Product Manager II

Description

Product manager role on SSRN, the preprint server run by the company, which is a global information and analytics business serving researchers and healthcare professionals.

The role sits within the STMJ team, which publishes peer-reviewed science, technology and medical research and works with authors, editors, reviewers and societies on editorial workflows and publishing technology.

You will own one or more features from start to finish and help shape the feature roadmap alongside the Senior Product Manager, working with engineering, UX, analytics, operations and content colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and delivery for your feature area on SSRN's preprint service.
• Talk with researchers and scholarly communities directly to understand, rank and check what they need.
• Turn problems into clear statements and test your assumptions with data and experiments, such as A/B tests.
• Write product requirements as user stories, PRDs or specifications, and keep your feature backlog prioritised.
• Use data to rank production issues and defects and follow them until they are resolved.
• Run stakeholder demos at programme milestones and prepare launch readiness, including go-to-market briefing materials.
• Help build the feature-area roadmap in line with outcomes agreed with the Senior Product Manager.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience collecting and ranking customer requirements through structured discovery.
• Ability to write clear requirements in several formats and see them through delivery.
• Experience using data and analytics tools such as Adobe Analytics, Hotjar or Pendo, or similar, to guide decisions and test hypotheses.
• Experience supporting go-to-market work and communicating with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Familiarity with AI tools and services and how they can improve processes and product delivery.
• A record of shipping features against measurable outcomes while managing several workstreams on your own.
• Available to work from the London Wall office at least 2 days a week.

Conditions

Hybrid working, split between the office and home.

Flexible hours, with the freedom to change when you work during the day.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and offers support to candidates who need accommodation during hiring.

The company values a healthy work and life balance, and the average length of service is 9 years.

Benefits vary by country, so check the location-specific details.

Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to buy extra days.
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical cover.
• Wellbeing programmes, study assistance and sabbaticals.
• Life assurance.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Long service awards.
• Save As You Earn share option scheme.
• Season ticket travel loan.
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave.
• Emergency care access for both the elderly and children.
• RE CARES days to support charities and causes you care about.
• Employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer.
• Extensive learning and development resources.
• Employee discounts through Perks at Work.