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Our goal is to remain the innovative leader in digital consumer intelligence. We need people to join the Product team who can develop new ideas, deliver outcomes, and help define go-to-market positioning.

The Sr. Product Manager - Content Applications will set the direction for a cross-functional team and report directly to the VP of Product for Applications.

You will leverage your background to help advance our application strategy, roadmap and execution related to content marketing & intelligence, including: content inspiration, editorial decision making, writing recommendation tools, story trend discovery & tracking, content for SEO & backlinks

Brandwatch is a fast growing company, and the applications group is growth-oriented. Someone who enjoys entrepreneurial, experimental environments will thrive in this role.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy and execution for content applications within the Brandwatch product portfolio.

• Conduct user research, market analysis and business validation to help influence product roadmap.

• Define and analyze product metrics that inform and drive iterative product testing.

• Understand the customer and serve as their advocate when making product design decisions and prioritizing roadmap.

• Passion for understanding and involving our users and prospective users in everything we do.

• Diligently seek out and understand new & existing competitive and complementary products and their strategic and tactical positioning.

• Collaborate effectively with marketing, design, analytics, and customer success teams for enablement and feedback.

• Maximize efficiencies in a continuously evolving product lifecycle process to optimize execution and facilitate collaboration.

• Communicate, lead, mentor, collaborate with positivity across teams.

Requirements

• 2+ years experience at a SaaS company with a content use-case, analytically-oriented content agency, or content insights team within a brand.

• 2+ years of demonstrated experience with product development either directly in a product or design team, or as a lead stakeholder for a SaaS content product.

• Experience using data to make decisions.

• Experience with B2B or B2B2C user interfaces and experiences.

• Experience collaborating with product marketing, design and engineering teams.

• Knowledge of SaaS & cloud technologies, pricing models, and GTM strategies.

• Passion for identifying and solving user problems working directly with customers.

• Positive, upbeat energy with ability to create a fun working environment.

QS is a global leader in higher education services. We offer student recruitment solutions, analytics and insight, consultancy, and intelligence to thousands of university clients across the world. We provide platforms for business schools and universities to connect with talented individuals who are seeking to further their academic progress and career development. QS provides expert independent insight and facilitates connections between institutions and potential students interested in higher education. QS's online portals (TopUniversities.com, TopMBA.com and QSLeap.com) and student recruitment events attract over 70M visits every year, enabling us to support students to find and connect with the right university and course of study for them. QS's focus is on the international student market, connecting candidates to institutions through online advertising, face-to-face and online events, through enabling outreach to qualified leads and through nurturing highly qualified leads. QS compiles highly visible and influential rankings of international universities including the QS World University Rankings® which reaches a global audience of hundreds of millions of people. We have strong global assets and growth prospects, and we are currently both enhancing our existing business models and nurturing new revenue streams. QS has grown both organically and through acquisition; and through carefully targeted recruitment of top talent across key regions.

The Role:

The Digital and Events division (D&E) is a newly formed business unit, which is going through a significant transformation accelerated by the current environment. We are looking for a passionate and experienced Product Director to join the team, reporting into the Managing Director of D&E, to take a pivotal role in this transformation through the implementation of best practice product management.

As the Product Director, you will be responsible for increasing the success of the Digital & Events product portfolio and driving growth in both existing and new markets. This will involve optimising the efficiency of existing products as well as formulating new product innovation to address the future needs of the customers (students and institutions) and be the market leader in Higher Education student recruitment.

