Product Owner, IMP Software
Integrated Curriculum & Financial Planning
£45-50k
Financial planning software for multi-academy trusts
Posted today
Financial planning software for multi-academy trusts
21-100 employees
Posted today
£45-50k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To stand behind and support every MAT Finance team to achieve better financial management and to be the default provider of solutions that MAT Finance teams use to meet the unique challenges they face.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
- 4+ years in a Product Owner or Product Management role
- Experience with school MIS software (ideally timetabling or curriculum management)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, iterative environment
Desirable
- Experience in B2B SaaS environments
- Background in EdTech or education systems
- Product Owner/Manager qualifications
- Accounting qualification (e.g., AAT, ACCA, or equivalent)
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Product Owner to join our dynamic product team
- In this role, you’ll be the bridge between customer needs and our development team, ensuring we deliver high-impact, high-quality solutions
- You’ll report into the PO for the Planner family of Products and play a key role in shaping our roadmap, from managing a team of testers to driving product excellence
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, refine, and prioritize product requirements
- Translate requirements into clear user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria
- Ensure alignment and shared understanding across development teams
- Partner with developers and UX Designers to deliver features and enhancements on time and to specification
- Maintain and manage the development backlog and sprint planning
- Monitor progress and ensure agile processes are followed
- Lead and support a team of software testers
- Define testing standards and provide feedback to improve QA outcomes
- Ensure rigorous testing and high-quality product releases
- Align product backlog with strategic goals and customer needs
- Collaborate with the Head of Product to define and maintain the product roadmap
- Work closely with Sales, Marketing, Implementation, and Support teams
- Champion a collaborative, user-focused culture across the organisation
Our take
IMP Software was an idea brought to life by founders Will Jordan and Dave Hall. They realised firsthand that Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) finance solutions were heavily directed toward schools and not the Trusts themselves. This was problematic as MATs are not simply collections of schools, but instead organisations with many moving parts.
The company has developed both budget management software and integrated curriculum & financial planning software. This enables clients to easily unify data, run multi-level reporting, and ensure the effective deployment of resources across a trust so they can build the best curriculum it can afford.
With this MAT-first approach, IMP Software has secured 300+ trusts and 4000+ schools (41% of market share) as clients, including the likes of Prince Regent Street Trust.
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Insights
43% female employees
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Employee endorsements
Meaningful work
"I love working for IMP - the product is amazing and customer feedback is incredible. They are the best in the sector and support so many Trusts with..."
Company benefits
- Remote based role
- Funded CPD
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Allowance for home office - £200 to make your set up perfect!
- 27 days + bank holidays with a buy back option
- Private health insurance including dental cover and opticians!
- Broadband allowance - £26 per month tax free
- Life insurance
- Fully expensed company meet ups/socials in Birmingham and Bristol (4 x per year)
- No micromanagement
Company values
- Proactivity: positively surprise customers in all that we do
- Do: Get Stuff Done
- DBAD: Don’t Be A Doughnut
- Relentless improvement: Relentlessly Hunt For Improvements
- Challenge: Be Respectful But Direct
Company HQ
Exeter, UK
Articles
Leadership
Will Jordan
(Co-founder)Previously an Education Strategy Director at IRIS Education Division and prior to this the Director of Cornerstone Academy Trust. Also worked in the Education Sector at PS Financials Ltd.
Dave Hall
(Co-founder)Worked as the Director of Phase Software Consultancy Ltd and an Integration Consultant for PA Housing Ltd. Also worked through several roles at PS Financials Ltd, most recently as Head of Consulting.
People progressing
Izzy started at IMP back in early 2021 and has since had 2 promotions! She started in implementations then onto support and now sits within our development team as software tester.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at IMP Software
Loren Lewis (Talent Partner )
- Our job descriptions all use inclusive language and focus on essential experience rather than unnecessary requirements. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds
- We will maintain a clear, objective, and transparent recruitment process that treats all candidate equally. We communicate openly about our expectations and provide timely feedback.
- We appreciate that fitting in interviews around your work may be a challenge, so we try and accommodate where possible
- We publish all of our salaries on our jobs to ensure transparency with candidates
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