Product Manager, Koru Kids
£55-75k
Outstanding childcare for modern families
Job no longer available
Outstanding childcare for modern families
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
£55-75k
21-100 employees
Company mission
Koru Kids mission is making it easier and more affordable for families to access high quality childcare.
Role
Who you are
- Strong Product Tech background in mobile application development
- User focus
- Opinions on what makes for good/bad research
- Delivery in an Agile or Lean environment with rapid prototyping and iterative development
- Qualitative and quantitative testing and analysis of users to gain insight and inform design
- Ability to interrogate, extract, read and communicate quantitative data in a meaningful way
- Incredible story telling and stakeholder management capabilities
- Ability to influence and build consensus across a broad range of backgrounds, organisational levels and personalities
- High level of creativity and problem solving
- Ability to reason by first principles
What the job involves
- Leading three or more cross-functional product-engineering squads, you’ll balance developing and executing a product strategy that aligns to the company vision with prioritising the backlog
- You’ll also help us introduce enough process to ensure high performance while we’re scaling
- You’ll play a part in matching people to product teams, set OKRs and ultimately ensure everybody is rallied around a clear and concise product vision
- You’ll make and rationalise tough decisions, dedicating resources towards achieving OKRs
- Whilst creating impactful experiences for our user you will balance perfection with progress & learning, and maintain product health while driving towards transformative goals
Our take
The childcare sector in the UK is under pressure, with prices rising and nurseries closing down. The way of finding nannies hasn't seen innovation in decades, and there hasn't been an introduction of technology to drive great experiences.
Koru Kids has focused on after-school childcare, allowing them to hone their product and solve one of the most neglected areas. This is specifically important in major cities like London, where parents are often working longer hours.
The business takes out all the hassle of finding a nanny. The solution isn't simply technology: Koru Kids also interviews, trains and references its nannies, and takes care of contracts, holiday pay and taxes. This operational complexity builds a competitive advantage.
When aiming to create the best childcare service in the world, quality will always remain important. Koru Kids has made sure to grow carefully. The company boasts a strict process and low acceptance rates, to ensure standards remain high.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Aug 2019
$13.2m
SERIES A
May 2018
$4.7m
SEED
Total funding: $18.7m
Company benefits
- 50% off Koru Kids childcare. up to a value of £7,000 per year as a taxable benefit
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Work from home opportunities. We're a remote-first company and welcome applications from anywhere in the UK
- Potential for share option equity
- MacBook and home office allowance
- Video therapy sessions through Spill, to support positive mental health
Leadership
Rachel Carrell
(CEO)Previously CEO of DrThom, a healthcare company which I grew to 1.3 million paying users in 3 countries. Before that they spent six years at McKinsey. Have a DPhil from Oxford, where they were a Rhodes Scholar.
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