The role of Product Director is cross-functional and is expected to work closely with key stakeholder departments such as Technology, Marketing, Sales, Operations and others in order to drive consensus on the product portfolio strategy. This role joins at an exciting time with a unique opportunity to shape a newly created product function, and will be required to build a best in class product team creating clear and efficient product infrastructure with agile product development processes and practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the transformation of product management by defining the D&E product management and development process and creating the working methodology for implementation. Define and develop the interface between product, design and technology. Continually drive adoption and iterative improvement of the company's product delivery processes, standards and culture.
• Lead on strategic planning and management of the full D&E product portfolio to include end to end responsibility for the product lifecycle, from planning, production, release, maintenance and end of lifecycle
• Create the definition and alignment of the vision, strategy and roadmap that address the future needs of our customers. To include identifying opportunities and risks for delivering new products including opportunities for innovation, assessment of market obstacles and technical hurdles.
• Lead the evaluation of market trends, emerging technologies and competitor strategies. Meet with customers, prospects, industry analysts and internal key stakeholders to discuss product requirements and validate product roadmaps.
• Implement a customer centric approach to Product management, with the need to manage across our two customer groups – candidates and Higher Education institutions. Build strong relationships with new and existing customers as well as working closing with Sales Leaders and other customer facing roles to understand the current and future requirements of both existing and new customers. In parallel building the right team and process to ensure we have a market-leading understanding of target candidates globally, to inform our current and future strategy, vision and roadmap.
• Develop and present business cases for new product development to senior stakeholders, clearly outlining the justification ensuring all relevant information – market research, resource required, time to deliver, business benefit - is included to justify investment.
• In conjunction with the Technology team implement ‘agile' working methodology, that quickly assesses new product innovation and adaption modifying to suit the requirements of QS.
• Implement the go-to market strategy for new products, in collaboration with Sales and Marketing to ensure their ability to effectively position and sell products, as well as generating excitement from the industry.
• Lead a product management team, providing clear direction and coaching to develop a consistent product management approach across QS, as well as ensuring they have the tools and resources to be successful
• Implement performance metrics and KPI's that monitor progress of projects as well as identify the success of new product releases and enhancements to enable the assessment of ROI.

Essential skills/experience

• Proven experience in a strategic global product leadership role with successful management of the product lifecycle
• Great people skills, working with global stakeholders in a matrix environment and taking people on the journey to achieve best in class product management
• Experience implementing Agile working methodologies
• Ability to lead a direct and indirect team to execute on product strategy
• Ability to translate complex solutions in understandable and visual representations and strategies
• A passion for driving change, and the ability to challenge the status quo and deliver truly outstanding products
• Experience managing a team to deliver a great product
• A do-er who is comfortable getting their hands dirty as well as leading the team
• Proactive and problem solving
• Preferably educated to a degree or equivalent level
• Ability to recruit, develop and retain talent
• Strong interpersonal skills

Company website

https://www.qschina.cn/

https://www.qs.com/

What will you be doing?

As a Senior Product Manager, you'll bring your unique mix of creativity, technical acumen, and business sense to take products from idea to reality. You take a human-centred, collaborative approach to delivering products: connecting the skills and know-how of a diverse team to design tools that make a serious impact in people's lives.

We want you to have:

• A deep desire to collaborate with designers, strategists, and technologists to develop new ideas, launch amazing products, and deliver exceptional experiences
• 4+ years of professional experience creating software products and services
• Managed 2+ products from concept through production rollout
• Conducted research, workshops, and testing to inform product requirements, strategy, and direction
• Created and managed product backlogs, requirements, and roadmaps using industry-standard tools like Jira or Azure DevOps
• Helped teams adopt and follow best practices (agile delivery, feature prioritisation, product definition, roadmapping, etc.)
• Strong presentation, consulting, and writing skills
• A willingness to travel for key collaboration sessions

It would be a bonus if you had:

• First-hand knowledge of different Agile methodologies (Kanban, Scrum, SAFe, etc.)
• Experience designing and conducting workshops for all levels of stakeholders
• Put productivity and feedback loops into place, following DesignOps, DevOps, or ProductOps best practices
• Developed both short- and long-term roadmaps and managed a product through multiple releases
• Implemented documentation strategies for large or distributed teams
• Worked on products with multiple, parallel tracks of work

Application Instructions

• Provide your resume
• We'd love to see your work! Include links to any public apps/websites or work samples that you'd like to share

Lloyds is transforming and needs curious minds to help define and influence that change. We're looking for people with new perspectives and the confidence to share them, so come and join us.

Now is the time
The Future at Lloyds strategy is where we seize the moment. Its where we create and realise opportunities, and where you can discover our vision for tomorrow. That means professional opportunities with an international reach, as we set out to evolve our marketplace, and deliver easier, simpler and better interactions and transactions for both customers and employees.

Working at Lloyds on the Future at Lloyds strategy
Time moves on, and at Lloyds simply staying current isnt enough. As the worlds leading insurance and reinsurance marketplace, we need to be the most forward-thinking and innovative in every respect. That means continually improving our customer-focused marketplace, it means digitisation a technological transformation. Combining data, technology and new ways of working is the Future at Lloyds strategy.

Part of our evolution involves growing our team, and bringing in a range of views, perspectives and backgrounds that will allow us to deliver this transformational culture. That relies upon open and trusting relationships, and a shared vision for that continual improvement. The is an environment where new perspectives are encouraged, where resilience, fresh ideas and different opinions are valued.

