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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/

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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.

Job Title: Product Director

Reports to: Managing Director, Speakerbus Technology Ltd (CEO in interim)

Salary Band: Competitive

Speakerbus Technology Ltd, an innovator and challenger to the voice fintech incumbents seeks to appoint a Product Director. The successful candidate will expand the product team to increase product management and marketing capacity. The product will be developed in conjunction with the Strategic Marketing and Sales staff in Speakerbus for the world’s leading banks, brokers and funds. A key element of the role is to build on past success in diversification projects and to define and execute a strategy to bring new products to new markets based upon the core technologies and intellectual property of Speakerbus. The ability to sell vision, concepts and pitch product is essential to the role while a consummate ability to travel and present virtually are key to success. The candidate must develop a good understanding of the target segments and fundamental understanding of communications technology will be essential.

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

The Product Director is the focal point for the Speakerbus product. The purpose of this role is to lead all aspects of the product and be responsible for the survival and prosperity of the Speakerbus product DNA while representing the company at the highest level with customer and partner organisations.

The Product Director is the individual who can answer the question why? Through a complete and unwavering understanding of why we build it, how we build it, who uses it and why they choose Speakerbus?

The Product Director will take personal responsibility for the aesthetic, functional and commercial success of the products and services built upon them.

To be successful the individual must develop and clearly communicate product strategy based on market and technology data.

The role has direct responsibility to expand and lead a team of staff that make a significant contribution to the commercial success of Speakerbus products and services.

The Product Director will report to the Managing Director and work as a peer to the Technical, Development and Manufacturing Directors. The role is responsible for a department budgeted to grow to five staff in 2021.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Main Responsibilities

• Provide strong leadership during the on-going definition / refinement of product strategies and roadmaps
• Represent the brand and attend high value marketing events and customer interactions
• Specify the functional and aesthetic capabilities and requirements including user experience and workflows
• Initiate customer and partner workshops to enhance requirement detail and perform 360° Marketing
• Orchestrate and resource the generation of product marketing collateral, copy creation and boilerplate content to support go to market activities
• Perform competitive analysis: to maintain awareness of competitor products, relative competitive advantage, and competitor strategy
• Establish and monitor key performance and cost indicators (i.e. product development cost and product cost)

Specific Knowledge & Skill Sets

• Industrial Design experience in product lead role
• User experience (UX) design and usability testing
• Information architectures and concepts of complex multi-component product families
• Product
• Experience and skills transferrable to a telecommunications and unified communications marketplace
• Line management

Communication and Information

• Build highly effective working relationships with all levels in the Speakerbus channel ecosystem
• Report to and meet with the Managing Director at a minimum of once per week
• Communicate to and ensure engagement with end user organisations
• Promote the company and its vision as required to customers, partners and industry media
• Ensure effective internal communication of product strategies and tactical deliverables both within the development team and across the organisation

Financial

• Accountable and responsible for effective financial management, planning and monitoring of the department
• Set out recommended retail pricing for approval by the Managing Director

Staffing, Management and Resources

• Ensure that the skills and experience of Product Department are consistent with its managerial as well as technological and business needs for providing quality in present and future services
• Encourage development staff to represent Speakerbus Tech at conferences and meetings to continuously grow the reputation of the company and promote its professionality
• Establish clear organisational structures and succession plans aligned with appropriate responsibilities, accountabilities and personal development for all Product staff in line with anticipated growth
• Provide support for all staff in keeping with the Speakerbus Group values

Policies and Procedures

• Comply with all relevant policies and procedures
• Complete all documents required by the company policies and procedures

Other

• Undertake additional tasks and responsibilities as may be reasonably expected of the role and as necessary in order to achieve the objectives of the Software and IT teams and Speakerbus Group goals
• Undertake global travel as and when required

To Apply

Please send your CV and covering letter.

We regret that we are unable to respond to all applications. If you do not hear from us then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £0.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Bonus scheme

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work remotely:

• Yes, temporarily due to COVID-19

A new and exciting position has opened to lead the ICIS product and platform capability and delivery team. This role is a key leadership role within the Product and Analytics groups and will lead, coach and mentor a talented team of product managers based in London, Houston, Singapore and Shanghai.

ICIS is undergoing a strategic digital and data transformation initiative, the successful candidate must have proven experience in delivery, strong focus on execution as well as an astute ability to navigate and manage all the Product Lifecyle from ideation through to development, go to market and in life performance.

This role will work to deliver both large step-change product advancement efforts and continued high-velocity incremental innovation. You will establish best practices and implement world-class product management processes in order to meet the demands and quality standards expected by enterprise customers.

