Product & Innovation Manager - Acuity Pricing

Informa PLC; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading information services company is seeking a strategic product manager to drive the platform strategy. You will lead cross-functional teams, shape the product vision, and develop innovative data products. Candidates should have experience in product management within SaaS environments and a strong analytical mindset. This position offers a collaborative work culture and significant career growth opportunities.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Company-funded private medical cover

Flexible personal benefits

Recognition programs

Qualifications

• Proven experience in product management within SaaS/B2B environments.
• Strong ability to drive data-centric projects successfully.
• Familiarity with customer research and testing.

Responsibilities

• Shape and communicate product vision and strategy.
• Transform vision into actionable product roadmaps.
• Collaborate with engineering and design teams.

Skills

Product management experience

Strategic leadership

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Curiosity about markets

Job description

This role is based in our 5 Howick Place office. Acuity Pricing webscrapes millions of lines of data daily, processing them through proprietary algorithms and AI interfaces to deliver user‑friendly insights to market‑leading UK brands and retailers. Reporting to the Chief Digital Officer and collaborating with Development and Data teams, you'll drive our platform strategy, including new products, features, and data feeds. You'll own the product roadmap and discover innovative ways to productise and monetise our data. We're looking for a self‑starter with natural curiosity who can build data strategy and prioritisation to consistently add value.

What You’ll Do

Strategic Leadership

• Shape and communicate Acuity's product vision and strategy alongside the Chief Digital Officer
• Transform vision into actionable product roadmaps through rigorous customer research and testing
• Translate roadmaps into formalised, documented, and tracked requirements

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Engineering, Data Science, Delivery, and Design teams to ensure alignment on product requirements and customer needs
• Define workflows, product architecture, and UI/UX experiences
• Collaborate with our AI Lead and Catalogue Manager to boost efficiencies using AI tools

Data Innovation

• Craft strategies to continually enhance our data processes
• Create compelling data visualisations that tell powerful stories
• Spot trends and develop meaningful retail insights with analysts and content writers
• Explore innovative ways to add client value through new data products and services

Culture & Values

Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of your work.

• Product management and/or delivery experience within information services or SaaS, preferably B2B
• Planning development roadmaps that align with business strategy
• Leading data teams and driving data‑centric projects successfully, ability to transform complex data into clear, actionable insights
• Natural curiosity and drive to understand markets deeply
• Strong collaborative skills to develop team potential
• Passion for workplace diversity and inclusion

Company Culture

We believe that great things happen when people connect face‑to‑face. That's why we work in‑person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you're not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces - like at an Informa event - you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely. We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone.

Benefits

• Great community: a welcoming culture with in‑person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on‑demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after two years, plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world