Are you a product design professional with an entrepreneurial streak, who would relish the opportunity and challenge of joining a high growth personal finance / investing fintech as they embark on their next stage of growth? For the right person this really could represent a once in a lifetime opportunity to reap both the career growth and financial rewards of being part of an exciting fintech venture which has a global first mover advantage.
Our client is a pioneering fintech start-up helping millennials re-define their relationship with money, with the World's first ever app built for their area of personal finance / investing. The company is 2 years into its journey, secured an additional round of funding and launched a Beta product working closely with early adopters to further iterate, receiving some great feedback and traction in the process.
They've also attracted some high profile fintech non-execs and struck a partnership with a top 10 global asset manager, all of which is testament to the pioneering nature of their app - so everything is coming together nicely for them! It continues to be an exciting year as they go through accelerated roll outs in both the USA and Europe with a global first mover advantage!
The platform is launched with Beta users, and with additional funding and as they look to go mass market it's time to appoint an additional member of the product team to play a lead product role. Reporting direct to and working closely alongside the Chief Product Officer (CPO) you'll play a key role:
- Helping devise the 12-18 month product road map.
- Designing product enhancements, with a focus on front end app use-ability and functionality.
- Interviewing product users and iterating product improvements from such feedback.
- Proactively identifying areas for product improvement.
- Create wireframes, break down and manage iteration sprints, and work with the development team to ensure the product reflects the vision.
At this stage its an absolutely critical role for the company as they continue to improve a winning product, grow the team and attract further investment, so looking for the following in this product person:
- At least 1-3+ years technology / digital Product Owner / Product Manager / Product Designer type experience. This may have been your first Product role, or you may have been in a UX / UI Designer or Business Analyst type role previously.
- Ideally your experience would have been gained with a B2C / consumer type app proposition. Although not a pre-requisite, experience or a genuine interest in the fintech, wealthtech, personal finance or investing area would also be beneficial.
- Experienced in adopting a user centric, collaborative and iterative design process to seek product improvement.
- Comfortable with both qualitative and quantitative research to drive design and able to demonstrate winning product build processes.
- A driven and determined attitude conducive to a dynamic high growth start-up team environment.
The founder of this personal finance fintech has a unique business proposition which is destined for great success with the right team around him, and he appreciates the value of a great product management team. So for the right person with the requisite entrepreneurial spirit this really could represent a once in a lifetime opportunity to reap both the career growth and financial rewards of being part of an exciting fintech business venture.
Remuneration: Appropriate salary plus equity (a serious life changing £ opportunity).
Location: UK remote (although our client would also consider interesting candidates in Continental Europe).
Keywords: product design, product owner, product manager, product management, product development, fintech, wealthtech, personal finance, investing, consumer finance, open banking,