Product Manager
Product Manager £40,000 - £50,000 depending on experience Manchester City Centre | Hybrid | Full-time About urfuture urfuture is building the next generation of recruitment technology for entry-level and early careers hiring. We help employers attract, understand and hire better talent through a combination of social-first attraction, behavioural matching and smarter screening technology. We’re growing quickly: * 50+ enterprise customers * 150,000+ app downloads * £2.3m+ raised to date * KPMG Tech Innovator of the Year — North West * Northern Tech Awards — Overall Judges Award, Northern Star * Named among Insider Media’s fastest-growing companies We’re now looking for a Product Manager to take ownership of our product roadmap across both our employer platform and candidate app. The role This is a hands-on Product Manager role with real ownership. You’ll be responsible for understanding our customers and users, improving the product experience, prioritising the roadmap and making sure new features are delivered effectively. You’ll work across both sides of the urfuture platform: Employer platform Our B2B product used by employers to attract, assess and manage entry-level talent, including our Marketplace and Signal products. Candidate app Our consumer app used by young people to discover jobs and careers through behavioural matching. The candidate app is also going through a major rebuild, so you’ll play a central role in managing that project and shaping the next version of the product. What you’ll be doing * You’ll own the product journey from discovery through to delivery. * That will include: * Owning and maintaining the product roadmap * Working with leadership to prioritise product development * Managing the rebuild of the candidate app * Owning product development across the B2B platform and Signal * Working directly with our in-house engineer and outsourced development team * Writing requirements, tickets and product specifications * Managing delivery through Jira * Running product discovery with customers and users * Gathering and prioritising customer feedback * Working with Account Management to understand customer needs * Working with Marketing to understand candidate and community feedback * Using product data to identify opportunities and areas of drop-off * Improving conversion through each stage of the candidate journey * Improving employer adoption and product usage * Testing and launching new features * Managing delivery timelines * Ensuring the product stays competitive and continues to improve This isn’t a role where you simply project manage a backlog. We want someone who genuinely wants to understand why people use the product, where they struggle and what should be built next. We currently use tools including: * Jira * Figma * Amplitude + Others You’ll be expected to understand metrics such as: * user engagement; * activation; * conversion; * drop-off; * feature adoption; * customer usage; * retention; * NPS; * customer satisfaction. We currently have a lean development setup, with an in-house engineer alongside an outsourced development team. You’ll sit at the centre of that relationship. You don’t need to write code yourself, but you should be comfortable discussing technical requirements, APIs, integrations and delivery with developers. Some technical understanding would be a big advantage, particularly as our platform integrates with employer technology and ATS systems. Success will mean * increasing candidate engagement; * improving conversion across the app; * reducing user drop-off; * increasing employer product adoption; * improving customer satisfaction; * successfully delivering new products and features; * keeping urfuture at the forefront of the market. Who we’re looking for You’ll ideally have around 2–5 years’ experience in Product Management, Product Ownership or a similar SaaS product role. Experience in any of the following would be useful: * B2B SaaS * Consumer apps * Marketplaces * Recruitment technology * HR technology * Startups or scale-ups * Products involving integrations or APIs * Startup experience would be a big advantage, but it isn’t essential. Why join now? This is a chance to have genuine ownership of product inside a growing technology company. You won’t be one Product Manager inside a team of 30. You’ll be close to customers, users, developers and leadership, and you’ll have a direct influence on what we build and how the product evolves. There is also a clear progression opportunity. As urfuture grows, we expect the product team to grow with it, creating a route towards roles such as Senior Product Manager, Product Lead or Head of Product for somebody who performs. Benefits * Manchester city centre office * Hybrid working — four days office / one day home * Birthday off * Regular team socials * Team trips and events * High levels of ownership * Direct exposure to the leadership team * Fast progression opportunities * The chance to own major product projects from an early stage * The opportunity to help shape both a B2B SaaS product and consumer app If you’re a Product Manager who wants more ownership, more exposure and the opportunity to build products that are still evolving quickly, we’d love to hear from you.