Product Manager API

Full-Time Anywhere

Closing date: 20th July 2018

Are you passionate about delivering innovative and best in class products? Would you love the opportunity to  play an integral part in shaping the future success of Europe’s fastest growing FinTech? Did we hear a big YES? Great – keep reading!I

Reporting directly to the Head of Product, you will own the growth of Yoyo powered apps, which already has  hundreds of thousands of users across the UK, and support retailers build lasting relationships with their customers.  

We guarantee that you will never be bored in this challenging and fast paced role. Responsibilities include, but will not be limited to:

  • Perform market assessment – collect qualitative and quantitative data to define opportunities
  • Develop solutions – for consumer and retailer challenges / issues; translate  business-to-technical requirements, and vice versa
  • Collaborate  – work closely with super smart teams of Engineers, Designers, and Product Marketeers; lead development activities to deliver outstanding results
  • Maintain a balanced product roadmap – ensure that we provide value to our customers, while maintaining security, scalability and code quality
  • Master resource allocation – balance needs and costs of resources; utilize pricing and revenue modeling to support planning
  • Continuous evaluation – measure, analyse and learn from the outcome of all projects; define and track success metrics
  • Motivate – inspire the people around you to perform at their best

Work experience:

  • In-depth product development and delivery experience in a role such as Product Manager, Product Owner, Product Developer, Digital Product Manager, Product Manager, Senior Product Specialist or similar
  • Experience of leading the launch and/or development of a digital B2B or B2C product
  • Experience leading customer feedback/user testing sessions
  • Experience of conducting  detailed analysis to make challenging prioritisation decisions

Knowledge

  • Knowledge of Saas
  • Working knowledge of the payments and mobile space is an advantage

Skills & Abilities

  • Leadership skills – able to inspire and influence without direct authority
  • Excellent communication skills  
  • Curious and inquisitive with the desire to work out of your comfort zone
  • Proactive and always taking the initiative to continuously improve
  • Resilient and able to quickly learn from mistakes
  • Strong problem solver with good analytical skills
  • Decisive with the ability to prioritise competing demands
  • Strong emotional intelligence and self-awareness; able to empathise with key stakeholders.
  • Objective – able to avoid projecting  preferences onto users of their products.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and changes in  direction as the company works towards product-market fit and operating at scale
  • Mentoring  skills are an advantage, together with developing standards and best practise operations
  • Able to  deliver complex projects across multiple teams and stakeholders