About BarkBark is revolutionising the way people find professionals in over 1,000 unique categories. As the UK's largest and fastest-growing services marketplace, we're on a mission to make finding the right professional quick and easy. With a presence in eleven countries and plans for further expansion, joining us at this genuinely exciting time will be a journey like no other.Our cutting-edge technology ensures that you can always find the best professional for any job. With a talented team of over 220 dedicated individuals, we're committed to providing exceptional service and ensuring that our customers are satisfied every step of the way.This is an exciting time to join our scaling business, we recently ranked 64th in the Sunday Times 100 fastest growing private tech companies in 2023.As a profitable scale-up, Bark is in a unique position to offer the best of both worlds; the excitement and agility of a start up combined with the financial security and backing of a renowned private equity firm, EMK Capital. You'll have ownership, agility, responsibility and stimulation without any of the worry.About the roleWe're looking for a gifted Technical Product Manager to join our Core Engine squad, whose backend-centric remit spans many of the critical technical services that successfully connects half a million Customers and Professionals across the globe each week. Pricing, Communications (both with and between our users), and our Public API and 3rd party integrations are some of the most impactful areas the squad are improving at the moment. They're also thinking about how we expose more of our data to users to provide insights on their performance and market.If you're an experienced Technical PM, passionate about building technologies that solve real problems at scale for both consumers and businesses of all sizes then we want you. As long as you're data-driven, obsessed with understanding and solving user problems with a real bias to action you'll fit right in. Even better if you have experience building and optimising data products, as this is likely to be a focus for the team in the near-future. You'll lead a cross-functional squad to deliver huge change to our product, whilst collaborating with other Tech squads, Marketing, Insights and Trading teams to make sure we grow in a healthy and sustainable way.We're already profitable and incredibly proud of what we've achieved so far, but we know that most of our work is ahead of us. We have huge aspirations, and our growth plans are product-led, so it's a great time to join and revolutionise how people buy and sell services online, in the way that Amazon did for physical products. Responsibilities Set the vision and strategy for your squad, whilst defining and driving success Define, maintain and evangelise the product roadmap and backlog Contribute to efficient outcome-centric delivery through clear scoping and diligent discovery and prioritisation Collaborate and communicate progress and prioritisation effectively to stakeholders at all levels around the business Obsess over your end user, and inspire others to do the same. Use qual and quant inputs to understand them better than anyone Take ownership of the impact of your squad - from problem to solution, launch and beyond Required skills and experience Proven track record as a product manager working on backend services and/or data products in a fast-paced and successful online business (Marketplaces experience a plus) Excellent communicator - you're able to clearly present your work, explain your thinking and discuss decisions confidently at all levels Expert in using both qual and quant data points to form user understanding, conclusions, and guide decision making Well-versed in lean approaches and agile methodologies to minimise waste and maximise impact A self-starter that is comfortable working autonomously, whilst always remembering collaboration is critical to succeed Strong commercial and technical understanding, allowing you to clearly articulate concepts to commercial and non-technical audiences as well as engineering Driven, ambitious and keen to grow with the company What our Team says...Tom, CPO - It's an amazing time to join Bark. We've moved away from short-term financial success to really focus on delighting and retaining users on both sides of our marketplace, which opens the door to so many ideas I can't wait to see become a reality. There are some fundamental things we're aiming to change to really take this product and business to the next level, and really become the "go-to" place to buy and sell services.George, Lead Engineer - "Working so closely with the product and design teams gives me an opportunity to get involved in the product from the earliest stage. Each week we build a new experiment which is a true collaboration of the ideas from everyone in the group. Due to the scale of Bark as a business, it's also hugely rewarding to see that the work we produce can make a massive impact, by generating millions of pounds in annualised revenue."Tom, Lead Product Designer - "Product has changed a lot since I started, and has been instrumental in steering the company into thinking about its users (critical from a design perspective!) Product and design work very closely at Bark – highly collaborative with daily interaction about ongoing work, from discovery through to implementation. There's a lot of exciting things happening at Bark at the moment, and feel we're genuinely on the verge of creating a powerful product that will have genuine impact in helping businesses win work across the world."Asher, Head of Design - "Bark is really focused on delivering value for its users. This is echoed throughout all the company orgs; from Customer Success, Insights, through to Product, Design, and Engineering. There is a lot of freedom to think outside the box to deliver new or improved solutions for very customer-focused problems. Our users are the core of our business and every collaboration, idea, and metric is focused on providing them that great experience." Perks and Benefits Share options in a rapidly growing company whose founders have a proven track record and are Private Equity backed Flexible working policy with a central office in London Private health insurance run by Aviva including dental cover Personal annual L&D Budgets with £1,000 to spend on your development Enhanced Gympass membership for all employees with access to mental health courses and fitness classes Fully stocked kitchen and monthlylunches Financial advisor Cycle to work scheme Regular wellness weeks with industry leading talks through to massages in the office Being at the forefront of an industry with new and exciting problems to solve Diversity Statement At Bark, we are a platform for people, revolutionising the way professionals and individuals connect since 2014. Our culture is defined by excitement, ambition, and a commitment to raising the bar. We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) and are dedicated to embedding these principles into everything we do. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, and our focus is on hiring, retaining and developing a globally diverse workforce that is passionate about excelling our platform and supporting our customers succeed. Be part of our dynamic team, where bold ideas thrive, and create a future worth shouting about.#J-18808-Ljbffr
