Product Director, Public Sector

The Role

Unit4 supports hundreds of public sector organizations across the UK, Netherlands, the Nordics, and similarly managed geographies - municipalities, local authorities, agencies, non-department public bodies, and emergency services. These organizations operate under a persistent double constraint: budgets that do not grow and teams that are stretched thin, often without the dedicated technology capacity that private-sector counterparts take for granted. The gap between what they are expected to deliver for communities and what their current systems enable them to do keeps widening. As Product Director for Public Sector, you own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap that helps close that gap.

This is not a policy advisory role. You will have dedicated engineering capacity to build vertical depth that makes Unit4 genuinely competitive for local government and specialist agencies. You will work closely with horizontal product teams to ensure the platform delivers end-to-end across finance, HR, procurement, and operations, but the vertical product strategy and roadmap are yours.

The right person has built enterprise software for public sector organizations - municipalities, local authorities, agencies, or emergency services. You understand what public finance management looks like from the inside, what compliance and audit obligations demand in practice, and you have shipped features that public sector finance and operations teams actually use.

AI presents a genuine opportunity for public sector organizations: automating administrative burden, accelerating compliance processes, and providing better insight for decision-making. But these are not commercial organizations free to move fast and iterate. They are stewards of public funds, citizen data, and community trust, operating under transparency and security obligations that set a higher bar. This role exists to ensure Unit4's public sector roadmap is complete, balanced, and innovative without being reckless: a portfolio that earns the confidence of government buyers and gives public servants more time to focus on what they are there to do - building stronger communities.

What You'll Do

• Own the Public Sector product vision, strategy, and multi-horizon roadmap; align 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.

• Own feature outcomes, not just delivery — define clear adoption, usage, and customer impact goals for every capability you champion, and track performance against them after launch.

• Serve as the internal authority on the Public Sector vertical, providing product, marketing, analyst relations, and pre-sales teams with the industry grounding they need to position, demonstrate, and sell effectively.

• Translate deep sector knowledge into specific, investment-backed product requirements: problem statements, opportunity sizing, and build-vs-partner decisions.

• Define industry-specific solution blueprints, reference configurations, and pre-built templates that reduce implementation time for public sector customers.

• Work closely with horizontal product teams to ensure public sector requirements are reflected in platform investment across finance, HR, procurement, and operations.

• Partner with the Industry Growth Director on launch readiness, pricing, packaging, and field enablement.

• Engage directly with 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 our supported geographies are systematically reflected in the roadmap.

• Monitor the competitive landscape - know what Civica, Visma, Centric, CGI, and others are shipping and what it means for Unit4's positioning.

• Work with partners to extend the value proposition for public sector customers.

What You'll Bring

• Proven product management experience building enterprise software - ERP or enterprise SaaS - for public sector organizations, particularly municipalities, local authorities, or specialist agencies. You have shipped products used by public sector finance and operations teams, not just consulted for them.

• Deep knowledge of public finance management, public sector accounting, and government budgeting practices.

• Solid understanding of public procurement frameworks and how they translate into practical ERP requirements - from approval workflows and audit trails to supplier management and contract compliance.

• Understanding of the security, data residency, and audit expectations of government buyers and what that means for cloud ERP product decisions.

• A clear point of view on how AI can responsibly empower public sector organizations - balancing real opportunity for efficiency and insight with the accountability, transparency, and security obligations these organizations carry.

• Commercial orientation: you understand how product decisions drive ARR, win rate, and customer retention.

• Strong communication skills at Head of Finance, Head of ICT, and senior public service leadership level.

• Experience in product management for enterprise SaaS platforms.

• Deep understanding of professional services business models, including project-based delivery, utilization, billing, scheduling and compliance.

• Strong ability to influence without authority and work cross-functionally in a matrixed environment.

• Proven ability to translate complex industry needs into scalable product solutions.

• Excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Desirable Experience

• Experience with ERP or PSA platforms

• Familiarity with mid-market services firms and their operational challenges.

• Familiarity with in AI-driven or data-rich product environments.

Who we are?

We are a people-first community that nurtures all the areas that surround your working experience. With us, you’ll be surrounded by a high-performance team that supports your authentic self and celebrates your uniqueness.

We believe that ‘How work should feel’ is an evolving statement. Work goes beyond tasks and everyday responsibilities it’s about feeling valued, empowered, promoted, impactful, seen, and appreciated. We are reimagining how work makes people feel.

What we offer

• a culture built on trust and accountability - giving you the freedom and autonomy to be successful and make an impact
• balance - with our Flexible Leave Paid Time Off policy, remote working opportunities, Global Wellbeing Days, and other great benefits
• growth opportunities - we provide the tools and guidance required so that you can focus on what really matters to you and so, ultimately, you can achieve your best work
• talented colleagues, role models and mentors - work, learn and be inspired by some of the best talent in the software industry
• a commitment to sustainability - with initiatives such as our Environmental, Social, and Governance strategy and Act4Good programme
• a safe and inclusive working environment – supported by our Employee Resource Groups, which are open to all.

Our commitment to equity

Unit4 is committed to ensuring equal opportunity for everyone. We make our hiring decisions solely based on skills, qualifications, and our current business needs. We know that diversity brings fresh perspectives, ideas, and solutions to our company. This is the essence of our culture. We also welcome and encourage people who are pregnant and/or parents-to-be to apply. If you would like to know more about our commitment to diversity, visit our blogs:

• Our focus to DEI remains central to who we are
• Inclusive hiring at Unit4: Building equal opportunities for all

This role may require security clearance required for customer projects and access to sensitive (customer) data. That means that after you have accepted our offer, we could ask for background checks. Subject to applicable local laws, such security checks may require disclosure of personal information including criminal record declaration, right to work, personal identification and work history. No worries though – we'll handle it according to local privacy laws and keep your info safe. Questions? Feel free to reach out!