Assistant Product Manager

Hours: Full time

Duration: Fixed-term contract (minimum 6 months, potential to extend to 12 months)

Location: UK based, Brighton Office 1 day per month

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum depending on experience

Vision: To enable impactful elearning experiences at scale for the world’s leading companies.

Mission: We help people to create impactful elearning by unlocking expertise from any employee.

Our company values are Learn, Care, Share which we apply to all aspects of our work, from our flexible working opportunities, to our friendly, supportive culture. We put people first. We know that life is about more than work, so we give you space and support to thrive professionally and personally. Our success is fuelled by the positive attitudes and exceptional talent of our team.

We are officially one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for 2024 according to Great Place to Work being named as a Best Place to Work for Development, Wellbeing, Women, and in Tech. We’ve also been recognised as a Great Place to Work again for 2025!

Elucidat is an elearning authoring platform used by the world’s leading companies to deliver impactful learning on a global scale. Elucidat enables teams to scale production without increasing costs or reducing impact. With Elucidat, teams can harness internal expertise, control quality, and ensure employees receive relevant learning that achieves real impact. We work with some of the world's most successful organisations, including Oxfam and Tesco.

Job Overview

As an Assistant Product Manager you will be reporting to the Senior Product Manager and work closely with the Product Team, Product Designers, and the Development Team. The role will work to deliver product improvements that positively impact customer behaviours and drive company metrics in a positive direction, in line with our growth targets. You will also be responsible for managing the sprint backlog, refining user stories, and supporting the Development Team to deliver high-impact product improvements. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about product management, highly organised, and driven to deliver customer satisfaction for long term success.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with customers to understand their needs and ensure their feedback is incorporated into the product.
• Assist in gathering and prioritising customer feedback to refine product improvements.
• Carry our market research to help refine new product ideas and improvements
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as marketing, sales, and customer support to communicate product updates effectively.
• Analyse product data and prepare internal reports to support decision making
• Own the sprint backlog and ensure alignment with the product roadmap and maintenance.
• Clarify user stories and acceptance criteria for the development team.
• Participate in daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, and sprint reviews.
• Accept completed user stories and ensure quality standards are met.
• Manage the product backlog, ensuring it is always up-to-date.
• Remove roadblocks and impediments that hinder the development team's progress.
• Collaborate with the development team on technical feasibility and implementation details.

Requirements

• Experience with Agile development and working with tools such as Jira, Prodpad, or similar.
• Experience of trialling and using AI tools to increase productivity
• Strong organisational skills with a keen eye for detail.
• A passion for learning and developing skills in product management.
• Ability to communicate clearly and work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment.
• Comfortable working with data to make informed decisions, ideally with experience of working with a product data tool like posthog
• A proactive mindset with a willingness to take initiative and drive progress.
• Is hands on, and wants to learn through action to ensure progress towards goals
• Needs to understand customers and the problems they are facing

Our Benefits

• Work-life balance: 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Autonomy and trust: Work from Anywhere Policy for up to four weeks per year
• Flexibility: Hybrid and remote home working opportunities, plus flexibility to work around core-hours.
• Learning and Caring allowance: Everyone at Elucidat receives time and budget each year to spend on a variety of learning and caring activities (think volunteering, learning and development opportunities, self-care activities).
• Wellness: Health Cash Back plan to support physical and mental wellbeing, GP anytime 24/7 phone line.
• Free food: An office stocked with your favourite refreshments (including free fruit, cereal, chocolate, assortment of snacks and drinks) or Deliveroo vouchers for remote workers.
• Career growth: 1 day per month dedicated learning time, a yearly learning budget and career development pathways.
• Inclusive culture: A meeting-light culture and opportunities to get to know team members better through things like weekly ‘donuts’, social events and a slack channel for different hobbies and interests.
• Belonging: We bring everyone in the business together twice a year for team building exercises and a company party (Summer and Christmas)
• Recognition: We give regular ‘high-fives’ to celebrate our wins and successes. We make sure our employees feel seen and valued. Our Learner, Carer and Sharer of the Month receives a bottle of champagne.
• Dog friendly office: Having your 4-legged friend makes the office a friendlier and happier workplace environment
• Giving: There are opportunities for staff to give back to non-profit activities and as a business we work with local Brighton charities Spear and the Brighton Food Bank.
• Climate positive business: We’ve partnered with Ecologi to plant trees and invest in carbon capture projects. We’ve planted over 45,000 trees and counting! Our Brighton office uses eco-friendly cleaning supplies, is paper-free, and recycles wherever we can to do our part.

If you do not tick all the boxes, we still encourage you to apply. If you are excited about Elucidat’s mission and want to be a part of it, we want to hear from you! You do not need a degree to work for us, we hire passionate people from all sociological backgrounds and experiences. We are unable to offer sponsorship.

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