Working in close partnership and alignment with the commercial strategy team in shaping the long-term portfolio direction, priorities, and success metrics, sales and marketing for Go-to-market effectiveness and technology for agile delivery.

Responsibilities -

Customer Focus

• Interacts with customers frequently and understands their use cases and business in great depth.
• Thoroughly understands competitive products and strategy, and how they influence customer decisions.
• Balances organizational needs with customer needs and creates a strategic plan for the organization.
• Predicts trends within market/customer segments.
• Discerns how value is defined and perceived by each customer segment.
• Interacts with other companies in their industry domain and engages with start-ups and partner capabilities.
• Identifies, qualifies and delivers customer value to drive commercial performance and satisfaction

Data-Driven Decision-Making & Analysis

• Drives formulation of overall research/testing strategy and ensures product decisions are based on data.
• Evaluates intangible and/or cross-business implications of strategic decisions.
• Prioritizes hypothesis-driven product evaluation strategies, including AB testing for interactive products, while contributing to broader data-analyses strategies and platforms.
• Is skilled in breaking down large complex issues into simpler elements that can be effectively addressed.
• Establishes aggressive OKR/KPIs for the team to measure success.
• Leads teams to make decisions where quantitative data is unavailable.

Go to Market & Product Marketing Lifecycle

• Develops go to market strategy and launch plans at the product level through coordination with stakeholders and is accountable for coordinated execution across product, sales, marketing and other customer facing teams.
• Ensures ROI for go to market strategy, including revenue goals.
• Develops appropriate metrics and success criteria to track the launch and ensures reporting to stakeholders.
• Evangelizes product for sales, customers and media.
• Anticipates market changes; adapts and adjusts product strategy as required.

Strategy & Commercial Acumen

• Defines and articulates a clear product strategy within a specific market or geography, internally and externally.
• Gathers a wide range of information from internal and external sources to drive commercially viable decisions for the product and organization.
• Ensures product strategy considers how the product requirements will be fulfilled through buy, build or partner options.
• Understands how commercial decisions for a product impact other area of the business and customer.
• Proactively takes steps to capitalize on product opportunities presented by the market position.
• Tracks and analyzes product expenses, cost to revenue and profitability.

Behaviours

• Think big – move beyond what we are doing today to thinking about how we can grow into the future
• Eager to tackle a variety of product-related challenges every few months with different businesses and different stakeholders
• Has the courage to advocate change and challenge the status quo in positive, constructive ways
• Analytically inquisitive – a desire to always explore the data further, never satisfied that you have found all the insights
• Pragmatic and hands-on, able to seamlessly work with varying roles and levels and deal with ambiguity
• Ability to effectively and concisely present complex data and concepts
• Culturally aware with the ability to communicate and lead projects in multi-cultural, multi-national environments
• Highly outcome-oriented

Essential skills:

• 12+ years product management experience with strong knowledge of - and evidence for - user centred design (including service design) approaches to product
• Experience of leading multidisciplinary digital teams to deliver digital service from discovery, design delivery, growth, continuous improvement to retirement
• Experience building suites of products that make up a bigger service ecosystem
• Ability to mentor, coach and create a collaborative environment
• Used to managing remote teams
• Track record of influence in matrix organisations
• Scrum mastery and agile leadership
• Strong track record of product creation and delivery to exceed financial projections
• Able to employ different approaches to product management, knowing how to balance lean-style MVP experimental work with focused iterations

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. If a qualified individual with a disability or disabled veteran needs a reasonable accommodation to use or access our online system, that individual should please contact 1.877.734.1938 or accommodations@relx.com.

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A new and exciting position has opened to lead the ICIS product and platform capability and delivery team. This role is a key leadership role within the Product and Analytics groups and will lead, coach and mentor a talented team of product managers based in London, Houston, Singapore and Shanghai.

ICIS is undergoing a strategic digital and data transformation initiative, the successful candidate must have proven experience in delivery, strong focus on execution as well as an astute ability to navigate and manage all the Product Lifecyle from ideation through to development, go to market and in life performance.

This role will work to deliver both large step-change product advancement efforts and continued high-velocity incremental innovation. You will establish best practices and implement world-class product management processes in order to meet the demands and quality standards expected by enterprise customers.

Working in close partnership and alignment with the commercial strategy team in shaping the long-term portfolio direction, priorities, and success metrics, sales and marketing for Go-to-market effectiveness and technology for agile delivery.