About the opportunity
This role is the owner of the vision, customer experience and innovation for our Product workstream supporting the delivery of the Lloyds Blueprint (Future at Lloyds). The Product Lead is responsible for making sure end to end digital services are developed to serve user needs end to end. Reporting to the Head of Product this role will form part of the core team that will operate across the Corporation and the Market to champion user needs. This role is critical to building the right culture and capability as part of the transformation of Lloyds. Responsibilities for this role include;

Responsible for the refinement and continuous improvement of the to-be journey for the specific Product

Guardian of the end to end customer journey in the Lloyds market

Coordinating focus and effort across the customer journey

Working closely with the Digital Delivery and Engineering Lead across the end to end journey

Own the customer experience for all stakeholder groups

Validates direction and vision through market network

Influences and validates the roadmap within the customer journey in collaboration with the Product Owner

Drives priorities and focus within the customer journey and resolves resourcing contentions

Provides leadership and support to the Product Owner and their teams

Advocates the product discipline across the business

Key skills and experience

Experience of managing stakeholders and prioritising decisions based on design tensions

Experience in applying technology to create value

Track record in adopting new ways of working

Experience of design thinking, customer journeys and customer experience an advantage

Knowledge of Behavioural Science an advantage

Experience of managing multiple complex and large cross-functional teams and projects

Willing to accept empowerment and operate with autonomy

Ability to operate strategically, tactically and operationally as a leader

Proven track record of influencing diverse stakeholder groups and resolve design conflicts and priorities

Problem solver with ability to manage and lead the team to push the solution and progress

Knowledge of data management and MI principles

Ability to demonstrate different approaches to problem solving

Realise your professional ambitions as part of an organisation that is trusted to solve some of the worlds most complex problems in an environment that puts a focus on sharing risk to create a braver world.

Please be aware that the recruitment process will comprise of several steps where your CV will be reviewed by our Recruitment team and if successful you will be invited to attend a telephone interview, followed by a more in-depth video interview. We want to make sure we do all we can to make this a really positive experience for you. Please click the following link which will take you through a simple process to identify any adjustments or additional support we can provide beforehand or on the day.

https://cleartalents.com/apply/lloyds-pl1604332993/

About Zappi

In 2012, we set out to automate the world of market research. Now it's late 2020 and we want to make the world of insights better, to scale expertise and to create the world’s most powerful enterprise research platform.

We knew back then that to have continued success we needed an environment that fosters constant learning and ambitious goals; a place of diverse opinions and experiences, where talented people can do their best work with very little in their way. To realize our vision we are constantly in search of people who will bring a different perspective, who will challenge our thinking, create value for our customers and apply themselves passionately to our vision and culture.

We are continuing to “buck the market” as our proposition continues to resonate with more customers. We have highly ambitious growth plans for 2021 and beyond.

You:

- prioritise your own learning

- take time to listen deeply before acting

- aren't afraid to address challenging issues directly, with compassion

- lead through inspiration not coercion and create space for others to lead

- are comfortable with radical transparency

- are comfortable being uncomfortable; change is constant at Zappi

- are humble and honest

We:

- listen carefully to each other and to our customers

- fundamentally trust each other

- leave our egos at the door

- aren't afraid to fail

- want to have a positive impact on the planet and our communities

Zappi is an equal opportunities employer; our diversity is a major strength. We maintain a constant dialogue with our teams and wider communities about how we can become a more inclusive place to work.

The Role

Zappi is now hiring for a true product marketing dynamo to join our new(ish) Go-to-Market team. As director/head of product marketing, you will work hand-in-hand with product managers, collaborate seamlessly with Zappi’s marketing team as well as key stakeholders across the business. You will also manage the existing product marketing team x two. The right candidate will be a talented, highly ambitious and experienced executive to drive our efforts.

In this role, success requires a deep understanding of our customers, their use cases and translate this insight into compelling propositions, messaging, sales collateral, across different channels as well as through customer success and sales channels etc. Defining and driving product launches is a critical element of this role, as well as managing ‘always-on’ product marketing that supports our inbound strategy for product-growth.

You have experience developing strategic and innovative GTM programs in B2B/SaaS enterprise product marketing. You will have successfully launched and scaled high growth products in your career to date.

This is a high-impact, high-visibility role where you will serve as ‘product marketing’ subject matter expert in the business — working with cross-functional teams especially customer success and sales.

