Product Manager, Lightning Reach
£55-75k
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Connecting people in need to financial support
Open for applications
Connecting people in need to financial support
1-20 employees
Open for applications
£55-75k
Stock options
1-20 employees
Company mission
To be the leading global platform that seamlessly connects people to personalised financial and wellbeing support, empowering them to improve their financial health and thrive.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: Proven track record in product management, ideally in a startup or scale-up environment
- Strategic thinking: Commercially minded with the ability to align product goals with company objectives
- User-centric: Deep empathy for users and a passion for solving real-world problems through technology
- Top communicator: Exceptional ability to convey ideas, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and influence stakeholders
- Impact-driven: Motivated by Lightning Reach’s mission to create positive social change
- Analytical: Comfortable using data and insights to make informed product decisions
- A doer: As the sole product person, you're hands-on and ready to own the entire product lifecycle. You thrive on both strategy and execution, embracing day-to-day tasks to drive impactful outcomes in a dynamic startup setting
Desirable
- Sector experience: Previous experience on products for vulnerable users, or on software designed for charities, housing associations or councils
- Lived experience: Applicants with personal experience of financial hardship, or have received support from charitable organisations are strongly encouraged to apply
- Diversity: We believe that diversity brings strength and fosters innovation, and are seeking candidates from a range of backgrounds, including gender identity, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexuality, disability
What the job involves
- Product strategy & ownership: Support strategy and execution of the product vision by maintaining a well-refined roadmap aligned with business goals. Work closely with cross-functional teams to translate strategic direction into actionable development plans
- Customer & market focus: Partner with users, customers, and internal stakeholders to gather insights and validate solutions. Continuously refine the product to enhance user experience and deliver measurable impact
- Hands-on product development:Translate user needs, partner feedback, and market trends into clear product requirements. Prioritize and manage the product backlog to ensure high-quality, scalable outcomes are delivered efficiently. Work directly with the engineering team to deliver impactful, user-centric solutions
- Metrics & impact: Establish and track key product metrics to measure success and inform decisions. Drive innovation and ensure the product remains ahead of industry trends
Application process
- Apply via Otta
- First round interview
- Take home task, followed by a task assessment call
- Final round interview
Our take
The institutions that provide grants currently rely on manual processes to verify the financial information of applicants, which is a very slow process requiring a lot of time and effort. Lightning is a social enterprise setting out to change this by developing proprietary technology which quickly verifies financial needs and accelerates decision-making.
According to Lightning Reach, its proprietary technology can reduce the time associated with this process from over 5 weeks to 3 days. It also decreases the amount of paperwork involved whilst increasing the security of data used.
The startup was founded in the middle of the Covid-19 Pandemic, with the purpose of helping people in financial hardship access financial support faster. It's early-stage but has already partnered with multiple institutions such as Turn2us, Do It, The Charity for Civil Servants, Smallwoodtrust and Plaid. It currently operate solely in the UK.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2023
$1.4m
SEED
May 2021
$0.4m
ANGEL
Total funding: $2.1m
Company benefits
- Work anywhere
- Share options
- Home Office Setup or Co-Working Allowance
- Learning budget
- Volunteer days
- 24 days holiday (+ bank holidays)
Leadership
Ren Yi Hooi
(CEO & Founder)Previously Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company, Project Manager, Sales & Loyalty at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Partnership Manager (Asia) at (MILVIK) BIMA and Product Director & Director of Financial Inclusion at Railsbank.
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