Responsibilities -

Customer Focus

• Interacts with customers frequently and understands their use cases and business in great depth.
• Thoroughly understands competitive products and strategy, and how they influence customer decisions.
• Balances organizational needs with customer needs and creates a strategic plan for the organization.
• Predicts trends within market/customer segments.
• Discerns how value is defined and perceived by each customer segment.
• Interacts with other companies in their industry domain and engages with start-ups and partner capabilities.
• Identifies, qualifies and delivers customer value to drive commercial performance and satisfaction

Data-Driven Decision-Making & Analysis

• Drives formulation of overall research/testing strategy and ensures product decisions are based on data.
• Evaluates intangible and/or cross-business implications of strategic decisions.
• Prioritizes hypothesis-driven product evaluation strategies, including AB testing for interactive products, while contributing to broader data-analyses strategies and platforms.
• Is skilled in breaking down large complex issues into simpler elements that can be effectively addressed.
• Establishes aggressive OKR/KPIs for the team to measure success.
• Leads teams to make decisions where quantitative data is unavailable.

Go to Market & Product Marketing Lifecycle

• Develops go to market strategy and launch plans at the product level through coordination with stakeholders and is accountable for coordinated execution across product, sales, marketing and other customer facing teams.
• Ensures ROI for go to market strategy, including revenue goals.
• Develops appropriate metrics and success criteria to track the launch and ensures reporting to stakeholders.
• Evangelizes product for sales, customers and media.
• Anticipates market changes; adapts and adjusts product strategy as required.

Strategy & Commercial Acumen

• Defines and articulates a clear product strategy within a specific market or geography, internally and externally.
• Gathers a wide range of information from internal and external sources to drive commercially viable decisions for the product and organization.
• Ensures product strategy considers how the product requirements will be fulfilled through buy, build or partner options.
• Understands how commercial decisions for a product impact other area of the business and customer.
• Proactively takes steps to capitalize on product opportunities presented by the market position.
• Tracks and analyzes product expenses, cost to revenue and profitability.

Behaviours

• Think big – move beyond what we are doing today to thinking about how we can grow into the future
• Eager to tackle a variety of product-related challenges every few months with different businesses and different stakeholders
• Has the courage to advocate change and challenge the status quo in positive, constructive ways
• Analytically inquisitive – a desire to always explore the data further, never satisfied that you have found all the insights
• Pragmatic and hands-on, able to seamlessly work with varying roles and levels and deal with ambiguity
• Ability to effectively and concisely present complex data and concepts
• Culturally aware with the ability to communicate and lead projects in multi-cultural, multi-national environments
• Highly outcome-oriented

Essential skills:

• 12+ years product management experience with strong knowledge of - and evidence for - user centred design (including service design) approaches to product
• Experience of leading multidisciplinary digital teams to deliver digital service from discovery, design delivery, growth, continuous improvement to retirement
• Experience building suites of products that make up a bigger service ecosystem
• Ability to mentor, coach and create a collaborative environment
• Used to managing remote teams
• Track record of influence in matrix organisations
• Scrum mastery and agile leadership
• Strong track record of product creation and delivery to exceed financial projections
• Able to employ different approaches to product management, knowing how to balance lean-style MVP experimental work with focused iterations

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. If a qualified individual with a disability or disabled veteran needs a reasonable accommodation to use or access our online system, that individual should please contact 1.877.734.1938 or accommodations@relx.com.

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Product Director / London / Insure-tech / Revolutionary Technology / £90-120k plus equity and benefits

My client is modernising the insurance world through it's revolutionary and ground breaking technology. They are working on key digital products that enhance and simplify the customers insurance journey through modern technology and ideas and are shaping the way insurance works.

This senior Product Director role is reporting directly to the CEO and you will work closely with them on product strategy. You will be responsible for overseeing several product teams and overseeing a range of products such as apps, internal ops, web products and more.

To be considered for this role we are looking for the following skills and experience:

- Essential - candidate MUST HAVE a background in development of Software Engineering as this role does require some involvement in reading code

- Absolutely essential: experience in a start-up/high growth company where you have directly been involved in scaling and growth

- Experience in Fin-tech/Insure-tech essential

- 7+ years in a product role, moving up the ladder and now in a leadership role managing product teams and mentoring

- Must be technically minded and involved in the technical elements of product management

- Experience in B2C environments

If you feel you tick these boxes please apply with your CV today.

Eames Consulting is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

What You'll Do

• Own product vision, product goals, product strategy, roadmaps for the group, and be accountable for a clear set of business and product metrics
• Join the group leadership team and Premium R&D product leadership team
• Hire, manage and grow team of Product Managers, who in turn lead the product development of their respective full stack teams
• Work closely with engineering, design, insights and product, within your team and business partners across the organisation to set goals and develop strategies for reaching them
• Develop positive relationships with senior leaders and partners, effectively gaining consensus of strategy
• Partner with insights team to commence qualitative and quantitative research, product analysis and market insights to craft impactful growth strategy
• Make sure that your product team is strong & healthy - including capabilities, happiness, resilience and personal growth.

