at Blenheim Chalcot Group
London / Nottingham (Remote)
We're looking for a smart, experienced and driven product manager who is passionate about delivering products that transform customers' experiences with financial products.
About Koodoo
Koodoo is a new financial technology business that is shaking up the world of mortgages. The mortgage market is undergoing a major shift, with much more emphasis being placed on consumer choice, transparency and the role for new technology. Backed by the UK's leading digital venture builder (Blenheim Chalcot), Koodoo is building the technology to help connect customers seamlessly and intelligently with their next mortgage. We are working with some of the biggest names in financial services - comparison sites, marketplace providers, lenders - to deliver a better mortgage application and renewal experience to millions of borrowers in the UK. Our current partners include CompareTheMarket.com, Confused.com, ClearScore, Nationwide, NatWest, Santander and more.
Koodoo has been running for 2+ years, in which period we have secured the largest partnerships in the market with a great product, but with a relatively small team. We are now in a growth stage and need star talent to join us to take the next big steps towards our vision.
The team is spread out throughout London and Nottingham but we're happy to accommodate remote working arrangements as we, in fact, currently operate a fully working from home model for everyone in the company.
About Blenheim Chalcot
Blenheim Chalcot has an unrivalled track record for building successful and disruptive digital ventures. Providing much more than just funds, businesses in the Blenheim Chalcot portfolio benefit from over 20 years of experience, knowledge, ideas and infrastructure. With offices in London, Nottingham, Edinburgh, New York and Mumbai, over 3000 employees, sales of over £300m, and a track record of building over 40 companies, the Blenheim Chalcot model aims to create an "unfair advantage" for its companies as they grow from ideas into multi-million pound, market-leading businesses. Companies in the portfolio, past and present, include Agilisys, TDX, ClearScore, Oakbrook Finance, Liberis and Salary Finance.
Role Responsibilities
Lead a squad at Koodoo to scope, prioritise, specify, deliver and validate new products and features to drive Koodoo closer to achieving its vision for homebuyers
Work closely with the squad's technical lead and Koodoo's Head of Delivery to plan and execute on packages of work
Collaborate with our data science team to devise proportional tests to help validate product features before and/or after delivery
Collaborate with our design and UX team to design and implement delightful user experiences for our customers within a set appetite
Proactively manage quality of delivery by formulating key product health metrics, and evaluating impacts of bugs for effective prioritisation
Develop expertise in particular product lines and help Koodoo's VP of Product craft a longer term roadmap for the product and company
What we're looking for
You will have a minimum of 2+ years experience as a product manager in a technology firm, with a demonstrable record of delivering products and features with concrete and measurable business value
You will be confident in demonstrating a range of product management skills, including:
digital user experience and design best-practices,
technical skills that enable you to confidently communicate with our technical team,
commercial awareness; and
data-driven decision making.
You will have experience working in a dynamic and fast-paced delivery environment
You will be familiar working in a agile delivery environment, and a pro at communicating complex requirements clearly within this environment
You will be a self-starter and independent worker but also demonstrate leadership and management capabilities
Ideally you will have a background in FinTech
Pension scheme (3% employer; 5% employee)
Flexible benefits package
25 days holiday (with the option to buy more)
Bonus scheme
Staff issued with MacBook Pro and external monitor
Investment in training and conferences
Regular hackathons and events to promote team working and on going learning
What is one improvement you would make to our product in the next 6 months? *
To understand our comparison product offering, please feel free to peruse the mortgage comparison sections of CompareTheMarket, Confused.com or ClearScore, all of which Koodoo powers.
What impact would a move to a negative Bank of England base rate have on our service? *
Further information *
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