Senior​/Lead Product Manager

Product Manager

Department: Product

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Wallingford or London, UK - Hybrid

Our Product team sits at the intersection of student needs, employer expectations, and university partnerships. We design and build digital products that power early careers recruitment, learning, talent engagement, and high-impact student experiences. Bringing your own leadership, creativity and data-driven mindset, you will collaborate closely with UX/UI, engineering, data teams, and sector specialists to craft products used by millions of students and thousands of institutions and employers across the UK and abroad.

As a senior member of the Product team reporting into the CPO, you will lead complex product initiatives across GTI’s early careers ecosystem. You will own product vision and strategy for one or more domains, identifying growth opportunities, relentlessly optimising and guiding cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions that deeply resonate with Gen Z users entering the world of work.

You will be responsible for shaping the next generation of GTI’s platforms, leveraging behavioural analytics, AI-driven features and exceptional user experience design. You will be expected to bring specialist knowledge in at least one area of early careers recruitment, student engagement or talent technology, have demonstrated traffic and conversion growth within a competitive organic B2C environment and blend creative flair with UX principles and rigorous data analysis.

This role is ideally suited to candidates with a passion for crafting elegant product solutions for a GenZ audience and a deep interest in UX/UI, UX copywriting and behavioural analytics.

A highly engaged, loyal Gen Z student audience that repeatedly uses the platform to discover and secure early-career opportunities.

• Measurable increases in student acquisition, activation, conversion and retention
• Improved funnel performance from landing → signup → application → repeat usage
• Demonstrable uplift in engagement metrics (e.g. session depth, feature adoption, return frequency)

Sustainable, organic growth driven by a differentiated, product-led value proposition that resonates with our Gen Z audience.

• Consistent organic traffic growth through SEO-optimised experiences and value-led products
• Stronger brand resonance and relevance with Gen Z digital natives, evidenced by behavioural engagement and repeat usage
• Reduced reliance on paid acquisition through improved product discoverability and intrinsic value

An intuitive, modern, and high-performing jobs platform that meets Gen Z expectations and outperforms competitors.

• Delivery of a best-in-class UI/UX that measurably improves conversion, task completion, and user satisfaction
• Continuous improvement in key product performance metrics through experimentation, testing and optimisation
• Clear evidence that design and UX decisions are grounded in user insight and behavioural data

A healthier two-sided marketplace that delivers tangible hiring value to employers.

• Increased volume and quality of relevant, qualified student applicants per role
• Improved employer satisfaction, repeat usage and conversion across employer workflows
• Clear linkage between product improvements and improved hiring efficiency or outcomes

Scaled, value-adding AI and data capabilities that materially improve user experience and operational efficiency.

• Successful launch and adoption of AI-powered features enabling personalisation, automation or smarter discovery
• Measurable activation and usage of new AI or data-driven functionality
• Demonstrable impact on user outcomes (e.g. better matching, faster hiring, improved discovery)

Product initiatives that deliver clear business value, not just shipped features.

• New product launches…