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Senior Product Operations Manager

Employer
Funding Circle
Location
London, United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Jul 27, 2022

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Job Function
Other
Industry Sector
Finance - General
Employment Type
Full Time
Education
Bachelors
Who are we?
We want to help small businesses win. That's why we're here.
We connect small business owners to investors - to create jobs, help families and power economies - because we believe that people are made to do more. And we want to help them.
So, we created the leading online marketplace for small business loans. Our investors have lent £13.7 billion in 171,000 loans to 122,000 small business owners. In a single year, we unlocked 100,000 jobs and contributed £7.2 billion to the global economy. There's never been a better time to join!
Be part of the team that changes everything. Let's build the place where small businesses can get the funding they need to win and leave a legacy behind, forever.
This role sits within the "Product" team. The drivers behind our platform - brilliant people working together to create, code, and build the next game changers.
What will you be doing?
The Senior Product Operations Manager is passionate about the product management discipline and understands the benefits of frameworks/processes and how to optimise them in a way that is effective in delivering value whilst being as efficient and lightweight as possible.
As the Senior Product Operations Manager you will thrive at collaboration with product managers, business analysts and various cross-functional team members as both customers and partners to better Funding Circle product development processes as well as FC's product offering itself with the initiatives they lead, support and implement.
You will be a line manager, leader, and coach to a team of business analysts.
Identify opportunities to automate product managers' responsibilities and related task to help drive consistency and efficiency across product management as a whole
  • Improving the release and release notes framework through process refinements and automation
  • Contributing to the definition and management of the product development flow
  • Recommending and implement optimisations to the product development timeline
  • Supporting Lead Product Managers in designing/delivering on high priority projects as they arise, collaborating/contributing with the perspective of how to create repeatable/reusable frameworks and automations for efficiency
  • Helping research, organise and recommend resources on product management best practices
  • Contributing content and Training, Learning & Development for Product Management to help up-level the skills of the product team
  • Establishing the Product Handbook and work collaboratively across product management to update, improve and maintain it
  • Playing a Business Manager role to Director and Heads of Product - assist in setting out the Product strategy, vision and roadmap
Not essential, but it would be interesting if you've also had:
  • Previous startup or scale up experience
  • Experience in, or genuine interest in finance and especially lending markets
  • User-centred product design, knowledge of practices and disciplines
  • Business or Technology Management degree, or relevant experience
Are you?
  • Experienced within a product management, operation function or business management function
  • Proficient in operational process documentation writing and maintenance
  • Knowledgeable with business change experience in process automation
  • Competent working with and eliciting requirements from third party vendors and senior stakeholders
  • Experienced working within an Agile, fast paced environment and ability to adapt to changes
Why should you join us?
We're gearing up for our biggest chapter yet - and it's being driven by tech.
That means full steam ahead working on our global platform and real challenges for you to noodle and solve - as we build new things, reimagine the stack and go after the greenfield.
We believe that great ideas come from everywhere. So, there are no pigeonholes here. We keep it agile and open. Think big remits and huge ownership in a continuous learning environment. Close knit teams, with mentorships and global career opportunities. Everyone working together to make a genuine difference to small business owners.
Join the team making it happen. Help us define long-term commitments and launch the next game changers - let's build the incredible.
It's in our differences that we find our strengths
At Funding Circle, we celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. We're proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. We truly believe that diversity makes us better. We particularly encourage applications from applicants from underrepresented backgrounds. We will consider flexible working options; please talk to us to discuss how we could make this role flexible for you.
Want to build the incredible? We'd love to hear from you.

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