Manager - Product Manager in London

Commercial Product Manager for a small B2B media business – London Pay: £40,000-£50,000pa DOE plus up to £10,000 bonus programme Full time – hybrid (generally 2-3 days in office / 2-3 days remote p/w) We would consider a four-day week PT applicant, for pro rata salary We’re looking for a commercially oriented product manager to own an early-stage data product which forms a small but powerful part of a wider B2B media company – our B2B data product, Unicorn. This isn\’t a role for a dedicated technical product manager. You\’ll be leading roadmap and technical development and you’ll be responsible, alongside sales, for driving growth in new sales and retention, getting involved in sales calls and demos, marketing and commercial strategy as much as product dev. You’ll be responsible for delivering on and shaping product strategy, roadmap generation and more, and be a significant stakeholder in customer success, go-to-market planning and value proposition definition. This is a great opportunity for a product owner or junior PM to take on a product in full in a startup-style state, and take a slightly different track to technical product managers. 2+ years’ product experience (eg product owner, junior product manager, or similar) within media, research or software ~ Experience of data information products an advantage but not essential ~ Legal / professional services sector experience an advantage but not essential ~ Official/certified training in product management would be an advantage, verifiable in-role training also advantageous ~ A logical mind and an interest or even facility/training in the technical side of the role, such as SQL/databases, UI/UX, etc We’re looking for a commercial product manager looking to take the next step in their career and own a new and developing data product for the legal sector. Our product is a data service for companies selling products and services to law firms, holding data on contacts and business accounts. The product is still technically in beta, with PowerBI-based front end, with a dedicated web setup in the longer-term roadmap. We need a dedicated product manager to drive the product and business unit forwards, to develop a product and service that users can get ever more value from; and to be deeply involved in gaining new accounts and retaining clients. What do we need a product manager to do? ~ Act as the expert in the room for the product with the commercial team, and take part in sales calls and demos with prospects and help get them ‘over the line’ ~ Own the product roadmap, planning and delivering continuous product improvement, across: ~//// The data points the service should store; including creating the processes to source and build that data ~//// Back-end and front-end improvements ~//// Manage third parties such as our data verifying/cleansing partner ~ Manage ad hoc and regular contractors ~ Work with internal and external people on development of go-to-market strategy ~ Focus on legal and compliance strategy for the product ~ Marketing and content creation from the data ~ Hold operational (spend) financial responsibility for the product area ~ Help the wider business understand what you are doing, how and why, and to communicate product development and commercial progress Agile working. You will need to develop the product using an Agile methodology, with an awareness that Agile is new to the business. You will also know how to challenge the validity of constraints and be creative in problem-solving. Financial ownership. You will understand the need for commercial goals for the business unit and your part in achieving them. Skill level – You will have worked with budgets and business cases, and you will understand commercial goals, but you may not have been responsible for spend or commercial goals. You can redesign operational processes, amend existing processes, and plan and put into operation the stages of a new product or service development. You can be flexible, consider new ways of working and adapt to change. You will be assisted internally by our CRM, marketing and data executive inside the business We have external partners for product dev, data verification, data protection (Unicorn already has a consultant DPO) that you will work with regularly 25 days (pro rata) annual leave, plus a day off for your birthday, and Xmas Eve • Generous Westfield health cover for everyday healthcare • Cycle to work scheme and commuter season ticket loan • Early finishes on a Friday, even earlier on payday • Free fortnightly online yoga session • Free access to our Mortlake office\’s micro-gym •