Product Manager

The role

You will work with the Principal Product Manager to translate app strategy into product requirements and a deliverable roadmap. You will own and prioritise areas of the app roadmap to deliver a premium mobile experience for a global audience.

What you will do

• Translate long-term app strategy into product requirements, priorities and a deliverable roadmap
• Bring specialist mobile product knowledge to decisions about the app experience
• Develop understanding of customers using research, analytics and experimentation
• Champion a mobile-first approach to product development
• Work across product teams to ensure a coherent, premium experience
• Own and prioritise defined areas of the app roadmap
• Work with engineering, design, data and editorial colleagues to take initiatives from discovery to iteration
• Help deliver experiences including navigation, discovery, personalisation, notifications, offline experiences and continuity across devices
• Collaborate with teams responsible for identity, subscriptions and customer lifecycle
• Establish clear success measures and use experimentation to inform decisions

Required qualifications

• Proven mobile app product management experience owning and delivering improvements to consumer-facing iOS and/or Android apps
• Practical experience working with native and/or cross-platform development teams
• Knowledge of Apple and Google platform conventions, app store policies, submission and release processes, in-app purchases, push notifications and device capabilities
• Experience in customer discovery, defining problems and opportunities, prioritisation, roadmap management, experimentation and measuring product outcomes
• Experience working closely with cross-functional engineering and design teams to deliver products iteratively
• Ability to use qualitative and quantitative evidence to understand customer needs and evaluate success
• Ability to work across organisational boundaries and influence decisions without formal authority
• Ability to operate effectively while technology choices, team structures and delivery approaches are evolving

Nice to have

• Experience working on subscription-based digital products, particularly in publishing, media, content or other habit-forming consumer services
• Experience developing products that combine native and web-based capabilities
• Experience with personalisation, content discovery, notifications, offline functionality or other features that drive regular app engagement
• Experience working with external development partners while retaining internal product ownership
• Experience helping organisations establish or mature their mobile product development practices

Benefits

• Generous annual leave
• Medical cover
• Inclusive parental leave packages
• Subsidised gym memberships
• Opportunities to give back to the community

About the company

The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations, globally recognised for its authority, integrity and accuracy. It delivers quality information and services worldwide to over one million digital subscribers daily.