Senior Product Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Assume responsibility for a specific product area.

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of users, their needs and behaviors, as well as the related organizational, operational, and technical context.

• Convert PLOS objectives into well-defined product outcomes and priorities.

• Collaborate closely with design, engineering, and other team members to investigate issues and validate concepts with users and data.

• Formulate hypotheses, design experiments, and determine the most effective way to gain insights.

• Make informed product decisions by considering evidence, impact, effort, risk, and opportunities.

• Establish success metrics and utilize both qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate impact.

• Assist the team in delivering iteratively, learning from outcomes, and adjusting as necessary.

• Clearly communicate problems, evidence, decisions, trade-offs, and lessons learned.

• Establish feedback mechanisms through discussions, demonstrations, and reviews.

• Empower designers, engineers, and specialists to participate in product decision-making.

• Grasp the broader service context, including processes, systems, and teams beyond the product interface.

⛳️ Requirements

• A degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.

• Minimum of three years' experience as a Product Manager in a multidisciplinary digital product team.

• Proficient in utilizing product discovery alongside delivery, which includes user research, data analysis, experimentation, and hypothesis testing.

• Familiarity with navigating significant uncertainty or ambiguity.

• Ability to simplify complex problems into clear priorities, outcomes, and actionable next steps.

• Experience in making product decisions based on user evidence, data, organizational goals, technical constraints, and product judgment.

• Capability to articulate product thinking effectively to a diverse audience.

• Proven ability to work collaboratively with individuals outside of the immediate product team.

• Experience in scholarly publishing is advantageous but not mandatory.

• Willingness to undertake occasional national or international travel as needed.

🏝️ Benefits

• Private medical insurance.

• Life assurance.

• Income protection.

• Personal accident insurance.

• Pension plan with up to 10% employer match.

• 25 days of vacation.

• Competitive market maternity and paternity leave.

• Additional time off for birthdays and three winter holidays.

• Two days of paid time off for volunteering each year.

• Fully remote work environment with a stipend provided upon joining for home office setup.