Mobile Apps Product Manager

Job Description

Location: United Kingdom
Working Period: Full Time, Permanent
Office: London, Hybrid

About Student.com

Student.com is the world’s leading marketplace for student accommodation and services, a leader in student marketplace technology and an innovator in an industry that needed an upgrade. We are passionate about helping students find their perfect home and supporting their educational journey. To date, we’ve helped students from more than 130 different countries.

Founded in 2011, we simplify the student study-abroad journey through our free global marketplace that puts security and ease-of-use first. For students, that means having an easy-to-use, secure platform for booking their perfect home and engaging other services, giving them total peace of mind. For our partners, that means having a new digital and global infrastructure which provides access to millions of students. Currently, our website lists more than 2 million beds in over 400 cities worldwide.

Job Purpose

We are seeking a Mobile App Product Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving value to both our students and our partners.

You will work closely with our technology teams to streamline how we deliver outcomes following the key underlying principles of delivering incremental value. You should have a product mindset and understand the value of measurable outcomes. 

This is a huge opportunity to mould the Mobile App vision and strategy for Student.com. 

Requirements

• Our ideal Product Manager:
  
  
• 3+ years of product management experience in iOS/Android mobile application development (ideally in a global marketplace business)
• Develop a data-driven roadmap based on market research, customer insights and business objectives, with a focus on features that deliver measurable outcomes
• Contribute towards product strategy and vision in line with the business's goals
• Customer-centric and committed to delivering excellent experiences for all customers
• Collect and analyse user feedback to identify product requirements and priorities and steer the development process
• Establish and track success metrics, including app downloads and reviews, user engagement and conversion rates
• Research competitors and similar products, and analyse market trends
• Excited to work on B2C and B2B platforms that support a wide range of Student.com features with the goal of bringing the best possible experience to all the students and partners on our platform.
• Experience working on consumer products that drive significant revenue
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and focus on the right things at the right time in a fast-moving environment
• Able to effectively use data and perform business analysis to support product strategy/decisions.
• Excited to drive execution in cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment

Hiring Process

• 1st stage screen with a member of our talent team
• 2nd stage interview with Lead Product Manager (hiring manager)
• 3rd stage interview with Head of Product or CPTO
• Offer

Benefits

We offer hybrid working and a competitive pension, holiday and benefits package