Associate Product Manager at IG Group

Role title : Associate Product Manager – Statements

Calling great Associate Product Managers that want a opportunity to take our capabilities to the next level!

As an Associate Product Manager for Statements, you will continually work to understand the customer needs, business objectives and technology capabilities to deliver. You'll work closely with your Product Manager and development team using product discovery techniques to valid ideas, provide insight, set clear priorities and ensure they build impactful features which make a measurable improvement to IG's objectives.

So, who are we?

Hello, we’re IG Group. No, not Instagram – though we're a pretty big deal ourselves. We’re a global, FTSE 250-listed company made up of a collection of progressive fintech brands in the world of online trading and investing. The best part? We’ve snapped up many awards for our top-class platforms, forward-thinking products, and incredible employee experiences.

We believe in financial freedom. And our purpose is to help ambitious people achieve it. Around 400,000 people use our groundbreaking technology and forward-thinking platforms to trade the financial products they know and love.

Did we mention we have offices in 18 countries? Yes, when you join IG Group, you'll have the chance to work across multiple brands, with people all over the world. Join us for an exciting future and let’s innovate together!

Your role in the team:

Product management is the practice of strategically driving the development, market launch, and continual support and improvement of IG's products and services.

What you’ll do:

We're looking for tenacious, curious, eager and open-minded people to help us maintain our industry leadership.

As an Associate Product Manager, you will:

• Work with the Product Manager, Technical Team Lead to define and execute the product strategy
• Work with your team to deliver both innovative initiatives and strategic company objectives
• Support discovery, analysis and measuring the value of new features, seeking outcomes which support our objectives and key results
• Build new features by breaking down and scoping the work with the development team - as building products is a team sport!
• Work alongside key stakeholders, including technology, commercial, marketing and operations
• Act as product owner for the scrum team: define user stories, prioritise the backlog, help set sprint goals and accept the completed work meets definition of done

Who we’re looking for :

You’re upbeat and enthusiastic, and you have an open mind and a curious, can-do attitude.

You want to be part of a proudly carbon-neutral company that will prioritize your wellbeing and that of the world around you, helping to create a brighter future for all. A company that embraces diversity and welcomes everyone with respect, regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, gender, identification, faith or culture. If you’re inspired by our way of working and can bring something new to our team of topnotch people, then you’ll find a home here.

What you’ll need for this role :

Associate Product managers are all builders at heart – people who like to bring concepts to life that make the world better for our customers. To be an excellent Associate Product Manager you need to be a master of many skills – most of them understanding people, so being a “people person” is essential in this role. Other key skills include loving solving problems, overcoming hurdles and focusing on creating the best possible experience for our customers within time and resource boundaries.

• Delivered multiple features via an agile software delivery cycle, experienced with projects at scale, with several different streams and different stakeholders
• Experience using prioritisation methods to assess value
• Experience of tracking success metrics, setting up KPIs and ideally OKRs
• Experience of discovery validation techniques such as A/B testing, rapid concept testing, prototyping
• Demonstrable ability to write user stories, manage product backlog and work with the development team
• Experienced in agile delivery methods such as Scrum and Kanban
• Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) certified
• Great team motivator
• Ability to negotiate, inspire and support stakeholders
• Work alongside key stakeholders, including technology, commercial and operations
• Understand commercial imperatives of how IG products work and the commercial models that underpin them.

How you’ll grow :

When you join IG Group, we want you to have more than a job – we want you to have a career. And you can. If you spot an opportunity, we want you to chase it. Stretch yourself, challenge your self-beliefs and go for the things you dream of. With internal and external learning opportunities, and the tools to help you skyrocket to success, we’ll support you all the way.

And these opportunities truly are endless because we have some bold targets. We plan to expand our global presence, increase revenue growth, and ultimately deliver the world’s best trading experience. We’d love to have you along for the ride.

The perks :

• Matched giving for your fundraising activity
• Flexible working hours and work-from-home opportunities
• Performance-related bonuses
• Pension, insurance and medical plans
• Career-focused technical and leadership trainings in-class and online, incl. unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning platform
• Contribution to gym memberships and more
• A day off on your birthday
• Two days volunteering leave per year And others.

Where you’ll work:

We follow a hybrid working model; we reckon it’s the best of both worlds. This model also feeds into our secret ingredients for innovation: diversity, flexibility, and close connection. Plus, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse and inclusive workforce with a lot of creative energy.

Ask our employees what their favourite thing is about working at IG, and you’ll hear an echo of ‘our culture’! That’s because you can come to work as your authentic self. The things that make you, you – like your ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, age, gender identity/expression or physical capacity – can bring a fresh perspective or new skill to our business.

That’s why we welcome people from various walks of life; and anyone who wants to help us realise our vision and strategy.

So, if you’re keen to connect with our values, and lead the charge on innovation, you know what to do.