Senior Product Manager

Music Vine Limited; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day working fortnight

28 days holiday including bank holidays

Monthly wellbeing contribution

Job summary

A dynamic music licensing platform in Leeds is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead product areas and drive complex projects from idea to release. The role requires at least 5 years of product management experience, with a focus on strategic initiatives and user experience. Ideal candidates are excellent communicators and comfortable with ambiguity. Hybrid working is available, along with competitive benefits including generous holiday allowances and a wellbeing contribution.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager with proven outcomes.
• Ability to drive strategic initiatives and improve user retention.
• Strong judgement in UX and product experience.

Responsibilities

• Define product problems and drive projects from inception to release.
• Lead discovery work, utilizing insights to shape product direction.
• Collaborate across multiple teams to enhance product quality.

Skills

Product management

Strategic initiatives

Data analysis

Problem structuring

Collaborative communication

Education

Experience in digital product environment

Tools

AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT)

Job description

• 9-day working fortnight (trial in place)
• Hybrid working from our Leeds office (minimum three days per week)
• 28 days holiday including bank holidays
• Monthly wellbeing contribution (Juno)

About Music Vine & Uppbeat

We're on a mission to give online creators the tools they need to make brilliant content.

Music Vine, our original product launched in 2015, established us as one of the world's leading music licensing platforms for video professionals and agencies. In 2021, we launched Uppbeat, and has gone on to serve over 4 million users across 5 different asset categories.

We're a tight-knit team based in Leeds, and we care deeply about what we build. We value transparency, ambition, and thoughtful execution. Everyone here has a real say in how the product evolves - and we take that seriously.

About the role

We're looking for a Senior Product Manager to take ownership of meaningful areas of our product and help shape what we build, and why.

This is not a delivery-only role. You'll be responsible for defining problems clearly, structuring work, and driving projects from idea through to release - working closely with design, development, and leadership.

You'll collaborate directly with our Product Team, CEO, and Head of Platform, contributing to product direction while helping raise the overall quality and clarity of our product work.

We're looking for someone who can make assertive prioritisation calls with the wider business strategy and commercials in mind, while upholding our high bar for product and UX quality.

If you enjoy taking complex problems and turning them into clear, high-quality product outcomes, you'll feel at home here. We're particularly interested in people who have strong product instincts - not just delivery experience.

What you'll be doing

• Work within a close-knit product team alongside our Product Specialist, Senior UX/UI Designer, and Product Coordinator - collaborating closely with development and the wider team to drive and shape product work.
• Own product areas end-to-end - from early problem definition through to delivery and iteration.
• Structure and lead discovery work - identifying what we need to learn and how best to learn it.
• Turn insights, data, and team input into clear product direction and well-defined projects.
• Work closely with design and development to shape solutions that are thoughtful, effective, and well executed.
• Use AI tools to accelerate thinking, exploration, and execution across product work.
• Support and guide members of the product team, helping to improve clarity, quality, and execution.
• Bring clarity to projects - ensuring work is well-scoped, purposeful, and aligned with broader goals.
• Collaborate across teams (product, dev, design, growth, content) to connect ideas and move work forward.
• Contribute to improving how we build - not just what we build.
• Over time, take on greater responsibility for shaping how the product team operates and supporting its growth.

Required experience & skills

• Experience as a Product Manager in a digital product environment (typically 5+ years), with clear evidence of owning product outcomes end-to-end.
• Strong experience leading strategic initiatives around areas such as activation, commercial improvement and user retention, as well as tactical initiatives such as A/B tests.
• Strong ability to structure problems and bring clarity to ambiguous areas.
• A track record of owning projects or product areas end-to-end.
• Good product judgement - you can recognise what feels right (and wrong) in a product experience.
• Actively integrate AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) to improve how you work, and interested in evolving your workflow as these tools develop.
• Experienced working with data to inform decisions - using analytics, experiments, and user behaviour to support (not replace) good product judgement.
• Confident working with design and able to contribute meaningfully to UX discussions.
• Clear, thoughtful communicator who works well with different disciplines.
• Collaborative, low-ego approach - open to ideas, feedback, and challenge.
• Experience mentoring, supporting, or leading others in product work - or clear readiness to step into that role.

Nice to have

• Experience working on marketplaces, SaaS products, or creator-focused tools.
• Familiarity with search, discovery, or content-heavy products.
• Experience working in small, fast-moving teams where ownership is expected.
• Interest in the creator economy, media, or digital content.

What success looks like

• You take ownership of key product areas and move them forward with clarity and momentum.
• Projects are better defined, more focused, and more effective.
• The team has a clearer understanding of what we're building and why.
• You reduce the need for constant input from leadership by bringing strong thinking and judgement and by supporting the product team to operate with greater clarity and independence.
• The quality of our product continues to improve.

Why work at Music Vine?

• Work on a product used by millions of creators around the world.
• Have a genuine impact on what gets built and how it's shaped.
• Join a team that cares about craft, quality, and doing things properly.
• Collaborate closely with experienced designers, developers, and founders.
• Be part of a company with ambitious plans and real momentum.
• Clear opportunity to grow into a broader product leadership role as the team evolves.

A couple of honest notes: This role suits someone who enjoys ownership and thinking deeply about product. It's not heavily process-driven, and it won't suit someone looking to operate purely as a delivery coordinator. We're looking for someone who cares about the quality of what they build, is comfortable with ambiguity, and wants to play a meaningful role in shaping an ambitious growing product with a lot of creative heart.