The overall objective for this role is to create the demand that gets Zappi double-digit product growth in 2021 and beyond.

As a member of the Zappi Revenue leadership team, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Develop and execute compelling product marketing programmes to drive scalable growth — for both product launches and the existing product suite
• Manage differentiated and effective product positioning & messaging for Zappi (both existing and rapidly emerging) that truly resonate with our target personas
• Craft highly engaging marketing programmes using different touchpoints: videos, email, sales collateral
• Work with product managers to respond rapidly to market dynamics with compelling narratives and offers
• Create meaningful dialogue with key buying personas to support product growth using innovative new approaches
• Ensure Zappi’s product launches cut-through and excite, as well as gain us ‘share of mind’ amongst targeted customer groups
• Collaborate symbiotically with product management, product marketing specialists, and brand marketing teams to execute on campaigns to drive pipeline
• Partner with Sales Enablement to arm the sales team to effectively deliver Zappi’s product value proposition to customers and prospects, shortening the sales cycle on key product launches
• Manage and develop a team of two product marketing specialists and build a plan for scale
• Boost internal engagement/excitement in product marketing efforts
• Continually challenge the status quo

Requirements

Our Ideal candidate will tick all/most of the following boxes:

• 6+ years of relevant product marketing experience in the B2B enterprise/SaaS space, specifically experience working with brand, demand generation and enablement teams
• Clear track record with marketing/comms playbooks — has developed narratives, created thought leadership, and built effective product marketing initiatives
• A natural ability to solve problems for different persona types that is motivating and changes behaviour
• A strong communicator - able to grab and hold the attention of diverse audiences
• Proven experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams, including B2B sales & marketing teams
• Experience of consumer market research and buyer personas in this vertical would be advantageous. Previous start-up/scale-up experience is also highly desirable.
• Able to execute brilliantly in ‘the here and now’ while simultaneously driving the long-term strategic vision
• A reputation for excellence
• Previous experience of coaching and leading teams

Most importantly, we are looking for a driven, energetic, self-starter who will develop a clear vision and will thrive in Zappi’s culture.

Benefits

• Competitive pay scales benchmarked annually
• Unlimited holidays - this is not a trap! We expect and encourage people to take plenty of leave.

Who are we?

We want to help small businesses win. That’s why we’re here.

We connect small business owners to investors – to create jobs, support local communities and power economies – because we believe that people are made to do more. And we want to help realise their goals.

So, we created the leading small business loan platform. Investors have lent £9.8 billion in 130,000 loans to 90,000 small business owners. In a single year, this lending unlocked 115,000 jobs and contributed £6.5 billion to the global economy. There’s never been a better time to join!

Be part of the team that changes everything. Let’s build the place where small businesses can get the funding they need to win and leave a legacy behind, forever.

This role sits within the “Tech” teams. The drivers behind our platform – brilliant people working together to create, code, and build the next game changers.

What will you be doing?

As a Senior Product Manager, you will be responsible for developing the product strategy, owning the product roadmap, understanding what small businesses will need and working with cross-functional teams to execute new lending products which delight borrowers and to help achieve our goals. You will lead an engineering team focussed on product development and will build effective relationships across the UK business to support the mission you will be embarking on.

To do this you will:

• Create a compelling product vision and lead teams to focus on key goals.
• Own the product roadmap for a value stream and oversee its delivery.
• Understand customers, and know how to build product experiences that will help us to win.
• Manage delivery, ensure that teams remain focussed on the priorities.
• Make decisions on scope to deliver value in increments as quickly as possible.
• Manage relationships with stakeholders, be the go-to person, enable fast decision-making.

Are you?

• Focussing on the customer, solving how to best meet under-served needs.
• Bringing clarity and simplicity to complex and ambiguous environments.
• Excited about solving the technical challenges with large-scale financial systems.
• Working with agile engineering teams, understanding technical and data concepts they deal with.
• Owning product development through it’s lifecycle, particularly requirement and design phases.

Not essential, but it would be interesting if you’ve also had:

• Experience in, or genuine interest in finance and especially lending markets
• User-centred product design, knowledge of practices and disciplines
• Engineering or Computer Science degree, or relevant experience

Why should you join us?

We’re gearing up for our biggest chapter yet – and it’s being driven by tech.

That means full steam ahead working on our global platform and real challenges for you to noodle and solve – as we build new things, reimagine the stack and go after the greenfield.

