Product Manager - Data Services

About Cazoo and Cazoo Data Services

Cazoo was founded in 2018 by serial entrepreneur Alex Chesterman OBE, has a highly experienced management team and is backed by some of the leading global technology investors.

Our mission is to transform the car buying experience across the UK and Europe by providing better selection, flexibility, transparency, convenience and peace of mind. Our aim is to make getting your next car no different to ordering any other product online today, where consumers can simply and seamlessly purchase, finance or subscribe to a car entirely online for delivery or collection in as little as 72 hours.

To deliver this mission we have built one of the most sophisticated automotive data and insight capabilities in the world. We are very excited to have just launched a new brand that is bringing the benefits of this data capability to the automotive insurance and finance sectors. That new brand is called Cazoo Data Services.

Job summary

The purpose of the Cazoo Data Services Product Manager is to provide product leadership to the brand’s new product team. Recruitment of the team will be commencing in Q1 2022, and the Product Manager will be the first hire. As product leader for this new brand, you will have considerable scope to run the whole product development lifecycle right from the outset, and to help build out the product team as you go.

The first tasks will include conducting discovery across both the insurance and finance sectors, maximising the relevance of our current portfolio to these customers, and identifying the greatest opportunities for further development. You will then lead a team comprising engineering, design and analytics to deliver this development and support the growth of the brand.

What you will be doing

Product Discovery

• Owning the product strategy and roadmap and setting quarterly goals
• Leading external B2B customer-facing discovery activities
• Working with your team, customers, other data teams and stakeholders to identify, validate and prioritise product opportunities

Delivery

• Prioritising and setting the team direction, creating energy, momentum and alignment
• Breaking down goals and requirements into smaller value chunks, translating them into user stories and acceptance criteria
• Managing products and features through development, releasing value early and often, measuring success and responding appropriately
• Identifying and managing stakeholders, including B2B customers, and ensuring they are kept up to date
• Being a leading product voice within Cazoo Data Services and the wider data teams
• Working closely with the sales and account management teams and other Cazoo product teams to diagnose and resolve issues when they arise

Required skills and experience

Our ideal candidate will be experienced in discovery and delivery for both API and user interface/SaaS products. Knowledge of how these products work is important. Specifically, we are looking for someone with experience in:

• Product management covering the whole product lifecycle, ideally in a business to business (B2B) business
• Leading external customer development activities and translating findings into personas, use cases and the most valuable opportunities/problems to solve
• Analytics for both API and user interface/SaaS usage and performance data
• Performing the role of Product Owner for a cross-functional team comprising engineers, design and analytics to develop API and user interface/SaaS products
• Working effectively with sales teams as a key stakeholder and source of customer intelligence
• Facilitating stakeholder sessions and workshops to efficiently identify ways forward whilst creating alignment across teams
• Knowledge of the automotive insurance and finance sectors would also be a big plus