Senior Product Manager (Ad Tech)

Are you skilled in Ad-tech and Sponsored listings? Join us at Checkatrade! 

We have a newly created opportunity for a Senior Product Manager with an ad-tech background to join us. You'll own this  0 to 1 product, shaping our sponsored listings proposition to create new opportunities within a dynamic marketplace.  You'll join a team with a mission deploy new products and services that increase the visibility of our members, drive user engagement and help our consumers get their jobs done. You’ll join us at an exciting time with top marketplace talent on board and an ambitious five-year plan that will see us growing ten-fold. This  is an exciting opportunity to play a key part in Checkatrade growth by  driving the roadmap and delivery of a new monetization initiative.   If you are experienced in on-platform advertising and excited by growth, we'd love to hear from you. Sound good? Get in touch!

Location: Kings Cross, London or Lakeside, Portsmouth. Hybrid working applies with 3 days in the office.

Where do you fit in?

We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead the launch and development of a sponsored listing model. This will be heavily focused on creating a new revenue stream for on-platform advertising. You'll report to the Product Director of Trade and play a key role in realizing huge growth potential. This includes driving high click-through rates by ensuring ads are highly relevant to our customers. You’ll have the opportunity to rapidly test new propositions, refine them for Product-Market fit while collaborating closely with developers, UX, researchers and data analysts. You will manage the workload of a squad of developers and maintain a develop backlog while working closely with key stakeholders. This includes the Commercial and Engineering teams. You will have extensive experience in ad-tech and a proven track record in 0-1 product development, from concept to launch.

What’s in it for you?

• An exciting new role to strengthen our go to market approach and lead new initiatives within the business.
• A fast-moving scale-up business, with committed investors, bold plans and a clear roadmap on how we get there.
• A brilliant product and tech community of over 100 passionate and talented engineers, designers and product managers – all working in-house!
• Excellent salary and benefits in a business going places!

We are an equal opportunities employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

What do you need to succeed?

• Experience within ad-tech, ideally within a marketplace environment, with a proven ability to navigate and innovate within this space.
• Proven experience in 0-1 product development.
• Strong ability to manage developers.
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues from various disciplines including analytics, creative, technical and operations.
• Demonstrated track record of analysing data to make recommendations.

We believe in the power of homes to improve lives, support livelihoods, and build communities. That’s why our mission is to be the trusted foundation of every home by connecting people with the trades and tools to make home improvements easy. 

Established in 1998, we’ve built a UK leading brand, expanded our trade base, and seen record levels of consumer demand – but this is just a start!  We are excited about the unique opportunity ahead of us to deliver unparalleled growth while strengthening our position as a UK leading marketplace for home improvements and repairs.  

Our values are who we are and what we do. As a collective we are all in and moving at pace. We have a bias for action and are always customer obsessed. We are innately ambitious and think big and bold. And we always do the right thing by our customers and our team.

So, if you want to be part of a forward-thinking, values driven business that is truly going places - then maybe this is the place for you?