Who We Are Be one of the first applicants, read the complete overview of the role below, then send your application for consideration.
We're a culture first company , which means we foster a respectful and autonomous approach to all employees, supporting new ideas, promoting a flexible work environment, and operating within a flat structure.
While socials, lunches, and events enhance the experience, the core of Zinc's culture drives employees to embrace innovation, share successes, and feel motivated about the company's future.
What We Build Zinc builds automated reference and background checking tools designed to improve candidate experience and set new industry standards.
Founded in 2017 by a team with extensive HRTech experience, Zinc is an early-stage startup rapidly growing as it redefines efficiency, transparency, and fairness in background checks.
Read more about our story here: www.zincwork.com/mission What The Role Is As Senior Product Manager at Zinc, you will drive big-picture impact in a fast-scaling environment alongside talented tech and design teams.
You'll own the vision for key product areas, working directly with customers to shape innovative, high-impact solutions that push the future of work forward.
If you're excited by autonomy, strategy, and the chance to make a lasting mark, this is the role for you!
Coordinate Cross-Functional Collaboration: Facilitate alignment across development, design, and customer teams.
Lead Customer and Market Research: Conduct research to ensure the product meets market and customer needs.
Set and Track Product Goals: Establish and monitor OKRs for measurable success.
Manage Product Roadmap: Prioritise short-term needs with long-term strategy, adjusting as needed.
Drive Product Vision: Develop and communicate a vision that aligns with Zinc's mission.
Analyse and Leverage Data: Use product data and feedback to inform decisions and validate outcomes.
Lead Demos and Reviews: Present updates to stakeholders, gathering feedback for direction.
Facilitate Agile Processes: Lead sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives to maintain focus.
Advocate for Quality and UX: Ensure high quality and a seamless experience for users.
Define and Document Requirements: Write clear specs to ensure team alignment on problems and solutions.
Hybrid, Old Street, LDN We appreciate the value of in-person connection with colleagues and flexible working for our employees.
We operate a hybrid model with 2 days a week in office, Mondays and Thursdays.
Salary - £70,000 You Have Product Sense: To translate customer insights into clear, impactful product requirements that resonate with both user needs and team goals.
Product Strategy: To guide Zinc's long-term vision, prioritising initiatives that support sustainable growth beyond short-term wins.
Data Analysis: To assess and validate objectives with measurable outcomes, ensuring the product's success is data-driven.
Interviewing Skills: To effectively gather valuable customer insights and translate them into actionable product direction.
You Are Pragmatic: To balance ambition with feasibility, delivering impactful solutions within available resources and timelines.
Empathetic: To understand and advocate for customer and team needs, ensuring the product addresses real pain points.
Autonomous: To independently drive projects and make informed decisions in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Communicative: To facilitate collaboration, pitch ideas clearly, and maintain alignment across teams and with stakeholders.
Interview Process Throughout the interview process, you will be assessed directly inline with the requirements above.
One-sided video interview with an introduction from Gabi, Senior Product Manager.
(15 mins) Phone call with Bel, Talent Lead (5 minutes) Interview with Jess, Design Lead & Gabi, Senior Product Manager (30 mins) Final In-person interview with Luke, CEO & Founder, Joe, Senior Product Designer & Han, Product Designer (1 hour) Important Notice: Our recruitment process does not involve AI-driven automated screening.
What we offer 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off £1200 annual benefits allowance (ThanksBen, from month 2) Early finish Fridays (16:00) Yearly company retreat Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave (2 months full pay, then statutory) Statutory pension with NEST (3% employer, 5% employee) Zinc shares, issued through the EMI Scheme Unlimited access to MoreHappi coaching Company socials, quarterly team socials, Free Monday lunches Nursery workplace benefit scheme (Yellownest) Option to lease an electric car through Electric Car Scheme Celebrated Zinc anniversaries #J-18808-Ljbffr