Senior/Lead Product Manager

Our Product team sits at the intersection of student needs, employer expectations, and university partnerships. We design and build digital products that power early careers recruitment, learning, talent engagement, and high-impact student experiences. Bringing your own leadership, creativity and data-driven mindset, you will collaborate closely with UX/UI, engineering, data teams, and sector specialists to craft products used by millions of students and thousands of institutions and employers across the UK and abroad.

As a senior member of the Product team reporting into the CPO, you will lead complex product initiatives across GTI’s early careers ecosystem. You will own product vision and strategy for one or more domains, identifying growth opportunities, relentlessly optimising and guiding cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions that deeply resonate with Gen Z users entering the world of work. You will be responsible for shaping the next generation of GTI’s platforms, leveraging behavioural analytics, AI-driven features and exceptional user experience design.

You will be expected to bring specialist knowledge in at least one area of early careers recruitment, student engagement or talent technology, have demonstrated traffic and conversion growth within a competitive organic B2C environment and blend creative flair with UX principles and rigorous data analysis. This role is ideally suited to candidates with a passion for crafting elegant product solutions for a GenZ audience and a deep interest in UX/UI, UX copywriting and behavioural analytics.

Key Metrics of success

• Student Growth, Engagement & Retention
• Product-Led Traffic & Brand Growth
• Best-in-Class Gen Z UX & Product Quality
• Employer Hiring Outcomes & Marketplace Health
• AI & Data-Driven Feature Impact
• Commercial & Operational Impact of Product Delivery
• Strategic Product Leadership & Roadmap Execution
• Insight-Led Decision Making & Continuous Optimisation

Outcomes

• A highly engaged, loyal Gen Z student audience that repeatedly uses the platform to discover and secure early-career opportunities.
• Measurable increases in student acquisition, activation, conversion and retention.
• Improved funnel performance from landing → signup → application → repeat usage.
• Demonstrable uplift in engagement metrics (e.g. session depth, feature adoption, return frequency).
• Sustainable, organic growth driven by a differentiated, product-led value proposition that resonates with our Gen Z audience.
• Consistent organic traffic growth through SEO-optimised experiences and value-led products.
• Stronger brand resonance and relevance with Gen Z digital natives, evidenced by behavioural engagement and repeat usage.
• Reduced reliance on paid acquisition through improved product discoverability and intrinsic value.
• An intuitive, modern, and high-performing jobs platform that meets Gen Z expectations and outperforms competitors.
• Delivery of a best-in-class UI/UX that measurably improves conversion, task completion, and user satisfaction.
• Continuous improvement in key product performance metrics through experimentation, testing and optimisation.
• Clear evidence that design and UX decisions are grounded in user insight and behavioural data.
• A healthier two-sided marketplace that delivers tangible hiring value to employers.
• Increased volume and quality of relevant, qualified student applicants per role.
• Improved employer satisfaction, repeat usage and conversion across employer workflows.
• Clear linkage between product improvements and improved hiring efficiency or outcomes.
• Scaled, value-adding AI and data capabilities that materially improve user experience and operational efficiency.
• Successful launch and adoption of AI-powered features enabling personalisation, automation or smarter discovery.
• Measurable activation and usage of new AI or data-driven functionality.
• Demonstrable impact on user outcomes (e.g. better matching, faster hiring, improved discovery).
• Product initiatives that deliver clear business value, not just shipped features.
• New product launches show measurable commercial uplift (revenue, margin, conversion) or operational efficiency.
• Strong prioritisation of initiatives based on ROI, user value and strategic fit.
• Clear post-launch measurement and iteration against defined success metrics.
• A clear, credible product vision that aligns teams and delivers growth predictably.
• Product roadmap milestones delivered on time and aligned to strategic growth objectives.
• Complex, cross-functional programmes executed effectively across engineering, design, data, marketing and commercial teams.
• High levels of organisational clarity and alignment through strong communication, documentation and stakeholder management.
• A learning product organisation that uses data to make better, faster decisions.
• Deep understanding of user behaviour through analytics tools (e.g. Looker or equivalent) and qualitative insight.
• Regular experimentation to test hypotheses and optimise critical journeys.
• Clear, outcome-focused measurement of product performance and impact over time.

Person Specification

• An experienced product manager/leader from a relevant B2C sector with a UX/UI flair backed by data-led thinking.
• Deep curiosity about emerging digital behaviours within Gen Z audience.
• Preference for someone from a jobs board background or related competitive GenZ space.
• Experience driving growth and CRO in an SEO landscape.
• Ideally able to work from our Wallingford head office or London office.
• A strategic leader who brings new ideas, evidence-based thinking, and creative solutions.
• Clear and confident communication skills—able to influence at all levels.
• Adaptable to change, comfortable in fast-paced and evolving environments.
• Delivers outcomes with accuracy, ownership, and attention to detail.
• A team player – A mentor to juniors, engaged, approachable, collaborative and dependable.
• Highly motivated by improving student outcomes and early careers experiences.
• Passion for great product design, visual aesthetic, UX copywriting and continuous CRO through A/B testing and natural design talent.

Work Experience, Knowledge & Skills

We will only progress candidates who demonstrate exceptional experience and specialist knowledge in at least one of:

• Jobs boards or recruitment platforms (preferably early careers).
• Other high-engagement and competitive Gen Z-focused digital products or communities.
• Senior level product management experience.
• Creative flair - demonstrated passion for clean, elegant, user-centric design for a GenZ audience with strong understanding and interest in modern front-end UX/UI principles.
• Proven ability to lead complex product programmes end-to-end.
• Experience building or launching AI-driven features or workflows + demonstrable experience with rapid prototyping tools (e.g. Lovable, Bolt, Cursor, etc).
• Expert knowledge of Atlassian Suite (JIRA, JPD, Knowledgebase / Confluence).
• Strong behavioural and data analytics background, able to proactively source and interrogate data —preferably with Looker, Google Analytics, ideally SQL skills.
• Ability to define KPIs, derive insights, and drive product decisions from data.
• Comfortable working with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker with experience developing multi-year product roadmaps.
• Excellent prioritisation skills, balancing user value, commercial impact, and technical feasibility.

Other Information

Permanent role – 37.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday 9am-5:30pm. 3-month probationary period. Candidates applying for roles at GTI will be subject to background screening. You can find out more about our background screening and the recruitment of ex-offenders by reading our policies. If you would like to speak to a member of our team to find out more information about this vacancy or you have any questions, please get in touch - recruitment@groupgti.com.