Senior Product Manager

Your Team

The Sun is one of the UKs strongest brands and is growing rapidly in a fast-moving digital world. More than just a newspaper it is an entertainer a cultural reference point and a daily relationship with our audience. Our product team owns several key digital products including Sun Savers Sun Web and Mobile Apps and the Sun Classic digital newspaper.

Your Role

Working within the Sun product team you will collaborate closely with our Editorial team to build out a compelling roadmap for the Newsroom. You will lead projects from discovery through to implementation playing a key role in shaping the future of our products while reporting to the Head of Product. This is an exciting opportunity to use data to drive decisions and implement features that align with a high-impact product strategy.

Day to day You Will

• Balance short-term delivery with a long-term platform vision making trade-offs explicit and maintaining momentum across your workstream.

• Manage the product roadmap for your area providing clear options to stakeholder groups to gain approval.

• Collaborate with wider Technology teams to ensure they have a deep understanding of requirements at an early stage.

• Lead the end-to-end management and delivery of products in line with business and product strategy.

• Nurture relationships with teams throughout the organisation to ensure successful and seamless product deliveries.

what were looking for from you

• Demonstrate a track record of leading digital product teams within fast-paced media publishing or consumer tech environments.

• Show a deep understanding of WordPress.

• Communicate confidently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Maintain exceptional organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and evolving requirements.

• Apply strong analytical and storytelling skills using data to drive decisions and inspire teams.

• Evidence a passion for news media and storytelling.

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times The Sunday Times The Sun The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news analysis opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel audio and video events and experiences our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion guided by principles and acting with purpose we exist to promote a fair society freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling we represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter.

At News UK we embrace a hybrid work model currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration innovation and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in-office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.

Life at NewsDriven by passion guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age gender ethnicity disability social class or sexuality we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network Parents and Carers and LGBTQ group News Is Out and the Apprentice Society.

BenefitsSome of our benefits include:

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships free ClassPass at Home weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes

• Bikes for Work and Electric Car scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP physio/massage and counselling

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

• Wide range of training available plus full LinkedIn Learning access

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

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