Product Manager, QuantSpark
9 Month FTC
£50-60k
+ Participate in our Share Options scheme from day one
2-5 days a week in office
Data analytics services consultancy
Be an early applicant
Data analytics services consultancy
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
£50-60k
+ Participate in our Share Options scheme from day one
2-5 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
QuantSpark's mission is to help governments and businesses solve critical strategic problems using data-driven processes, including understanding and analysing data from disparate systems, and building decision-support tools on the basis of those insights.
Role
Who you are
- Strong experience owning the development and roadmap for a digital product, leading key meetings, including agile ceremonies, client workshops and product demos
- Experience working directly with clients and stakeholders to understand business requirements, translating them into a product vision, roadmap and development activities, ideally for financial services or retail clients
- Demonstrated commercial acumen with a keen ability to identify and capitalise on market opportunities, align product development with business goals, and drive revenue growth; adept at balancing customer needs with financial considerations to deliver robust business outcomes
- Uses a combination of their understanding of software development concepts, data analytics, product management frameworks and strategic thinking to translate complex data concepts into actionable product features
- Excellent communicator and deft negotiator, with an ability to communicate complex, often technical, topics effectively to a wide range of audiences (client facing and internal), producing high quality project artefacts and Steering Committee style presentations
- Proven expertise in building and maintaining strong relationships with diverse stakeholders, adeptly managing competing priorities and aligning interests to drive collaborative success; exceptional at navigating complex stakeholder landscapes to ensure integration and buy-in for product initiatives
- Experience leading projects and product delivery teams using agile methodologies (e.g. PRINCE 2 Agile) and tools (JIRA, Confluence)
Desirable
- Strong experience managing a prioritised backlog of development activities, clearly defining product requirements and acceptance criteria
- Experience building digital products leveraging AWS and Azure platforms, coupled with a solid understanding of data pipelines, data warehouses, and ETL processes to support robust and scalable data solutions
- Experience leading ad-hoc pieces of analysis work to better understand client requirements
- Technical creativity and grit, with a desire to constantly learn and improve
- Basic proficiency with SQL and experience working with databases
- Financial services industry experience
- A Product or Project Management qualification
What the job involves
- QuantSpark are looking for a talented Product Manager to join the London team on a 9 month FTC
- As a Product Manager, you will be responsible setting the product roadmap and leading the implementation of the product vision, breaking down strategic aims into smaller development tasks and activities
- You’ll work closely with our clients on a day-to-day basis and be involved in presenting to senior stakeholders both internally and externally
- This means you’re technically oriented but with the skills to explain complex concepts to a range of business stakeholders
- Whilst our products cover a range of topics, they are predominately centred around data, AI and analytics capabilities across various industries, including financial services, manufacturing, retail and public sector
- The right candidate for this role will have a passion for data and analytics, and experience handling and interpreting data
- They will have experience working with a wide range of technical experts such as Developers, Engineers and or Data Analysts
- Reports to: Sr. Product Manager
Application process
- Start Date: Immediate
Salary benchmarks
Our take
QuantSpark helps governments and businesses to strategically apply data science through the development of complex decision-making software. Primarily, their work involves analysing large datasets and systems in order to understand customer behaviour and help clients make informed decisions for strategic planning in sales and marketing.
In recent years, big data has become central to the operation of businesses large and small, and this has led to great demand for data scientists fluent in sophisticated modelling and analysis. QuantSpark seeks to go a step further, providing a service which combines data science with commercial insight- effectively providing both services through one transaction. By doing this, QuantSpark hopes to offer clients a more meaningful insight into their data than a standard consultancy could.
They already have an impressive client list, including the UK Government, the Australian Government and Bain Capital. QuantSpark's tools and solutions are developed to become embedded in their clients' operations, ensuring a long-lasting relationship between them, and meaning that, as QuantSpark continues to expand its client base, its model should allow it to see continued success in the future.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
32% female employees
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Career progression
"From day 1, I was given clear direction for where I can grow within QuantSpark and communication around development has been open and transparent,..."
Company benefits
- £6000 yearly training budget
- Opportunity to work from abroad for 20 days per year
- Flexible working between our core hours of 10am - 5pm
- EMI Share Options Scheme
- Generous pension contributions
- Top tier Private Healthcare with Vitality
- Optional monthly socials, dinners, and fun nights out
- Opportunity to work on social impact & pro bono strategy projects
- A fully stocked supply of breakfast, fruit, and refreshments for the days when you are in the office
- 33 days total holiday
Company values
- Diversity
- Analytical Rigour
- Teamwork
- Entrepreneurialism
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Adam Hadley
(CEO & Co-Founder)With Master's degrees from Oxford and KCL, Adam divides their time between running QuantSpark and Tech Against Terrorism- the world's preeminent NGO helping to tackle terrorists' use of the internet.
People progressing
Anastasia is our Head of People and Operations. Anastasia joined the business as EA to Adam, our CEO, and quickly built out a department of her own which continues to expand.
After 1.5 years, Sophie was promoted to a Lead role and then established a Product department, expanded to 5 PMs, 2 new specialist skillsets, and fostered promotions within her team.
Daniel joined us as a Data Analyst in 2019 and now leads the Analytics Engineering Team and is an integral part of the business.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at QuantSpark
- QuantSpark is an equal opportunities employer committed to fair and equitable treatment for all potential employees, regardless of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, or disability.
- We utilise diversity and inclusion data to pinpoint areas of improvement to our hiring process.
- We are transparent with our salary bandings to encourage everyone to feel empowered in their negotiations, and to ensure parity with our existing teams.
- We have a flexible approach to our interview process, utilising video interviews and take-home assessments. We aim to increase the variety of our assessment styles, to offer fair opportunity to all types of candidates.
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