Our Opportunity

Location: Kidlington
Working pattern: Full-time, hybrid, 40 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

THE POWER OF NOW

Fortescue Zero develops, tests and deploys technology to help decarbonise industry. As Fortescue’s green technology and engineering business, it works across areas including power systems, motorsport, battery intelligence and autonomous fleet solutions.

We’re looking for a Senior Technical Product Manager to join Elysia, Fortescue Zero’s battery intelligence business. In this role, you’ll shape the roadmap for Elysia’s Cloud, Data and AI Platform, helping teams develop and adopt the shared capabilities and AI applications that power our battery intelligence products. You’ll work across product, engineering, strategy and commercial teams to set priorities, coordinate delivery and bring customer needs into the roadmap.

Elysia develops battery software and analytics to help improve the safety, reliability, performance and lifespan of battery systems. Its solutions combine expertise in electrochemistry, battery systems and data science, and are used in applications including automotive, energy storage and heavy industry. Working across cloud-based analytics and embedded battery management systems, Elysia helps customers better understand and manage their battery assets. Its work draws on more than a decade of battery expertise and experience shaped by high-performance electric vehicles and real-world operating environments.

How we work

At Fortescue Zero, we push the boundaries of engineering to develop technology for real-world challenges, from motorsport to mining. At Elysia, we bring together expertise in battery systems, electrochemistry and data science to develop battery intelligence solutions. Fortescue is committed to an inclusive workplace where people are supported to bring their perspectives and do their best work.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Own the Cloud, Data and AI Platform roadmap, balancing product needs, customer priorities and engineering capacity
• Work across product, engineering, strategy and commercial teams to identify shared needs and agree priorities
• Turn those priorities into clear plans, coordinating delivery, dependencies and risks
• Help develop and adopt reusable platform capabilities and AI applications across Elysia
• Bring customer and Forward Deployed Engineer feedback into platform planning
• Support wider team initiatives and help sales and product marketing explain Elysia’s capabilities
• Track platform impact, including adoption, reliability, delivery speed and developer experience

What you'll bring

To be successful in this role, you’ll bring sound product judgement, strong communication skills and the ability to turn technical needs into clear priorities and plans. You’ll be comfortable working across teams, balancing different perspectives and bringing structure to ambiguous problems. You’ll also have:

Essential

• Experience managing technical products or platforms, including setting priorities and maintaining a roadmap
• Experience working closely with software, data, cloud or platform engineering teams
• The ability to understand technical concepts and trade-offs and turn them into clear product decisions
• Strong discovery, prioritisation and communication skills, including experience working across teams with competing needs
• The ability to bring structure to ambiguous problems and guide work from priorities through delivery

Desirable

• Cloud or data platforms, platform engineering or developer tools
• AI applications, machine learning or model operations
• Software delivery, APIs, reliability, security or cloud governance
• Customer-facing work or experience in battery, energy or another technical industry

About You

You’re interested in pioneering technology and its potential to support a more sustainable future. You’re motivated by the opportunity to contribute to work with real-world impact and help advance battery intelligence.

Benefits

Benefits include, subject to eligibility and scheme rules:

• Bonus scheme
• Aviva workplace pension
• Group life assurance
• Group income protection
• Electric car scheme
• Health cash plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Private medical insurance
• 26 days’ annual leave, plus public holidays, with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days per year
• Childcare benefits
• Free on-site gym access and discounted national gym memberships

Additional information

You do not need to meet every desirable criterion to apply. If you meet the essential criteria and are interested in the role, we encourage you to apply. Fortescue Zero welcomes applicants with a range of backgrounds, experiences and skills, and is committed to an inclusive recruitment process.

If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of recruitment, please contact  kelly.greening@fortescue.com.

Appointment may be subject to pre-employment checks relevant to the role. We will explain any required checks during the recruitment process.