Product Director, Public Sector
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal Remote
€95,000–€103,000 a yearJobFig found this opening at its original source and checks that it remains available.
About 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. 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 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.