements and sustainable solutions that aim to transform the way transportation is perceived.

Currently operating under stealth mode, our focus is entirely directed towards achieving excellence as pioneers in creating sustainable mobility solutions which will help shape the future of transportation.

We're looking for enlightened individuals who possess an unwavering passion, relentless drive, and insatiable curiosity to question conventional norms and push beyond perceived limitations.

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