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  • Associate Product Manager, Digital
    Associate Product Manager, Digital
    2 days ago
    Full-time
    London

    About Us ------------ At Blank Street, we're on a mission to become the defining food and beverage brand of our generation. From the very beginning, we've set out to add a spark to ordinary experiences through elevated products, attention-to-detail, and a commitment to making every moment memorable. We're motivated by the millions of customers we serve across cities, and know that our potential is unlimited. It all starts with our people and their commitment to make magic happen each and every day. About This Role ------------------- Blank Street's Digital Product team builds and continuously elevates the digital tools and systems that enable a best-in-class customer and in-store experience across every touchpoint. This includes our mobile app, POS, and internal tools. In this role, you will support the strategy, development, and day-to-day improvement of our consumer and employee-facing products. You will spend a lot of time helping existing products run better, while also supporting the development and rollout of new products and features. That means gathering feedback from the field, triaging bugs and issues, translating what we are hearing into clear fixes for engineering, and supporting rollout and training so changes land smoothly. We're open to a range of experience levels, if a more experienced candidate is a great fit, we're open to leveling the role accordingly. Over time, we want you to grow into a builder who can proactively prototype solutions and workflows (using AI-assisted development tools) to help the team move faster. Your work is structured around three pillars: 1. Product Strategy & Research understand user problems, gather feedback, and help shape what we build., 2. Execution triage issues, support launches and rollout, write documentation, and prototype solutions., 3. Product Insights & Analytics track metrics, analyze performance, and use data to inform decisions. This role is based fully in-person at our London office. What You'll Do ------------------ Product Strategy & Research • Collaborate on Product Strategy: Work alongside product managers, designers, and engineers to define product requirements, conduct market research, and shape product roadmaps. Understand user needs and business goals to identify new opportunities., • Gather and synthesize user feedback: Collect feedback from baristas, operators, and customers, identify pain points, and translate them into pragmatic improvements. Execution • Triage issues and improve core workflows: Partner with the field and support teams to capture bugs and pain points, reproduce issues, and translate them into clear tickets, acceptance criteria, and fixes for engineering., • Support launches, rollout, and training: Help plan releases, build training and enablement materials, and support rollout to shops so changes land well in the field., • Support product development: Create and maintain clear documentation, product requirements and user stories, to keep the team aligned on goals and deliverables. Assist across the full product lifecycle from ideation to launch., • Vibe code solutions: Use AI-assisted dev tools, no-code platforms, and scrappy prototypes to test and validate ideas quickly before we commit engineering resources. Product Insights & Analytics • Track and analyze metrics: Define, track, and analyze product metrics and KPIs. Gather data to understand product performance and inform future decisions., • Build reporting and dashboards: Create and maintain dashboards and reports that give the team visibility into product health, adoption, and engagement., • Support experimentation: Help design and analyze A/B tests to validate product hypotheses. Who You Are --------------- • 2+ years in a product-adjacent role (e.g., product management, product marketing, business analysis, operations/strategy with significant product exposure)., • Evidence you can ship: you've contributed to launching or improving a digital product, feature, workflow, or process end-to-end (problem → solution → rollout/measurement)., • Hands-on experience using AI-assisted build tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude, Copilot, v0, Replit) to prototype, automate workflows, or ship working solutions., • Comfort operating in a fast-moving, cross-functional environment (Product, Design, Engineering, Ops/Field teams), with frequent context switching., • Bonus Points:, • A portfolio of things you've built with AI tools (side projects, prototypes, internal tools, automations)., • Experience with product execution tools like Linear, Asana, Notion (or similar)., • Familiarity with automation/no-code tools (Zapier, Make, Airtable, Retool, etc.)., • Exposure to consumer tech, retail, hospitality, or multi-site operations. Benefits & Perks --------------------- • Equity package, • Private health and dental insurance, • 25 days of annual leave (on top of bank holidays), along with an additional paid day a year 'to start something extraordinary' ✨ and pursue a passion, • A salary sacrifice scheme to spend on Cycle to Work, bike subscriptions, pensions and medical, • Access to 1Rebel off-peak classes at the sites near our office, for free!, • Exclusive access to our coveted Regulars program -- yes, that means free coffee, matcha and more! ☕️✨, • Great culture with regular team events

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  • Food Menu Development Coordinator – UK & Ireland
    Food Menu Development Coordinator – UK & Ireland
    3 days ago
    £48000 yearly
    Full-time
    London

    Big Mamma is a French-Italian restaurant group founded by Victor Lugger and Tigrane Seydoux. For over a decade, we've been bringing bold Italian flavours, 100% homemade food and vibrant, high-energy restaurants to life across Europe, the UK and beyond. Big Mamma is also a certified B Corp, committed to doing business in a way that respects people, producers and the planet. We're now looking for a Food Menu Development Coordinator to join our UK Food & Beverage team and help shape our seasonal food offer across the UK. Reporting to the F&B Manager UK , you will ensure our menus are aligned with Big Mamma's identity, operationally strong and delivered with consistency across all restaurants. THE ROLE You will coordinate the full menu development process, ensuring alignment with Big Mamma's artistic direction and operational excellence. You will: • Drive seasonal menu changes from development to rollout, including testing, structure, pricing and food cost control, • Ensure all menus respect Big Mamma's food identity, seasonality and B Corp commitments, • Coordinate with chefs, operations, purchasing and communications teams for smooth execution, • Monitor menu performance using key KPIs such as food cost, spend per head and margin contribution, • Analyse dish performance and guest feedback to support future menu decisions, • Conduct benchmarking and food trend research to inspire future offers, • Ensure accuracy of all menu data across systems (recipes, allergens, descriptions, pricing), • Support special projects including openings, festive menus and seasonal activations ABOUT YOU • experience in menu development, F&B coordination or hospitality operations, • Strong understanding of food cost, menu engineering and KPIs, • Highly organised with strong project management skills, • Analytical mindset with attention to detail, • Strong communication skills and ability to manage multiple stakeholders, • Passion for food, seasonality and restaurant culture, • Proactive, solution-driven and comfortable in a fast-paced environment, • Based in London office and travelling to the restaurants in the perimeter UK/Ireland WHAT BIG MAMMA OFFERS • Permanent, full-time position, • Salary: £48,000 per year, • 50% employee discount across all Big Mamma restaurants UK & Ireland, • Open Up. Free, confidential mental health and wellness support, • Wagestream. Access your wages between paydays, • Continuous training and real career growth opportunities BIG MAMMA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, colour, religion, national origin, disability, age or any other characteristic protected by law.

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