Product Manager

Product Manager

Location: Fully Remote, UK

Contract Type: Full time, Permanent, 40 hour week, Mon-Fri, 8.30am-5.30pm

Interviews: Max 3 stages totalling around 3.5 hours

Reports to: Head of Product, Matthew Dickinson

Why join us? 👋

We’re a profitable SaaS company serving top law firms and government departments in the US and UK. Our mission? Help clients manage huge volumes of info so they can make smarter, faster decisions.

Our global news platform is trusted by law firms everywhere, and we’re growing! We're looking for a Product Manager to lead product improvements, drive new development, and shape our B2B strategy.

If you’ve got experience in Product Management in a B2B SaaS environment (ideally working with large amounts of content and complex workflows), love creating roadmaps, and launching products, we want to hear from you!

We would love to hear from you if you have the criteria below: 📬

• Experience in growing an enterprise SaaS business, ideally from £3m to £10m.
• Experience working and thriving in a remote setting and collaborating with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, marketing, and sales.
• Able to use a wide range of product management principles and approaches to manage product lifecycle.
• Have knowledge of broad design and UX principles. Able to have UX and design conversations, understanding the trade-offs of design/UX choices and how they may impact customer experience.
• Have proven skills in applying agile methodology to iteratively deliver in a rapid manner
• Demonstrated ability to understand the user, identifying who they are and what their needs are, based on evidence.
• Ability to leverage popular business data and analytics tools, to establish, track, and interpret KPIs to measure product success.
• Proven success in making decisions that balance financial and market data with customer needs and technical feasibility.
• Ability to communicate clearly and break complex ideas into simple concepts.
• The right to live and work in the UK or willing to work UK hours

Nice to have:

• Experience working with LLMs

Our Expectation:

While the below is not an exhaustive list, it outlines the bulk of what is expected to succeed

• You are recognised as a specialist and expert in product management within the company and you actively develop a product mindset and best practices within the team.
• You will be responsible for managing the end-to-end lifecycle of our InfoPro product, with the goal of owning MyVable within the next 12 months in alignment with the founder's vision.
• You will be responsible for the product strategy and  6 to 12 month's roadmap priorities and delivery to achieve Vable's business goals.
• You continuously build the right product, optimising to its full potential to meet short term and long term strategy, within the limits of the current resources.
• You put the client first and manage competing priorities.
• You plan and run different phases of product delivery in collaboration with our Product Operations Manager.
• You set and define KPIs to measure product success.
• You make decisions that balance financial and market data with customer needs and technical feasibility.
• You lead, engage, and motivate your immediate team (product ops, UX/UI) and collaborate with multiple teams (Tech, Sales, etc) to achieve business goals.
• You build and nurture strong working relationships at all levels and departments.
• You collaborate with the tech and revenue department by adjusting and aligning priorities to achieve clarity to deliver on product goals.
• You keep on top of market trends, the latest news and competitor activity so that Vable can shape opportunities for product development.
• You will work closely with the founder to identify market trends and opportunities (e.g. SWOT, business model canvas, competitive analysis, business case creation, financial modelling, etc.) combined with a wider context of company goals and objectives to the shape product direction.

About you: 👀

As a successful Product Manager we know you will know what “best” looks like, and have the personality, aspiration and energy to give it a shot. We will also be looking for the following:

• You believe that:
  - the customer comes first
  - that we are stronger as a Team
  - it’s better to ship fast and iterate than strive for perfection
• You are someone who is passionate about optimisation and efficiency. 
• You are someone who is self motivated & self managed and can get the job done.  
• You have a natural tendency to simplify things.
• You have a natural tendency to be curious and want to know how things work.

We’re proud of the culture we’ve built at Vable, and as a Vabler, we expect you to contribute positively to our workplace culture by embracing our core principles ✨

• We Are Kind And Empathetic
  Our behaviour and words assume the best in people, we ask, we care and we listen.  Our feedback is kind, but direct.
• We Are Always A Team
  We are a globally dispersed team. We are bound together by accountability to ourselves and others.
• We Are Curious
  A bunch from various backgrounds. We ask questions, plan things out, push the boundaries, challenge the status quo and ask questions, a lot.
• We Take Ownership And Deliver
  We care deeply about the work that we do and strive for excellence. We are focused on our goals and love the details.  We deliver and if we don’t we have the data why not.

🟢 Why work for Vable?

• We have a culture that we protect, we value the contributions each Vabler makes
• We encourage continuous learning, you will receive a yearly budget of £250 for your development
• You have autonomy in your work and are trusted to take ownership
• We encourage creativity and like new ideas and concentrate on the cultural add
• Get a MacBook, monitor and other required technical equipment when you join
• 33 days of paid leave a year inclusive of public holidays, based on where you live (UK)
• Top tier private healthcare following successful probationary period
• Employee Assistance Programme through Oliva
• We like our virtual socials and really do like to get to know everyone in the team
• We are well established and have been around for 19 years, with an excellent product
• Your fellow Vablers are great and are very supportive and encouraging

❌ Why it might not be right for you? 

• We are a 40 hour week, Mon-Fri and have core hours, unless stated otherwise or agreed. Being a small remote team, it's how we operate and you are expected to be available in those times.
• There are weekly meetings and people are expected to attend and contribute.
• We offer continuous feedback and recognition, everyone has the opportunity to challenge ideas, ask questions and introduce new ideas.
• We have set behaviours and values that every Vabler is expected to adhere to and this is non negotiable.

Interview Process:

• Intro Call: You will meet a member of the People team on a 30 minute zoom call; you don't need to prepare anything in advance. 

• Interview: If we’re both excited to proceed, you will be invited to a second stage interview with Matthew, Head of Product and another applicable manager.  
• Final Interview: Will be with the Head of Product and Head of Technology.  This part of the process may include a task/presentation.

🎥 We record all of our interviews, with your permission. It makes it easier as we are globally distributed.

Vable is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability status.