Product Manager

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

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Product Manager to lead digital transformation efforts within a renowned brand. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact by developing customer-centric products that drive innovation in the B2B space. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams, leveraging data-driven insights to shape product strategies. If you're passionate about creating meaningful experiences and thrive in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours

25 Days Annual Leave

Company Funded Private Medical Cover

ShareMatch Scheme

Career Development Opportunities

Wellbeing Support

Charity Volunteer Days

Diversity and Inclusion Networks

Social Events

Recognition Programs

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in product management or digital transformation.
• Ability to balance customer and internal requirements effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage product backlog and collaborate with engineering teams.
• Translate user needs into product strategy and outcomes.

Skills

Product Management

Digital Transformation

Stakeholder Management

Data-Driven Decision Making

Customer Centricity

Cross-Functional Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Relevant Certifications

Job description

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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 who are #3 in Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2025 UK list.

Job Description

Lions Intelligence is seeking a Product Manager to help manage their next generation of digital products within the Contagious brand. This is a highly visible and challenging role, and will be a key driver towards building a customer centric and 'digital first' approach - it is a great opportunity to make a significant creative impact. This role will join an extremely successful team who have played a key part in growing our digital business for many years.

We are looking for a pragmatic and product manager who will bring previous experience of a successful delivery of a medium to large-scale digital transformation inside of a business where digital had not previously been at the operational core.

The successful candidate will be an innovative, customer-focused with a growth mindset, who balances product intuition, creative problem solving and data-driven decision making. An understanding of the marketing and advertising industry with the ability to see the perspective of key industry players.

As a Product Manager you are in the pivotal role of translating user and business needs into product strategy and products. Working closely with various stakeholders to evaluate product opportunities and determine what gets built and delivered to customers.

We're early on in our product management journey here at Contagious, and so we're looking for someone who doesn't mind getting stuck in so we can navigate the path together.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and instil product discipline by following best practice product development methods
• Aggregate input from many different stakeholders and translate them into a product/module strategy
• Describe what to build and the expected business outcomes for Contagious and its customers, through the means of writing epics or by building prototypes alongside, UX designers
• Manage, prioritize and maintain the product backlog and align and collaborate with the engineering team during the build process
• Forster alignment between the, sales, marketing, data science and product engineering
• Establish and monitor product metrics / KPI and report on them
• Work with Commercial leads to define pricing and competitive positioning for each product
• Work closely with Sales and Marketing on go to market strategies for each product or product lines
• Collaborate with Data Science colleagues, to ensure data and analytics are at the heart of the customer offering
• Drive continuous improvement & flexibility in the team, while championing product management best practices

Qualifications

• A curious mindset - you have the desire to learn more about a market and customers and you are not afraid to push the envelope to build something others thought can't be done
• A Story Teller - you can talk about the product and inspire others to believe in it.
• A team player - someone who enjoys collaborating with others to build digital products our customers will find useful and innovative.
• You can work with many different stakeholders, listen to them and explain to them how your product will address their needs or concerns
• The ability to balance both customer centric and internal requirements.
• 3+ years' experience working in a cross functional team where you have been exposed to varied business functions and areas.
• Ability to translate technical terminology to business stakeholders

Ability to work on multiple projects and apply structure, rigour and priorities to your workload

Additional Information

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here's some of what you can expect when you join us. But don't just take our word for it - see what our colleagues have to say at LifeAt.Informa.com

Our benefits include:

• Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive and most of us balance time in the office with time working remotely
• 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

We're not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most - although not all - of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.

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