Graduate Product Manager

Native; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing digital company in the UK is hiring for a role within their Ad Products team. This position involves defining conditions for reliable product operation and assessing campus needs to unlock supply. Candidates should have strong analytical and structured thinking skills, and recent graduates or those with equivalent experience are encouraged to apply. The role offers a six-month engagement with the potential for a permanent position, emphasizing diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Create order in ambiguity and make decisions under pressure.
• Experience with time management and data analytics is essential.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Define conditions for reliable product operation.
• Assess conditions at Students Unions for product availability.
• Maintain documentation on product sales and advertiser delivery.

Skills

Clarity of thought

Structured thinking

Time Management

Data Analytics

Analytical

Agile

Requirement Gathering

Strategic thinking

Visio

Communication

Problem Solving

Market Research

UML

Cross Functional Teams

Education

Recent graduate or equivalent experience

Job description

If that describes your path - if you've had to explain yourself more than others or if you've done hard things that don't look impressive on paper - this role might be for you.

Who we're looking for:

• Rebuild problems from scratch rather than inherit solutions
• Know when to move fast and when precision matters
• Make decisions in ambiguity without needing permission
• Do work properly because it matters to them not because someone's measuring
• Have done hard things that required more than just being clever on paper

We look for intellectual sharpness and structured thinking. Strong academic records from disciplines like maths, engineering, philosophy, languages or history tell us something. So does recognising yourself in what we've described above.

What you'll be working on:

You'll be part of our Ad Products team—the group that defines how our Ad Products work, how they scale, and how they're used across our managed marketplace. This team sets the standards that shape sales delivery, inventory and reporting across the business.

Responsibilities:

• Define the conditions required for your products to run reliably using a structured blueprint approach to assess campus readiness
• Assess Students Unions against those conditions to establish product availability and identify what's needed to unlock additional supply
• Maintain documentation that captures how your products are sold, what they deliver for advertisers and what campus conditions enable consistent delivery
• Drive improvements to your product specifications based on evidence from sales performance, delivery feedback, operational constraints and advertiser outcomes
• Collaborate with Sales, Campaign Planning, Delivery, Creative, Production, Inventory Management and Data to ensure your products are commercially viable, operationally realistic and reportable at scale
• Contribute to quarterly team roadmaps that prioritize improvements to inventory quantity, engagement, quality, delivery reliability or sales clarity across the portfolio
• Work with the wider team to translate UK product standards for deployment in new markets as the business expands internationally

Interview Process:

• During your interview process you'll be encouraged to reach out to people at the company who have walked this path before you. A trade‑off you've had to make and how you decided
• A problem you tackled without much guidance
• A system or process you'd redesign and how you'd go about it
• A time you had to choose what not to do and why

Progression:

This is a six‑month engagement. If you perform well the expectation is that you'll move into a promoted permanent role at the end of that period. We treat this as a proving ground for long‑term hires, not an internship.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

We are actively creating an equitable environment for everyone at Native to thrive. Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we are making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Native. At Native we embrace diversity in all of its forms and foster an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Clarity of thought, structured thinking and good judgement under pressure. You'll need to create order where none exists, make decisions in ambiguity and move between speed and precision depending on what the moment demands.
• Time Management, Data Analytics, Analytical, Agile, Requirement Gathering, Strategic thinking, Visio, Communication, Problem Solving, Market Research, UML, Cross Functional Teams

We are looking for recent graduates or those with equivalent experience who want to step straight into meaningful work, learn quickly and grow fast.

And if you're reading this and thinking I really want to do this but I probably won't get picked - please apply anyway. We care far more about how you think and how you show up than whether you tick every imagined box. Don't rule yourself out.

We're hiring on a rolling basis. If this sounds like the kind of challenge you're ready for, get in touch.

Employment Type: Full Time

Experience: years