Product Manager - FTC

Department: Product

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: London

The Digital Team develops and evolves UKTV’s VoD and digital strategy covering U, digital products, pay platforms and partnerships. We are a growing group of multi-disciplined, talented individuals across several different units:
Digital Content Curation, Digital Product, and Production and Development. We’re responsible for growing digital audiences, supporting transformative change across UKTV and contributing to UKTV’s long-term profitability.

We are focused on delivering functionality that provides key business and user value. In addition to delivering change on time and within budget, the team also support the business to define, prioritise and deliver key strategic technical, commercial and operational activities.

The Digital Products team has responsibility for the strategic road mapping, planning, rollout, and continuous improvement of UKTV’s VoD digital products (U), across a range of platforms including web, iOS, Android, and Connected TV devices. We also support key high value initiatives across the UKTV business, working closely with Ad sales, Commercial, Legal, Operations and Marketing functions.

As Product Manager, you'll play a key role in shaping and evolving U, helping us deliver brilliant experiences that connect audiences with the content they love. Working across web, mobile and connected TV platforms, you'll combine user insight, data and business objectives to identify opportunities, define product enhancements and support delivery.

You’ll work closely with colleagues across Product, Technology & Operations, Digital Curation, Marketing and Distribution teams to improve the user experience, drive engagement and help deliver UKTV's digital ambitions.

• Experience delivering consumer-facing digital products in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience working as part of a cross-functional product team, bringing together business, technology and user needs.
• Experience identifying opportunities, shaping product solutions and taking ideas from concept through to delivery.
• Experience gathering and interpreting customer, business and market insight to support decision making.
• Experience working with stakeholders to build alignment, manage priorities and achieve shared goals.
• Experience of streaming, media or entertainment products is beneficial but not essential.

• Good understanding of modern product management practices and agile ways of working.
• Understanding of product discovery techniques and user-centred design principles.
• Knowledge of how customer insight, product performance data and business objectives can be used to inform priorities and product direction.
• Awareness of trends in digital products, streaming and consumer technology.
• Appreciation of technical concepts and an ability to work effectively with engineering teams.

• Passionate about building digital products that create genuine value for users.
• Curious and proactive, with a desire to understand how things work and how they can be improved.
• Able to balance strategic thinking with practical execution.
• Strong problem solver, comfortable breaking down complex challenges and identifying clear next steps.
• Collaborative and adaptable, able to build strong relationships and influence others.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and evolving priorities.
• Strong communicator, able to engage technical and non-technical audiences alike.
• Takes ownership, shows initiative and is keen to make things better.