Description

Lead Product Manager (FTC)

Contract: Fixed-term, 12-months

Salary: £55-65,000 per annum

Hours: Full time
Location: Stratford with high flexibility, office-based 1-2 days per week

Application Deadline: 23:55 on 31st August - please do not delay applying as we will be shortlisting on application.

Application process: In our commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, we operate an anonymized shortlisting process. Please ensure you complete the work history section of the application form and answered all application questions. CVs are required for all applications, however, they will not be reviewed until the interview stage.

Are you a Product Manager who enjoys leading product teams in transforming products to meet business needs and drive forward strategic success?

The Lead Product Manager at Cancer Research UK (CRUK) plays an invaluable role in overlapping business objectives, customer needs, and technology development. We are looking for a Lead to maximise value within our Fundraising and Trading portfolio by defining and owning the product portfolio to meet CRUK's strategic objectives.

Our Fundraising and Trading products cover e-commerce, events, payments, and our online fundraising tools which have raised £39m towards our lifesaving research in the past year! You will lead the Product Managers in your team in ensuring the success of CRUK by evolving these products to improve user experience, increase efficiency, reduce costs, drive revenue, and improve quality.

To be successful in this role, it's important you enjoy leading teams, are excited by experimentation, and have a passion for agile ways of working.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for line-managing a team of five Product Managers covering e-commerce, events, payments, and our online fundraising products.

• Accountable for your team owning products end to end throughout their life cycle. This includes defining the appropriate strategy and ensuring any associated business and support processes are in place.

• Owning the strategic direction of your product portfolio working closely with stakeholders and end-users across the organisation (e.g. Technology, Fundraising, Trading etc).

• Tracking and managing the product team's performance, costs, supplier contracts, and suppliers (where applicable) whilst ensuring consistent delivery on defined and agreed on OKRs.

• Working with Senior Portfolio Manager to set and manage the appropriate budget for your portfolio, working in partnership with Delivery and Operations team to regularly forecast and effectively track spend.

What we're looking for:

• Experience in leading, coaching, and developing Product Management teams.

• Hands-on Product Management experience across different stages of the product lifecycle.

• The ability to communicate effectively across organisational, technical, and internal boundaries whilst understanding the context to ensure clear outcomes and roadmaps are defined.

• Experience in working cross-functionally with agile, empowered teams.

• Built and maintained strong relationships in evolving circumstances.

• The ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.

What will I gain?

Without you, we wouldn't be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So, we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes:

• Flexible working - office-based 1 or 2 days a week

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 1 CRUK day (option to buy up to 5 days per annum).

• Stratford Olympic Park location (Less than 10-minute walk to National Rail, Jubilee, Central, and Elizabeth lines; Westfield Shopping Centre, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Gym…)

• Pension (employer contributions up to 10%).

• Life insurance.

• Brilliant learning and development opportunities.

• Discounts - Westfield Shopping Centre, travel, technology, gym memberships, and much more…

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Posters Information:

Name:CANCER RESEARCH UK

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