Our Vision

‍DeGould’s vision is to be the standard for new vehicle inspection in the automotive sector.
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Key Responsibilities

End to End Product Delivery

• Own delivery of our next-generation product, coordinating hardware, machine learning, application software, platform and systems teams from early requirements definition through pilot deployment and product launch
• Lead cross-functional project execution and ensure strong alignment between product requirements, software architecture, operations, customer-facing teams
• Establish and manage delivery plans, milestones and dependencies aligned to business priorities

Requirements & Discovery Management

• Work closely with Product Management to support customer discovery and problem definition, particularly in new verticals
• Translate discovery insights into clear, prioritised software and system requirements
• Enforce scope control and change management to protect delivery timelines

Launch Readiness & Industrialisation

• Define and manage product launch readiness, with emphasis on software quality, reliability, usability and maintainability
• Coordinate pilot deployments and ensure software and hardware platforms are robust, supportable and scalable
• Work with Operations and Customer teams to ensure smooth transition from development to live environments

Executive Governance

• Establish and run delivery governance, including stage-gates, sprint reviews and release readiness reviews
• Track progress, risks and dependencies across teams, escalating where required
• Support senior leadership and board-level reviews with clear, evidence-based reporting

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a central coordination point between Product, Software, ML, Systems, Operations and Commercial teams
• Ensure clear communication of priorities, trade-offs and delivery status across the organisation
• Support customer-facing reviews during pilots and early deployments

Skills

Essential

• Strong experience delivering software-led products to market, ideally in complex or regulated environments
• Proven background in product development, software delivery and launch, not just internal project execution
• Experience working with product managers, software engineers and ML teams
• Ability to operate effectively where requirements are evolving and discovery-led
• Excellent planning, communication and stakeholder management skills

Desirable

• Experience in platform or SaaS-style product delivery
• Exposure to machine learning or data-driven products
• Experience integrating software platforms with hardware or physical systems
• Familiarity with Agile, hybrid Agile/Waterfall, or stage-gate delivery models
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

Behaviours‍

As an employee of DeGould Ltd, you are required to meet a number of common standards of behaviour, accountabilities and outcomes. In addition, and in relation to this role it is expected that the successful candidate will exhibit these behaviours:

• Leadership – leads by example through their own behaviour.
• Creative – open to new ideas and unafraid to try new approaches.
• Analytical – capable of working through detail and uses data in decision making.
• Flexibility – thriving in a fast paced, changing and opportunity rich environment.
• Collaborative – enthusiastically works with colleagues and customers alike.
• Dependable – deliver on stakeholder commitments in a timely manner.

Benefits‍

Competitive salary and benefits including:

• 25 days holiday per annum (excluding bank holidays).
• Additional days holiday for birthday.
• Company sick pay scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Pension auto enrolment after 3 months service.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave.
• Health insurance with Vitality for employee, spouse and children.
• Flexible working can be agreed.

Please note, no additional recruitment support is required at this time, thank you.

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