IT Product Manager (Product Portfolio)

Quick Facts

• Role: IT Product Manager for an IT services product department

• Focus: Portfolio development and service lifecycle coordination for research and academic users

Description

You will help build and grow a new product department by managing and evolving a portfolio of modern IT services. The role includes coordinating the service lifecycle (from initial idea through development to changes or termination), translating technology ideas into meaningful user services, and using user needs, feedback, and market trends to guide priorities. The position values strategic thinking, cross-team collaboration, and execution more than deep low-level technical expertise.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop the organization’s IT service portfolio

• Coordinate the service lifecycle from idea to development and through changes or service end

• Collaborate with technical and non-technical teams across organizations

• Evaluate user needs and gather feedback from member and partner institutions

• Track technology trends and assess potential benefit to the service portfolio

• Contribute to defining how services are delivered and communicated to users

• Support the setup and gradual adoption of a product approach within the organization

Requirements

• Ability to orient in an IT environment and modern technologies

• Analytical thinking and ability to consider things in wider contexts

• Self-organization and drive to follow tasks through to completion

• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders

• Motivation to learn and find functional solutions

• English proficiency

• Advantage: experience in product, project, or service management

Benefits

• Opportunity to build a new product department and influence how it works

• Real impact on Czech science, research, and the academic environment

• Collaboration with specialists in advanced technologies and modern IT services

• Room to bring your own ideas and participate in their implementation

• Professional growth and further education

• Flexible working hours and possibility to work from home

• 5 weeks of vacation plus 5 additional paid days off

• Fully paid meal allowances (stravenky)

• Benefit cafeteria and Multisport

• Offices in Prague within walking distance of Dejvická metro, or in Brno in Gotex on Botanická (canteen building)

• Additional employee benefits