Product Manager - Reviews (Maternity Cover)

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Product Manager - Reviews (Maternity Cover FTC 8-12 months)

Location: London

Team: Product Development

The Role:

We are on a mission to give everyone the belief that they can make their move . Home movers across the UK spend more than a billion minutes on Rightmove each month and our website and apps receive over 140 million visits per month. Joining the Reviews Team in Rightmove, you'll make this mission possible by giving consumers confidence in their move through reviews.

This role is maternity cover for the Reviews team within our Product Development team on a Fixed Term Contract basis for up to 12 months. The Reviews team was formed following the acquisition of a property reviews portal, HomeViews, in February 2024. This is a new and exciting area for Rightmove and offers a unique opportunity to continue to grow and improve the HomeViews product offering, while also forging innovation in the Rightmove platform using reviews across several different business units.

The Product Development team at Rightmove plays a pivotal role in delivering the overall consumer and customer digital experience underpinning the Rightmove business. We recognise that to deliver the best products and features for our customers and consumers we need to work together effectively as a healthy, high performing team. We work collaboratively across a mix of product and centralised teams, together working towards Rightmove's strategy.

The Product Manager role reports into the Head of Product for the Customer Domain.

A typical week as a Product Manager might involve:

• Manage the ownership and monitoring of the products and functionality owned by the team through use of the objectives and KPIs you will define

• Create and validate business cases that underpin the product/initiative, with clear definition of opportunity, costs, and benefit

• Pro-actively contribute to initiatives that aim to improve our customer or consumer experience, both identifying your own contribution and supporting others in theirs

• Initiate and/or undertake any analysis to highlight any impacts to systems or business processes

• Take an active role in the experience discovery of initiatives and products, working closely with Product Designers and Researchers to define the approach

• Collaborate with user experience specialists and visual designers to re-work existing experiences, as well as creating new ones

• Spends time understanding what motivates our customers and ensuring they are up to date with industry insights

• Generates unique ideas, resourceful in identifying opportunities, and encourages innovation within the team

• Work with engineers and technical architects to understand technology limitations, recommendations and development options

• Accountable for requirements definition and delivery of solutions across your product/initiatives

• Maintain a backlog of improvements for your area, clearly describing how they support our overall business goals and work with the Head of Product to prioritise these alongside the wider priorities for the domain and product function

• Working with the Head of Product to help shape the strategic direction, vision and objectives for Reviews on Rightmove based on clear rational, analysis and insights

We are looking for someone who:

• Can lead product discovery

• Has experience delivering successful end to end delivery of software products in a technology-led company

• Takes responsibility for a product and deliver it with an autonomous delivery team

• Makes data driven decisions

• Although not mandatory, working knowledge of SQL is a plus

• Is passionate about delivering quality software to end users

• Has excellent organisational skills and the ability to multitask

• Sets and measures clear, realistic and timely goals

• Builds a deep understanding of how an organisation is run, both commercially and operationally

• Effectively manages relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring clear communication, alignment on product goals, and collaboration throughout the product lifecycle

• Actively encourages contributions from all those around them recognising the value of team members input when solving problems

• Thinks long term, and will drive the vision for the product their team is working on

• Has found the agile philosophy to be second nature

• Comfortable describing the technical implementation of their product

• Constant need to learn and improve themselves and the processes within the team

• Is equally comfortable and engaged negotiating the roadmap with the Head of Product or discussing implementation with our engineers.

About Rightmove

Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust and belief to make it happen.

We're home to the UK's largest choice of properties, and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what's on the market.

Despite this growth, we've remained a friendly, supportive place to work, with employee #1 still working here! We've done this by placing the Rightmove Hows at the heart of everything we do. These are the essential values that reflect our culture, and include:

• Be approachable and appreciate what others do
• Make complex things as simple as possible
• Build great teams, because Rightmove is people
• Drive improvement, we can always be better
• Share early, honestly and often

We believe in careers that open doors, and help our team develop by providing an open and inclusive work environment, offering ongoing training opportunities, and supporting charity fundraising events. And with 88% of Rightmovers saying we're a great place to work, we're clearly doing something right!

If all this has caught your eye, you may well be a Rightmover in the making...

What we offer

People are the foundation of Rightmove - We'll help you build a career on it.

• Cash plan for dental, optical and physio treatments
• Private Medical Insurance, Pension and Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan
• 27 days holiday plus two (paid) volunteering days a year to give back, and holiday buy schemes
• Hybrid working pattern with 2 days in office
• Contributory stakeholder pension
• Life assurance at 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member or other nominated person in your life
• Competitive compensation package
• Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility
• Travel Loans, Bike to Work scheme, Rental Deposit Loan
• Charitable contributions through Payroll Giving and donation matching
• Access deals and discounts on things like travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema discounts and more

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Rightmove will never discriminate on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or sexual orientation.

At Rightmove, we believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce leads to better innovation, productivity, and overall success. We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of their background or identity, to develop and promote a diverse culture that reflects the communities we serve.

Ultimately, we care much more about the person you are, and how you think and approach things, than a list of qualifications and buzzwords on a CV. Even if you can't say 'yes' to all the above, but are smart, self-motivated and passionate about this role, then get in touch.