Who You Are

• Proven product leadership and relationship building skills in a cross-functional team environment
• Consistent record of formulating product vision, defining and executing product strategy to launch consumer products
• Proven experience in building and shipping consumer internet products together with teams of designers, engineers and data scientists
• Deep understanding of consumer internet products, marketing and customer lifecycle to analyse opportunities and develop impactful strategies
• Experienced in making data-informed decisions (A/B experimentation, user testing, data analysis, competitors and market analysis, defining metrics)
• Demonstrated ability in hiring, managing and growing a diverse team of senior product managers
• High integrity and sense of purpose, you care about building real value over perception

Head of Product

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 and Data” 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 Head of Product, you will be responsible for setting the product strategy for new products and the instant decision platform we have built, and owning the product roadmap that will enable us to continue to delight borrowers and to help achieve our goals. You will lead two product teams focussed on new product development and product growth, 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 vision for our online lending product, with clarity on north-star goals
• Be the evangelist for product within the UK business, champion the customer cause
• Own the product roadmap for UK lending products and oversee delivery with technology
• Foster effective relationships with senior stakeholders, be the go-to person, enable fast decision-making
• Owning product development through its lifecycle, particularly requirement and design phases

Are you?

• Experienced in being an adept communicator, enjoy taking people on the journey.
• Working with agile engineering teams, understanding technical and data concepts they deal with.
• Understand how to build innovative experiences that resolve pain points, making sure the customer voice is heard in everything we do.
• Able to bring clarity and simplicity to solving complex problems and environments.
• A born leader who can manage a team of talented product managers, help them to develop and succeed.

• Experience working in financial services, or developing products for small businesses.
• 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.

Avast Software, a FTSE 100 is a leader in cybersecurity products for consumers and businesses. As one of the largest security companies in the world, it uses next-gen technologies to fight cyber-attacks in real time. The company differs from other next-gen companies in that it has an immense cloud-based machine learning engine that receives a constant stream of data from more than 400 million users, which facilitates learning at unprecedented speeds and makes the artificial intelligence engine smarter and faster than anyone elses.

About the role:

Lead Avasts fast growing and innovative Secure Browser Platform product team with relentless focus on our customers needs. Inspire entrepreneurial team to delivery best in class products and services at scale along with developing Avasts future product leaders.

You responsibilities will be to:

• Define global product strategy for Avast Secure Browser & related security & privacy solutions, and build a robust product roadmap and culture focused on the customer and outcomes
• Identify opportunities that lead to business and customer growth through innovation, while maintaining foundational business goals and priorities
• Work collaboratively with our supported business lines (i.e. Consumer Products, Advertising, Search, Commerce and Subscriptions) to ensure our platform objectives and roadmaps are aligned to support their roadmaps and growth pillars.
• Manage all phases of product development and delivery, including concept, testing, and launch, serving as the main point of contact across the technology operations and technical teams
• Deliver an ambitious but achievable product roadmap with weekly, monthly, and quarterly milestones; hold teams and partners accountable for timely execution
• Recruit, lead, inspire and engage a high-performing team, fostering a dynamic of collaboration, growth, risk-taking, and professional development
• Develop the next generation of Product leaders

You should be:

• World class product vision driven by insatiable curiosity and the desire to elevate the game and redefine standards
• A player / coach - not one to sit in the ivory tower - who will balance depth of experience with the eagerness to get stuff done
• A tireless advocate of the customer, who will stop at nothing to deliver best in class platforms and products.
• A humble leader who can listen and learn as much as s/he can articulate a vision and lead through to execution
• The ability to apply out of the box thinking and discipline of process to a large-scale matrixed organization in a period of transformation
• Knowledge of and adherence to global brand safety and privacy principles and regulations

You should have:

• A minimum of 10+ years of hands on product development and product management experience, building scaled platforms and products to support B2C and B2B offerings in high growth enterprises
• 5+ years experience leading product and/or monetization product teams
• Management by numbers with demonstrable abilities in data-driven decision making
• Action-oriented mindset with a proven track record of delivering quick wins and driving growth while refining and translating a long-term vision
• Value in building trusting relationships with a range of leaders, teams, and stakeholders
• Technical credibility and the ability to do not say when it comes to bringing new products and services to market in agile development environments
• Entrepreneurial spirit that seeks to try new approaches and lead conversation changing initiatives that influence internal stakeholders and customers alike

Sounds like fun? We look forward to hearing from you!

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