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London, Greater London
Product Manager
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Company Description Finance is one of the last great stale service industries, and customers are suffering for it. Lendable is building a proper financial institution from scratch using our technology, agility and attitude! Our first product is offering personal loans we have built what we believe is the world's fastest consumer lending platform, powered by real-time, automated credit decisions and continuous risk pricing. To give you an idea, our relentless drive to automate and improve processes allows customers to apply for and receive their loan in an average of less than 10 minutes . Our second product will launch this year and we're planning on much more! We are well-funded, profitable, and grew fourfold last year. In the five years since we started we have lent over 1 billion to UK consumers. We are a focused team with over 70 employees and we have a unique, enthusiastic culture: we give talented and curious individuals the opportunity to stretch themselves and work in an environment that encourages growth. Job Description The role: We're looking for an experienced, smart and analytical person to be a Product Manager. Reporting to one of the co-founders you'll take day to day ownership of a product line including the future roadmap. This will include owning delivery and working hand in hand with various departments to prioritise projects according to their maximum impact. We have some of the best engineers in the industry and we need you to help us showcase their talent to the world. What You'll Be Doing: * Managing the delivery of one of our customer product propositions * Defining our product roadmap and coming up with new features based on maximum business impact * Working closely with engineers to break down large complex epics into smaller manageable tasks * Liaising across teams (data science, customer service, developers etc) to crystalise intent for new features * Ensuring our customers' needs are always at the heart of what we're building * Testing and measuring the impact of new releases and experiments Qualifications What does success look like in this role * Autonomy ; you are comfortably managing an entire product line * Running prioritisation of all product features on your own * Creating new features based on discussions and requirements from the wider business * Deep collaboration with other business teams, allowing you to make many small decisions that impact features within the product * Engineering mindset so you're able to optimise developer time for maximum business impact * Identifying bottlenecks early and can work out the dependencies that may block the product development well ahead of time * Problem solving ; consistently breaking down complex business problems into bitesize chunks * Collaboration ; you have established close relationships with key stakeholders across data science, developers, compliance, customer service allowing you to quickly assemble cross functional teams for product delivery * Working at speed ; you make things happen. You are not afraid to roll up your sleeves and take responsibility for design decisions. * Process management ; a solid understanding of the software development life cycle and how Product can support each stage * Agility ; not just Agile (Scrum or Kanban would be nice) but adaptability to thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving and constantly evolving high growth environment Additional Information What's Next: We try our best to get things moving quickly. Due to COVID all interviews will be done remotely. For this role we'd expect: * A quick phone call with one team member * Video Interview * Case study * Meet the team you'll work with daily * Meet the two members of the exec team What you'll get: * The opportunity to build a new and improved financial institution from scratch! * A best in class compensation package including stock options * Cycle to Work scheme * An open and honest culture with flat hierarchy * Personal development and learning time * A fun and inspiring work environment; featuring monthly socials, Yoga every week, an annual one-week work event abroad for everyone (our last one was in Tuscany!) and more * A multi-cultural team made up of dozens of different nationalities and backgrounds * A unique office - one of the largest lofts in Shoreditch - with a fully stocked fridge and kitchen * We're an equal opportunity employer and are looking to make Lendable the most inclusive and open workspaces in London Qualifications: What does success look like in this role Autonomy; you are comfortably managing an entire product line Running prioritisation of all product features on your own Creating new features based on discussions and requirements from the wider business Deep collaboration with other business teams, allowing you to make many small decisions that impact features within the product Engineering mindset so you're able to optimise developer time for maximum business impact Identifying bottlenecks early and can work out