Hybrid Head of Product

at Magic EdTech

• Job title: Head of Product
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Head of Product leading a product roadmap impacting thousands of users daily in a health/fitness startup. Collaborating with a small accomplished team and reporting directly to the CEO.

Responsibilities

• Reporting directly to the CEO, and have a high level of autonomy in helping guide and create the vision for the Product roadmap.
• Build and execute on product strategy, championing lean, agile and a user-centred approach.
• Build and maintain an exciting and ambitious product roadmap.
• Manage and head up a senior Product team.
• Lead and participate in daily scrum meetings, planning, reviews and retrospectives.
• Maintain and prioritise the product backlog, defining requirements in the form of user stories and epics.
• Take charge of project management, defining project specifications and ensuring stakeholder alignment to keep progress on track.
• Alongside the Senior Product Designer, conduct frequent user research, including interviews and testing, as well as close collaboration with customer support and marketing.
• Create and maintain an effective repository to synthesise learnings from user research that can help inform the product roadmap and product backlog.
• Regularly analyse quantitative data in Mixpanel to identify areas of high/low conversion and gather useful learnings to inform product development.
• Define appropriate success metrics for new releases and monitor success using both quantitative & qualitative data.
• Represent the customer within the development process.
• Research competitors, similar products and continually analyse market trends.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in product management within a consumer startup in a high growth environment.
• Experience managing a team of 3-5+ people.
• It would be a requirement that you have a strong understanding of the mechanics/stickiness of health/fitness apps including, but not limited to: Runna, Zing, Peloton, Freeletics, FIIT, Ladder, Echelon, Hydrow, Speediance as well as adjacent apps within wider coaching and gamification such as Duolingo. **A robust understanding of how these tools drive engagement and retention is a must on Day One.
• Demonstrated experience of managing projects and keeping progress on track.
• Highly product minded with a good understanding of how to build products and a strong product sense.
• Proficiency in using analytics tools like Mixpanel and project management tools like JIRA.
• Outstanding communication abilities, particularly in effectively and clearly explaining technical concepts to non-technical individuals and in writing detailed project documentation.
• Meticulous and thorough in paying attention to details.
• Experience collaborating in Agile Scrum teams.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently.
• Able to work effectively and cooperatively in a team setting.
• Passion for fitness, ideally with experience building fitness products and working out.
• **Nice to Haves**
• Experience in building product for Human Machine Interfaces, such as smart appliances (e.g. fridges and microwaves), in-car displays, and preferably smart mirrors.
• Experience managing physical products, not just software.
• Having previous experience or knowledge as a developer is beneficial, particularly with an understanding of how software interfaces are constructed (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript).

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Equity Share Options in the company.
• An impact from day one. Our business is scaling by the day. You'll work on ambitious projects, and your contribution will significantly impact the success of MAGIC AI now and in the future.
• Unlimited Holiday (self-directed time off)
• Flexible Home/Hybrid Working from our London HQ (At least 2 days WFH per week)
• Hardware budget for brand new Macbook or other.
• Professional learning & development budget.
• Weekly Free Lunch Club
• Daily Unlimited Barista Coffee
• Quarterly Off-sites and regular FUN team socials!