Head of Product (London)

Informa Group Plc.; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the B2B events sector seeks a product manager to help shape WARC's digital product portfolio and services. The role requires strong customer focus, innovative thinking, and collaboration with multiple stakeholders to deliver the product vision effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience in product management best practices.
• Ability to work with various stakeholders.
• Strong background in customer research and testing.

Responsibilities

• Help shape and communicate WARC's product vision and strategy.
• Translate vision into a product roadmap, requirements, and specifications.
• Ensure alignment with Engineering, Data Science, Delivery, and Design teams.

Skills

Product intuition

Creative problem solving

Data-driven decision making

Customer-focused

Innovative

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Company Description

Informa Festivals marks an exciting new chapter in B2B events, bringing some of the world's most influential creative, technology, and business festivals together. We're combining prestigious brands like Cannes Lions, Black Hat, Money20/20, and London Tech Week with cutting-edge marketing intelligence platforms and advisory services to deliver unmissable experiences and insights.

Our festival-led approach reimagines traditional B2B events, creating powerful, immersive experiences that drive innovation and industry advancement. Building on decades of expertise and powered by Informa's international reach, we're shaping the next generation of business festivals.

We're part of Informa, a global business with a network of trusted brands in specialist markets across more than 30 countries, and a member of the FTSE 100, ranked #3 in Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2025 UK list.

Job Description

This position will be based in London and require you to be in the office 3 days a week.

WARC is the global authority on marketing effectiveness. We provide rigorous and unbiased evidence, expertise, and guidance to help marketers navigate any challenges effectively.

WARC operates out of London, New York, São Paulo, and Singapore to service a community of over 75,000 marketers in more than 1,200 companies across 100+ markets. Find out more at warc.com.

Within the WARC platform,

working closely with the Chief Digital Officer, LIONS Insight, this person will be expected to contribute to product strategy and help shape and deliver the future of WARC's digital product portfolio and services. The successful candidate will be innovative, customer-focused, and have a growth mindset. They will have to balance product intuition, creative problem solving, and data-driven decision making.

They will work closely with various stakeholders to evaluate product opportunities and determine what gets built and delivered to customers. They will also manage the UI/UX Team of designers to ensure total integration between user experience design and product design initiatives.

They will guide and collaborate with the engineering team on what gets built, based on insights they gather from the market, customers, and internal teams. They will be an advocate of the WARC product suite and work closely with internal teams, such as sales, marketing, and others, to bring products successfully to market. They will be experienced in product management best practices and help embed these approaches within WARC.

Key accountabilities

1. Working with the Chief Digital Officer, LIONS Insight, help shape and communicate WARC's product vision and strategy.
2. Translate WARC's vision and strategy into a product roadmap, informed by rigorous customer research and testing.
3. Translate the roadmap into requirements that should be formalized, documented, and tracked. Assist the Engineering & Data Teams in delivering those requirements on time.
4. Work closely with the Engineering, Data Science, Delivery, and Design teams to ensure alignment and joint understanding of product requirements and customer needs, help define workflows, product architecture, and UI/UX.