Product Manager, Motorway
Transport
+Stock options
1-2 days a week in office
Car marketplace
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Car marketplace
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
+Stock options
1-2 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build a better car market for everyone, harnessing the power of technology to deliver an amazing experience.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a motivated individual to lead our Transport squad within our Last mile vertical
- A curious and proactive mindset with a bias for action
- A desire and ability to make an impact, demonstrated by a track record of delivering products or features with significant positive outcomes
- Proven track record leading cross-functional teams, improving customer experiences and delivering tangible business growth through product initiatives
- Extensive experience working within cross-functional teams in an outcome-driven way. Comfortable with delivering at speed, learning quickly then iterating
- A customer-centric attitude. You strive to create amazing user experiences and know the importance of continuous discovery, regularly engaging with your users, gathering feedback and validating assumptions
- Sound knowledge of Agile methodologies and ways of working
- A natural collaborator, with a strong sense of humility, who enjoys working with all areas of the business, including sales, marketing, content and data teams
- Solid knowledge of app and web technologies and software development practice. You may not be from a technical background but you love learning how everything fits together and can actively participate and contribute to technical discussions
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Able to communicate clearly with a mix of technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to adapt quickly to new situations
- Drive to win and a willingness to take bold decisions when necessary
What the job involves
- As a Product Manager, you'll work with a cross-functional squad to determine the right things to build that deliver the most value to our customers and the business
- You’ll do this using a dual-track discovery/delivery approach, rapidly evaluating opportunities through user research, data analysis and experimentation, and you'll measure and communicate your impact based on outcomes rather than outputs
- You’ll join our Product and Engineering team and lead a cross-functional team with engineering, design and data
- You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders throughout the business and will be supported by a Lead Product Manager for the Last mile vertical where this team sits, as well as your manager, the Head of Product, who will champion your personal and career development
- Develop a deep understanding of our customers and the market, employing the right discovery techniques to identify the biggest opportunities and problems to solve
- Conduct research and run experiments to validate your assumptions, generate learnings and iterate
- Work closely with your squad to create innovative solutions that are valuable, usable, feasible and viable
- Create and own an ambitious, outcome-driven product roadmap for your team, aligned with our wider strategy and vision
- Prioritise ruthlessly, ensuring that your squad remains focussed on solving the most important problems, and that they understand the “why” behind what they’re building
- Work with our data team to define goals and success metrics, and regularly monitor and report on the performance of products and new features
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders and lead sessions to share updates on your squad's progress, discovery findings and the outcomes you’ve delivered
- Champion the product and partner with our product marketing team to coordinate effective product launch and communication strategies
- Stay on top of technological and industry trends, highlighting how we can proactively stay ahead of the curve
Application process
- Given the continued spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), all interviews will be conducted by phone or virtual connection to protect our candidates and employees
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Like many industries, the second-hand car market has undergone significant transformation, with more and more dealers and car owners looking to buy and sell cars online. Motorway is one of a handful of online car marketplaces that are capitalising on this trend.
Motorway differentiates itself from traditional e-commerce and brick and mortar stores because it’s a marketplace, rather than an inventory. This allows for improved speed and verification. Owners sell their cars 100% online in as little as 24 hours with free car collection, while Motorway also supports car dealerships with a new channel for acquisition of used car stock.
Since being founded in 2017, Motorway has grown rapidly, achieving unicorn status in 2021. It is planning on putting this capital to use expanding both geographically and internally, adding more features to its already well-reviewed product. One such feature is its ULEZ checker, which allows car buyers to assess the environmental compliance of vehicles.
The biggest challenge Motorway faces is competing with other well-funded competitors jumping on this trend, such as Auto1 and Cazoo, as well as established companies like Webuyanycar.com. However, online penetration in the £480 billion British and EU used car market is minimal - suggesting that there is enough market to share amongst Motorway and its competitors.
Kirsty
Company Specialist
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Few candidates hear
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34% female employees
28% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Challenging work
"We push boundaries all the time, some people think we're an automotive company, but we're a tech company and think like one. So that includes using..."
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2021
$190m
SERIES C
Jun 2021
$63.8m
SERIES B
Total funding: $272.2m
Company benefits
- Many of our roles include significant stock options, so you can share in Motorway’s growth and future success
- Our friendly team meet up regularly for lunches and after-work drinks, plus we hold larger events at least twice a year
- Many of our roles include flexibility to work from home regularly, or fully remote for some of the year
- Many roles allow you to choose a schedule that works for you around your core hours
- Your health is your wealth! We take our health and well-being seriously with comprehensive BUPA health insurance offered to every team member, regardless of seniority
- You will have a personal learning and development budget to spend on a wide range of books, courses and conferences. We also include subscriptions to services like Headspace and Audible
- Lease a brand new electric car through your gross salary saving up to 40% on the retail cost
- Purchase a bicycle, accessories and safety equipment through your gross salary, so that you can save on the cost of a new bike & accessories
- Juggling parenting and work is challenging. We want to support you as best we can at this important time for you and your family
- Our pension provider is NEST, through whom you have a choice of funds that you can align with your faith, beliefs and attitudes to risk
Company values
- Create new roads - Changing things for the better through innovation
- Take the wheel - Being accountable and facing hard challenges head-on
- Be humble - Leaving egos at the door — we succeed as one
- Pedal to the metal - We move fast and act decisively
- 5-star comes as standard - Experiences that delight, excellence as standard
Company HQ
Fitzrovia, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Tom Leathes
(CEO)Alex, Tom and Harry are serial founders. Together they founded LoanCube (Exited to AOL), Official Space (Exited to Office Broker) and Top10 (Exited to uSwitch).
Harry Jones
(CPO)Alex, Tom and Harry are serial founders. Together they founded LoanCube (Exited to AOL), Official Space (Exited to Office Broker) and Top10 (Exited to uSwitch).
Alex Buttle
(Co-Founder & VP Growth)Alex, Tom and Harry are serial founders. Together they founded LoanCube (Exited to AOL), Official Space (Exited to Office Broker) and Top10 (Exited to uSwitch).
People progressing
Steve joined Motorway back in October 2018 as a Senior Product Manager, and in his 3+ years at Motorway he has risen through the ranks to Lead PM, Head of Product, and is now a Product Director.
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