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.
We are looking for a Product Manager to join the RM+ Framework Team on a Fixed Term 12 Month Contract
Contract Type: 12 Month FTC (for Maternity Leave Cover)
Location: London Soho Square - Hybrid work mode (with 2 days a week in the office)
Department: Customer - Rightmove+ Framework
Reports to: Head of Product
The Role
The Product Development team 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 sits within the Product Team and is responsible for helping to shape and deliver the Product strategy that underpins the professional platform used by Rightmove Customers, Rightmove Plus. This will involve collaborating with several other product teams who develop in Rightmove Plus. As well as delivering on the team’s own roadmap to set the Platform up for long-term growth. The Product Manager role reports to the Head of Product and works closely with other Product Managers, Engineering, Design, Architecture and Operations.
A typical week as a Product Manager might involve
- Working with the Head of Product to help shape the strategic direction, vision and objectives for Rightmove Plus based on clear rational, analysis and insights
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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 that 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:
- We create value…by delivering results and building trust with partners and consumers.
- We think bigger…by acting with curiosity and setting bold aspirations.
- We care deeply…by being real, having fun, and valuing diversity.
- We move together…by being one team - internally collaborative, externally competitive.
- We make a difference…by focusing on delivering measurable impact.
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 of this has caught your eye, you may well be a Rightmover in the making......
People are the foundation of Rightmove - We’ll help you build a career on it.
What we offer
- 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 the 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 based on 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.
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