Senior Product Manager

Hi 👋 we’re Glean. We make study software that makes learning quicker and easier for everyone.

• We’re a SaaS scale up and one of the fastest growing tech companies in the North.
• There’s 100+ of us around the UK with our HQ in Leeds.
• Our software is award-winning and used by 100,000s of students at over 800 universities & colleges worldwide.
• We’re growing so we can achieve our mission to support 1 million students to become better learners by 2026.

The role of Senior Product Manager: 
🚀 We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager to spearhead the growth of our core user base. You’ll be instrumental in evolving our product through data-driven insights, user-centric research, and innovative strategies. If you’re passionate about leveraging technology to enhance user experiences and drive growth, we’d love to hear from you.

What you’ll be doing: 
📈Growing the User Base: Your main focus will be on improving our product to attract and retain more regular and champion users. You’ll use our user flywheel model to be smart about where we put our efforts.
📊 Data-Driven Decisions: You’ll analyse qualitative data and use impact modelling to decide which areas to focus on, making sure we’re targeting the right opportunities for growth.
🔎 Product Discovery and Research: You’ll be heavily involved in product discovery, conducting user interviews, and running research to understand user needs. You’ll work closely with UX and engineering to make sure we’re solving the right problems.
🎯 Setting Ambitious Goals: You’ll be comfortable working with OKRs and setting challenging but achievable targets, keeping the team focused on reaching our goals.
🤖 Thinking Creatively with AI: Ideally, you have some experience with AI or are eager to explore how we can use it to improve the user experience. You’ll work with our internal AI experts to find innovative ways to integrate AI into the product.
🤝 Collaborating with Other PMs: You’ll need to be a team player, working closely with other product managers to share insights, avoid duplicating efforts, and ensure we’re all moving in the same direction.

About you: 
Essential:

• Solid understanding of software product management, as well as possessing a high level, technical understanding of software development and delivery.
• Interest in EdTech: You’re curious about the EdTech space and how technology can enhance learning and knowledge management.
• Strategic and Analytical: You have a strategic mindset and are skilled at using data to guide your decisions, especially when it comes to qualitative insights.
• Discovery-Driven Product Expert: You demonstrate a track record of validating ideas through discovery for a user facing product
• Experienced in virtual research: You conduct virtual discovery/ research calls with customers, users and prospects.
• Data competency: an ability to use data to report on outcomes but also drive further user discovery.
• Stakeholder management: Experience of managing a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Adaptability: A willingness, and ability to adapt and refine working processes, to best suit your team, and the growth of Glean.

Bonus / Nice to have:

• Experience with AI: While not essential, experience with AI is a plus, particularly in applying it to improve user experiences.

💰Salary and benefits:
£70,000 – £80,000 dependent upon experience

🏖️ 33 days annual leave (Inclusive of bank holidays)

🎄 3 gifted days off at Christmas
💰 EMI Share Options Scheme

🎓 Generous individual learning and training allowance

⌚ Truly flexible hours to suit when you work best

💻 Full home working set up and beautiful collaborative office space

🌴 Nomad working policy with family travel insurance

🍼 Enhanced 26 weeks maternity and 4 weeks paternity (fully paid)

🤍 Health cash plan (from glasses to massages)

💸 6% employer pension contribution

Location:
We have a beautiful office space in Leeds and we love it when we get together to collaborate in person. We typically operate a hybrid way of working, however for this role we support remote working within the UK, if you live more than 50 miles from the office.

We will discuss ways of working with you at interview however if you have any questions before you apply please reach out to recruitment@glean.co

💡 What to expect next:
We’ll review your application and provide a response within 1 week. Even if it’s not the news you’d hoped for, we appreciate it’s good to know either way.

If we invite you to meet with us for interview, here’s an overview of what the process will look like:

• Screening interview with someone in our Recruitment team (30 minutes).
• First stage interview with two of our Product team (1 hour).
• Final stage interview which includes a 1 hour culture and values interview, plus a 30 minute case study. You will be meeting with the Co-CEO (Dave Sankey) and one of the Product team.

Ahead of your interview you will receive a confirmation email outlining who you’ll be meeting and when, anything you’ll need to prepare in advance and any resources we think you might find helpful.

👀 Interested in learning more about a career at Glean?
Here are a few further resources:

About Glean

Working at Glean Blog

The Glean Study Tool

💌 Not quite the right role for you however you’d love to be a part of Glean’s journey?
Let’s connect! Reach out to recruitment@glean.co and we’ll add you to our network, to keep you updated with any future opportunities we think you might be interested in.

📄 Applicant Privacy Notice
We think it’s important that you understand how we use and handle your personal information, so here’s a link to our privacy notice. By submitting your application, you’re confirming that you’ve read and understood this notice.

About Us
Glean empowers learners with the confidence and ability to build useful knowledge in an age of information overload. Our inclusive learning technology is used by 100,000s of students to gain 21st century learning skills with a proven note taking process. We aim to reduce waste by helping learners to get more value from working with spoken language.

Our mission is to challenge how the world thinks about learning so that it’s more accessible, productive, and purposeful for all learners. Join our values-driven and growing team if you’re excited by our goal to change a million lives for the better.

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