Senior Product Manager, Beam
AI and SaaS
£70-110k
+ EMI-qualifying share options
More information about location
2-5 days a week in office (Hoxton, London)
Reinventing welfare services with tech & AI
Open for applications
Reinventing welfare services with tech & AI
101-200 employees
Open for applications
£70-110k
+ EMI-qualifying share options
More information about location
2-5 days a week in office (Hoxton, London)
101-200 employees
Company mission
To give everyone access to human-centred welfare services
Role
Who you are
- A results-driven mindset - you thrive working towards ambitious team and individual KPIs
- At least 4 years' hands-on experience as a product manager in a fast-paced tech company, and delivering world class products, ideally SaaS, with an obsessive eye for quality and detail
- A track record of success - A proven history of successful product discovery and delivery working closely with engineers, designers and other PMs
- Technical expertise - Understand well the mechanics and metrics of SaaS - a nice to have is a background in engineering, AI/ML or data science
- Passion - a hunger to work in a collaborative culture, excited by Beam’s company values and mission
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager to play a critical role in delivering Beam’s high-growth new AI-powered SaaS products
- Reporting to Seb, our co-founder, you’ll be at the forefront of transforming little-changed welfare services with the latest technologies including AI
- Our latest product, Magic Notes, is an AI-powered tool that's been reported by the BBC as "a game changer", with the potential to drive huge efficiencies in social work
- This is a hands-on role. We're looking for an experienced Senior Product Manager who loves working with a team to deliver truly exceptional products
- Being part of our product team within Beam will mean experimenting, learning from our mistakes and successes, setting a sky-high quality bar for product, and influencing the strategic direction based on partner feedback and market demands
- Hands-on with product management - Managing multiple products and priorities, whilst being able to set the roadmap at a squad level
- Establishing clear and measurable goals - Define and set meaningful goals, for which you hold yourself and our engineers accountable
- Making evidence-based decisions - Using a mix of qualitative, quantitative, and market insights. You don’t get stuck in analysis paralysis, and if you find yourself there, you ask for help to get out of it
- Growing daily - Using mistakes as an opportunity for learning, and coaching your squad to deliver consistent high performance
Application process
- We take hiring seriously. We have a four-stage interview process, giving you plenty of time to learn about Beam while we get to know you
- 30 mins with our Talent team
- 45 mins with the Hiring Manager
- Task and full debrief with the hiring team
- Final meeting with peers and other Leaders in Beam
- Is there an application deadline?
- No, all roles remain live on our website until we have offered the role. This means we continue to review new applications whilst managing people through the 4 stage process
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Beam is an ambitious social impact business focused on creating equality of opportunity at scale. They're starting by crowdfunding brighter futures for homeless people in London, creating a powerful new model to help disadvantaged people get into stable work.
Beam is funded by established names in the UK tech scene, the world's top impact funds and the Mayor of London. Founder and CEO, Alex Stephany, brings a track record from his previous startup backed by Index Ventures and the rest of Beam's senior team have their own wealth of experience.
Beam has also won multiple awards, including a Queen's Award - one of the UK's most prestigious business award - and has twice been voted as one of the top 100 places to work in the UK.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Many candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
65% female employees
61% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Meaningful work
"I love working for Beam because you can be certain that everything you do day-to-day will have a visible and lasting impact on a homeless person."
Company benefits
- Share options - Be a Beam owner with EMI-qualifying share options
- Annual retreat - Bond with teammates on a yearly team retreat
- Team talks - Network with big name tech entrepreneurs
- Meditation app - Free subscription to Calm meditation app
- Cyclescheme - Get a discounted bike and accessories
- Generous Holiday - 28 days per year + bank holidays
- Hybrid working - Work at our beautiful Shoreditch office or at home
- 1:1 workplace coaching through More Happi
- 1:1 financial wellbeing through Bippit
- Discounted tech products with Techscheme
- On-demand therapy, coaching, classes & content - powered by Oliva
Company values
- ⚡️ We make an impact - we change lives and fix social problems by setting and achieving ambitious targets
- 🗯 We're open & transparent - we communicate openly and transparently with each other and the world
- 🌱 We get better together - we support each other to improve and actively work on personal growth - with no ego
- 🔦 We're beams of energy and focus - we bring energy and strive for laser focus in our work
Company HQ
London, UK
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Leadership
Alex Stephany
(CEO)Previously CEO of JustPark, a leading online marketplace for parking with over 4m customers backed by Index Ventures. Expert on the sharing economy and author of The Business of Sharing (Macmillan).
Seb Barker
(COO)Helped pioneer personalised healthcare for the NHS. Worked on the world's first social impact bond in homelessness.
People progressing
Bluinse is a rising star in ops, focused on Beam Lettings: a pioneering service supporting homeless people into stable homes. Outside of Beam, Bluinse is a bit of a dance star with over 100k subs.
Ryan (no relation to Bluinse :) ) is another rising star in ops, supporting homeless people into stable jobs. Ryan loves footie and guitar. He also organises 'Active Wellbeaming' - our paid for team PT.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Beam
Amira & Kat (Chairs of DEI at Beam)
- We work hard to build teams that are diverse in every way.
- We’re committed to creating inclusive hiring processes which allow people with diverse backgrounds to showcase their talents
- We particular encourage applications from those who are underrepresented in startups: those from black and underrepresented ethnic groups and people with lived experience of homelessness/social disadvantage
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