Product Manager, Editorial Technology (12-month FTC)

About Us

Here at the FT, gold-standard journalism is just the beginning. 500-people strong, our Product & Tech team keeps us ahead of the ever-changing digital landscape by delivering cutting-edge products to over one million digital subscribers every day. Our plans for growth rely on a diverse, dedicated and dynamic group of product, tech, delivery and data specialists - everyone’s welcome in this friendly, forward-thinking team. And with entrepreneurial spirit, intelligence and opportunity at every turn, there’s no limits to where your FT career will take you.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace

At the FT, we give all employees a voice so that diverse perspectives are heard and valued. We believe that a supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves at work. We'll continue to remove barriers for all, and in particular barriers facing employees from underrepresented groups.

The Team

The role you are applying for is in Internal Products, which is split into three main teams:

• Editorial: This team has built a suite of modern applications for our Editorial staff to write, edit, and publish thousands of news stories, videos, and podcasts every week. The tools help our 600 journalists collaborate across the world and visualise the performance of everything we publish.
• Marketing: This team is responsible for ensuring our Marketing teams across the FT have a data platform full of rich customer information as well creating marketing automation tools that use that data to help personalise our communications with each subscriber.CRM: The team looks after the products and technology that support our B2B and other commercial sales teams, currently being given a complete end-to-end overhaul. The systems enable 450 people across the FT to be able to collaborate on all aspects of the sales process, understand their customers (past, present, and future) across the entire lifecycle.
• CRM: The team looks after the products and technology that support our B2B and other commercial sales teams, currently being given an complete end-to-end overhaul. The systems enable 450 people across the FT to be able to collaborate on all aspects of the sales process, understand their customers (past, present, and future) across the entire lifecycle.

The Role Overview

• As Product Manager in the Newsroom in Internal Products you will be responsible for defining and delivering part of our Product Strategy.
• You will be the voice of the users, developing an in-depth understanding of the way they interact with our internal products/services and be able to find and articulate the valuable things our teams can do to enhance our business outcomes.
• You will be responsible for explaining the "why?" of a multidisciplinary team, setting tangible goals, then guiding them through the daily priorities to achieve them. You’ll be able to find the right balance of long and short term objectives and be able to use qualitative & quantitative data to measure, learn and pivot as needed.
• You will form a partnership with the senior stakeholders in your immediate business area to understand their needs and to make them aware of how they can leverage new features and technical developments in your domain. You will do this in collaboration with the other disciplines in your team (engineering, UX, delivery etc).
• You will also communicate with a wider department and company about the work your team is doing, helping gain support for your vision and telling a story about your progress.

The Editorial Technology team recently completed a major project building a new content management system and now aims to deliver the tools to take FT journalism to the next level. The challenge ahead for this role lies in leveraging this system to provide value to the wider FT business with our FT Specialist publishers, as well as championing further development in several key areas of newsroom interest. 

To be successful in this role you will ...

• Have 2+ years experience in product management.
• Be able to analyse data to draw insights and use this to prioritise work.
• Have excellent written and oral communication skills, a natural evangelist for the products you are working on.
• Be confident in leading teams and stakeholders by influence. 
• Have knowledge of the entire product lifecycle from insights, to roadmap development, blending user experience and data-driven approaches.
• Have a strong personal interest in the news media, relishing the chance to help build the future of one of the great global brands in media. 

What’s in it for you? Our Benefits

Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), medical cover, enhanced maternity & paternity packages, subsidised gym memberships and Giving Back opportunities. Full details of our benefits can be found here.

Further Information

The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We have implemented a hybrid working model and we also promote flexible working and will consider specific requests around flexibility for all roles where it can be accommodated. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please send an email to [email protected] and a member of our team will be happy to help.