Senior Product Manager (Parental Leave Cover) - UK/Europe Remote

Job Description

We are looking for a talented Senior Product Manager with strong execution skills to join our team on a temporary basis to cover a period of parental leave for approximately 12 months. This is a great opportunity to contribute to building valuable products used by some of the world’s largest organisations and work with a great group of people along the way.

We are on a quest for extraordinary individuals who are mission-driven and aspire to create a profound and positive impact in the world by addressing the skills crisis. Our dazzle of zebras is a force to be reckoned with - they possess unwavering determination, take decisive action, push boundaries with innovative ideas, and thrive in an environment that offers autonomy, trust, and accountability to deliver exceptional outcomes.

The skills crisis is a colossal challenge, one that is expected to have a greater economic impact than the COVID-19 pandemic. The shortage of skilled workers is leaving millions of positions unfilled, and this crisis has been deemed by the World Economic Forum as one of the biggest challenges of our time, second only to climate change.

The world’s largest companies are transforming into skills-based organisations to survive, but most are struggling to do so without the proper tools. That's where we come in - we have built an innovative platform for workforce management that empowers companies to make skill-based decisions and thrive.

Our existing clients have already witnessed the positive impact that skill-based decision-making has on organisational performance, diversity, culture, and management insight. We have several FTSE100 customers and have recently secured £7.7 million in Series A funding.

We are now assembling the right team to help us become the leader in the multi-billion dollar skill-based workforce planning market. Our mission is clear and ambitious - we will unite 10 million people with opportunities at the world’s leading employers based on skills by 2030. In doing so, we will be driving a quarter of all people-decisions and will be making a significant contribution towards solving the skills crisis. We’d love you to join us and make a difference that will shape the future for generations to come!

The Challenge

The ultimate aim is to build a fantastic experience that meets the needs of our users. A major aspect of the role will involve translating user insights into actionable plans and ensuring we can build fast and learn fast.

The Team

Reporting into the Head of Product, you will co-lead a cross-functional product team that is globally distributed. You’ll also get to work closely with other stakeholders across the business, including management, commercial and operations teams.

Responsibilities:

• Own a key product area with your design and engineering counterparts, working closely with the Head of Product to develop our overall vision and strategy
• Shape a vision for your product area that aligns with our overall vision, inspiring your team in building towards it
• Understand and validate the real needs of users using a mix of quantitative data analysis and qualitative user research
• Generate great ideas, working closely with design, engineering, AI and operations functions
• Identify clear and measurable metrics to monitor the success of the product
• Be accountable for the delivery and success of your products, reporting progress to stakeholders across the business
• Be responsible for the product backlog, prioritising considerately to balance new offerings, experience improvements and platform improvements
• Lead an agile product team, refining their ways of working to maximise performance
• Ensure the team has clear objectives (outcome-focused where possible), and everyone is clear on what they are doing and how it contributes to the overall company strategy
• Actively engage and communicate clearly and effectively with stakeholders at all levels
• Know the HRTech industry, the competitive landscape and our company strategy

Requirements

• Essential:
• You have strong execution and product delivery skills
• You’ve led a cross-functional, remote product team with agile ways of workings
• You energise and inspire the people you work with
• You have experience building products with generative AI (or have a passion to do so!)
• You’re highly organised
• You’re comfortable handling complexity
• You have strong and clear communication skills
• You have strong stakeholder management and engagement skills
• You have strong analytical skills, producing actionable recommendations from quantitative data and user research
• You have a firm understanding of design thinking (or a similar innovation approach), user research methodologies, and experience partnering with UX Designers
• You’ve worked closely with other team leads to minimise dependencies and resolve blockers
• You are an advocate for your users, championing their needs across the business
• You are comfortable jumping into a new company/team and hitting the ground running

• Desired:
• B2B SaaS product experience
• High proficiency in user research
• Experience within HR Tech
• You thrive in a start-up environment

Benefits

🤝 Meaningful share options

🏥 Health insurance

💰 Enhanced pension

🍼 Nursery salary sacrifice scheme

🌴 25 days holiday

🏡 Remote-first

🖥️ Work from home budget

🧠 L&D budget

🦷 Dental cover

👓 Eyes care support

🏢 Co-working space

🧘‍♀️ Wellbeing allowance

🛫 Travel insurance

🚗 Electric car scheme

*These benefits only apply to permanent employees/fixed-term contracts

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Spotted Zebra, we welcome people of all stripes. We are committed to providing equal opportunities and an inclusive and diverse culture.

We believe that each and every one of us possesses an extraordinary set of skills and abilities, waiting to be discovered, nurtured, and harnessed for the benefit of all.

We are a team. And no matter your race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, or disability, we will empower you to unleash your superpower to help us create a world where everyone is able to utilise their unique blend of skills and abilities to contribute to the greater good.

Everyone is unique and we encourage you to let us know in your application, or share with your recruiter directly, if there is anything we can do to make your interview experience with us more comfortable and positive.

At Spotted Zebra, everyone is welcome. So even if you don’t meet all the requirements, we would still love to hear from you. We are always keen to speak with people who are passionate about our mission.