Lead Product Manager 1-year contract
3 days ago
Loughton
Ready for a challenge? Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We're a leading global online delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience. Whether it's a Friday‑night feast, a post‑gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of partners across the globe. We are looking for a Lead Product Manager (Individual Contributor) to spearhead the evolution of specific partner segments within our marketplace. This 1‑year contract position is based in London (3 days a week from our London office and 2 days working from home). As a Lead Product Manager, you will operate as a high‑leverage strategic force, driving complex initiatives that span multiple domains and technical stacks without people management. • Drive Marketplace Innovation: Own the vision for the relevant partner journey. Identify opportunities to reduce friction and introduce innovative features that help partners grow their business on the platform., • Lead Cross‑Domain Initiatives: Act as the glue across the organisation, leading high‑priority projects that require seamless orchestration between Logistics, FinTech, Sales, Customer, and Partner Product teams., • Strategic Stakeholder Management: Navigate a complex web of senior stakeholders. Align diverse groups with competing priorities to move toward a unified vision., • Data‑driven at scale: Define and track North Star metrics for partner success. Use data to prioritise, build, and refine products while turning analytics into actionable insights., • Continuous Discovery & Innovation: Conduct deep‑dive discovery with partners across different markets. Translate their on‑ground realities into a scalable, global product strategy., • High‑Level Prioritisation: Use a data‑backed approach to decide what drives the most value for partners and the platform in an environment of infinite ideas but finite resources., • Proven Lead‑Level Expertise: Extensive experience in Product Management within two‑sided marketplaces or B2B partner ecosystems. Track record of delivering zero‑to‑one innovations., • Cross‑Functional Mastery: Veteran of matrixed organisations, able to influence engineering, design, and operations teams that do not report directly to you., • Senior Stakeholder Diplomacy: Skilled at holding your own in a room with senior stakeholders, using evidence and empathy to manage expectations and align priorities., • Architectural Thinking: Understands technical complexities of global platforms; able to discuss API integrations and scalability with Lead Architects while keeping the focus on partner value., • Entrepreneurial Mindset: Self‑starter who builds roadmaps based on market gaps and partner pain points, not waiting for a pre‑made roadmap., • Bias for Action: Resilient and proactive, thriving in ambiguity and capable of pulling disparate teams together to solve the hardest marketplace problems. This position is a 1‑year contract based in London (3 days a week from our London office and 2 days from home). #J-18808-Ljbffr