We believe that great ideas come from everywhere. So, there are no pigeonholes here. We keep it agile and open. Think big remits and huge ownership in a continuous learning environment. Close knit teams, with mentorships and global career opportunities. Everyone working together to make a genuine difference to small business owners.

Join the team making it happen. Help us define long-term commitments and launch the next game changers – let’s build the incredible.

It’s in our differences that we find our strengths.

At Funding Circle, we celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. We truly believe that diversity makes us better. We particularly encourage applications from applicants from underrepresented backgrounds. We welcome applicants who may want to work flexibly.

Want to Build the Incredible? We’d love to hear from you.

We have a fantastic new opportunity for a Digital Product Manager to join the Topps team, working on two exciting projects – the UEFA Champions League/UEFA Europa League Match Attax App and the Bundesliga Match Attax App. You’ll be reporting into the International Digital Applications Manager working with the development agency, you will have primary responsibility for the management and delivery of the Match Attax Apps. If you’ve got experience in digital products and are looking for a new and exciting challenge or to take the next step in your career, then we’d love to hear from you.

Duties & Responsibilities

- Primary contact for development teams and internal stakeholders regarding application activity from development through to marketing activity and customer support

- Is responsible for internal project planning, ensuring all stakeholders are kept informed of current progress, tasks that need completing and future activations.

- Responsible for the content planning within the application to drive retention and engagement throughout the project lifecycle.

- Ensures the aim of driving physical product sales is present throughout the applications and generates ideas and reports on activities to meet those goals.

- Manage application performance analysis, audience insights and industry trends to shape future development to benefit user experience and boost performance.

- Involved in future project planning that will provide a digital accompaniment to physical product and advise on opportunities that could be utilised as part of new products.

Requirements

- Ability to manage competing priorities and demands on your time

- Good creative eye with attention to detail

- Personable approach with strong stakeholder management skills

- Passion for delivering great user experiences

- A natural problem-solving and data-driven approach

- Passion for collectibles and the brands that Topps represents

Experience

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

- Previous app management experience

- Experience or knowledge of user acquisition strategies would be beneficial.

Application deadline: 07/12/2020

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £25,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

Experience:

• Digital Application: 1 year (Preferred)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Work remotely:

• Yes, occasionally

The role

In this newly created position, you will have the opportunity to design the roadmap and manage the full lifecycle of the automation of euNetworks' products. We are looking to automate our product portfolio through the use of our portal, as well as the development of specific applications, APIs, and live data feeds into customer systems. By leveraging our internal systems and data, we will provide the functionality and integration that our customers require to manage their networks. We will also consume this functionality to realise zero touch real time service provisioning.

As an experienced Product Development Manager or Senior IT Development Engineer, who specialises in the automation of Telecoms products, you will be passionate about working with customers to understand their business and operational needs, working with them to enable the delivery of services through technology and automation.

You will be responsible for defining the automation development road map and appropriately prioritising the necessary investments.

What will you be doing?

• End to end ownership of euNetworks automation products and API's
• Full responsibility for a customer-facing product
• Ownership of Automation Roadmap
• Identify market opportunities and define product vision and strategy in partnerships with other teams-Sales, IT, Product.
• Understand customer needs and gather product requirements
• Working with business analysts, designers and engineers to create outstanding user experiences.
• Responsible for KPIs including deliveries, Uptime SLA, Change Log, Release Notes, Support and Feedback Channels
• As a result, you will work with the Product, Sales, Business Development and IT teams to drive growth and create value.

We'd like you to bring to us.

• Experience managing delivery through Business Analysts, Designers and Engineers
• Previous experience of Product delivery with 3-5 years experience creating customer facing
• products
• Prior experience and track record of building successful business products using customer
• feedback, data and intuition.
• Experience with product management or product design with a focus on software and technologies
• Significant experience working with and a passion for, Automation and API products
• Strong technical acumen and developer savvy resulting in easier integrations, positive developer experience and quantifiable business value.
• Experience of software engineering\developing
• Strong track record of using your logical approach to solve complex problems

What can we offer you?

A great environment.

We're a dynamic company that has been consistently growing for the past 10 years but we remain focused on creating a supportive and stimulating atmosphere, that enables our team to build rewarding careers through meaningful work.

We invest in our people as we scale our business, through a competitive benefits package, educational advancement, well being workshops and more.

euNetworks are building a diverse staircase of talent and dynasty of Leadership