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SalarySENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER (FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS)
Salary: £52,000 - £55,000 per annum pro rata
Reports to: Head of F&M Product (Fundraising Campaigns & Giving Platforms)
Contract type: 9 month fixed-term contract
Location: Stratford, London (working from the office 1-2 days in the office per week)
Hours: Full-time 35 hours per week
Closing date: Sunday 21 January 2024, 23:55
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone innovative and ambitious, someone like you.
This is a unique opportunity to take on a critical role within Cancer Research UK's Fundraising & Marketing Team, leading on the management and development of product area strategy. This includes Stand Up To Cancer in partnership with Channel 4, supporter led Relay For Life as well as digital fundraising challenges, which total £50 million worth of income for our life saving research.
You will work closely and collaboratively with key teams across the directorate to plan, develop and implement improvements to meet fundraising targets with the ultimate aim of beating cancer sooner.
What will I be doing?
Leading on the planning, development and oversee the collaborative delivery of the agreed F&M product area strategy, vision, and activity, acting as product champion across the organisation
Working with key stakeholders, own and manage the fully loaded product P&L (Profit & Loss), making informed decisions and co-creating business cases on investment and resourcing required to meet contribution targets
Co-creating an innovative pipeline of product development projects to serve all product audiences; recognising and exploiting opportunities for growth
Taking ownership of the product roadmap, operational blueprint and relevant audience and product insight to help inform operational decision making
Working collaboratively with Programme Manager and subject matter experts in functional teams to develop operational plans, in line with F&M portfolio priorities, and product KPIs and shared objectives
Working with the Programme Manager to manage the prioritisation and workflow of annual ops plans, flexing as necessary across functional and operational delivery teams
Relationship managing key suppliers, external third parties and key stakeholder for the product area
Owning and managing the products through their lifecycle, collaborating with the Product Development team to ensure product positioning remains relevant to the target audience and market conditions, and takes advantage of new opportunities for growth
Maintaining and refreshing Product analysis, research and insight, working collaboratively with other insight and analysis areas and commissioning insight to feed into product strategy.
What skills are you looking for?
Excellent stakeholder engagement, influencing and management skills, with the ability to quickly get buy in and work collaboratively
Significant experience of budget management, P&L management
Relevant experience of developing business cases
Relevant experience of translating consumer and market insight into product strategy
Relevant experience of team management and leadership
Proven ability to work well under pressure, with demonstrable strategic/innovative thinking skills
Problem solving skills. Ability to overcome issues, propose solutions and make sound commercial decisions
Ability to identify new opportunities, and exploit market group
A flexible approach, to comfortably manage ambiguity and changing environments/contexts
Excellent communication and relationship building skills, creating connections to make great things happen
What will I gain?
Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.
In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.
Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.
We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.
Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.
How do I apply?
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview.
Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.
Please note that, Internally, this role is known as Senior F&M Product Manager (Campaigns & Giving Platforms).
