Senior Product Manager
Are you a passionate and experienced Senior Product Manager looking to make a significant impact at a rapidly growing fintech scale-up? Octopus Money is on a mission to simplify financial planning, and we're looking for a talented individual to join our team and help us build innovative products that empower our users.
As a Senior Product Manager in our back-office product pillar, you'll be instrumental in shaping the future of our SaaS platform. You'll lead a dedicated squad, taking products from initial discovery all the way through to delivery and ongoing maintenance. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and is excited by the challenge of building something truly transformative.
Why Octopus Money?
🐙 We’re on a mission to transform millions of lives by building financial resilience and wealth for everyone 🐙
Money shapes every part of life. Yet most people never get the support they need:
- Half of Brits reach retirement age without enough to live the life they want
- Financial stress is a leading cause of poor mental health
- Only 8% of people have access to 1-to-1 financial advice
There’s no shortage of information. What people actually need is clarity, guidance and a plan that makes sense for them.
That’s where we come in.
Octopus Money brings together financial planning, investment expertise and smart technology so people can understand their options and take action with confidence. We help people build a clear plan for their savings, investments and pensions and make investing simple with managed portfolios built by experts. We also support employers who want their teams to feel more secure and in control.
Some people need regulated advice. Others need coaching. Many need both at different points in life. Our service adapts to what each person needs.
We believe everyone deserves money support that works for real life.
The role
As Senior Product Manager, your day will involve:
- Lead and guide a cross-functional engineering squad through the full software development lifecycle
- Drive product discovery, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to define and translate user needs into actionable user stories
- Manage product backlogs, write user stories, define acceptance criteria, and utilize personas and user journeys
- Oversee product delivery, ensuring successful launches and continuous improvement
- Communicate complex ideas clearly, adapting to a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment
- Foster a collaborative and curious team environment, acting as a trusted product authority #li-hybrid
You’ll work closely with operations, customer support, regulatory & compliance, workplaces, and sales, helping us reduce the cost to serve our customers and ensuring financial advice is affordable and accessible to the masses. You will also work with SaaS partnerships, ensuring our B2B customers enjoy the same benefits.
In this role, success will be measured by:
- Demonstrating the skills & behaviours required by the role, as defined in our career ladder
- Delivering the features that contribute to our quarterly and/or yearly goals
We value people who:
Make every conversation matter
You care about how you make people feel. You communicate clearly, listen well and build trust with customers and colleagues. You want every interaction to move things forward.
Move with urgency and focus
You like getting stuck in. You care about making progress, not perfection. You stay focused on what matters, learn quickly and find smart ways to keep things moving.
Own it
You take responsibility for your work and the outcomes it creates. You’re comfortable solving problems, making decisions and tackling challenges head on. You hold yourself to a high standard and want to make a real impact.
The interview process
Our interview process typically includes:
- An intro call with our talent team
- A panel interview with a short task presentation
- A competency-based interview with the CTPO
- A conversation focused on how you work and what you value with a senior leadership member
We’ll keep it simple and respectful of your time, and you’ll meet the people you’ll actually work with. Our average process takes around four weeks but we’ll always work around your availability.
What you'll bring:
- Proven experience as an Agile Product Manager leading engineering squads.
- Extensive expertise across the entire software development lifecycle
- Demonstrated ability to drive core metrics through data analysis and show measurable business impact
- Strong advocacy for agile working, user-centred design, and delivering user value
- Excellent communication and consulting skills for senior stakeholder engagement and simplifying complex concepts
- Solid technical acumen (APIs, SQL) and strong commercial/strategic thinking
Bonus points if you have:
- Experience working with Jira
- Experience in the financial services industry
- Experience with B2B SaaS applications
- Good understanding of data models and data relationships
In return for your contribution we offer a salary of £75,000 - £80,000 + benefits
We want people to grow here, to feel supported and to feel proud of the impact they make.
You’ll get:
- Hybrid working with 2 days at home each week (Monday and Friday)
- 18 days a year working from anywhere (for non regulated roles)
- Being part of Octopus we benefit from the group share incentive plan. In addition, for those who are not commission based we offer a team bonus provided we meet our team goals.
- Company pension
- Private medical insurance
- Enhanced parental leave
- Birthday day off
- A supportive team who care about what they do
- The chance to help people improve their lives
Please note, as a regulated business we are required to run background checks for all employees which covers adverse financial and unspent convictions. These will only take place upon a successful job offer.
About Octopus Group
We’re part of the Octopus Group: a privately-owned business that’s been doing things differently for 25 years. Octopus sets out to build businesses that will outlive us and create a better world for future generations, including brands such as Octopus Energy, Octopus Investments and Octopus Legacy.
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We believe in equal financial education for everybody, no matter their background. We pride ourselves on building an inclusive working environment where diversity is celebrated.
We do not and never will discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
If you require support completing your application please contact Luke Stepney, Head of Talent at applications@octopusmoney.com
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