Senior Product Manager- Partner Ecosystem

Experian Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global data and technology company is seeking a visionary product leader for their London office to drive the product strategy for its Global Partner Ecosystem. The ideal candidate will lead product vision, oversee partner API experiences, and develop strategies for a robust partner ecosystem. This role requires significant experience in decisioning markets and a collaborative mindset. Benefits include a flexible work environment and competitive compensation.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Discretionary bonus plan

Core benefits including pension and healthcare

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and volunteering days

Qualifications

• Ability to create a vision for the team and partners.
• Experience leading execution at pace after aligning vision.
• Familiarity with decisioning, fraud, ID verification, and Credit Risk markets.
• Proven experience with AI-driven product delivery.
• Desire to understand client perspectives and solve their problems.
• Proactive and solution-oriented when facing challenges.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish product vision for the Partner Ecosystem.
• Define and oversee the roadmap for partner API experience.
• Develop business strategies for a healthy partner ecosystem.
• Improve API discoverability and monetization.
• Define and track success indicators for ecosystem health.
• Represent external developers in product decisions.
• Lead a global team to build partner priorities.
• Coordinate multiple product teams for a common backlog.
• Collaborate to identify partners supporting business priorities.
• Use data to inform strategies and measure product success.
• Build comprehensive market landscape perspectives.
• Create partner integration migration plans.

Skills

Strategic expertise

Execution focus

Knowledge of decisioning markets

Experience delivering AI-driven products

Collaborative

Client-centric mindset

Solution focused

Technical knowledge

Job description

Experian are looking for a visionary product leader to create and grow Experian's Global Partner Ecosystem. You will lead product vision, product strategy and roadmap to grow partner integrations, design simple partner onboarding experiences, establish in-product discovery and adoption of partners on the Ascend Platform and help accelerate partner and Experian revenue growth.

Working with the Global Strategic Partnership team, you will build technical and commercial frameworks for a market-leading partner and data integration ecosystem. We are looking for someone with the ability to work in a matrixed organization where you need to navigate across multiple product portfolios, and regional teams. Experience leading global app marketplaces, or developer ecosystems on modern platforms will be an asset.

This is a hybrid position based in our London Victoria office reporting to the Product VP for Ascend Platform.

Main Responsibilities

• Establish product vision for the Parter Ecosystem, aligning it with the product team needs and our goals
• Define and oversee the roadmap for our partner API experience, and APIs
• Develop business and product strategies for growing a healthy, high-quality partner ecosystem.
• Improve API discoverability, trust/safety, monetization, and performance tracking.
• Define and track Indicators for ecosystem health, adoption, retention, and monetization.
• Represent the voice of external developers and partners in product decisions and prioritization.
• Create a transformative strategy to move to a scaled partner ecosystem, supported by automation, toolsets and AI enabled capabilities
• Lead a global team of product owners and to build partner priorities and corresponding roadmap
• Coordinate with multiple partner product teams to lead agreement around a common backlog
• Collaborate with Strategic Partnership team to identify partners to support Experian's priorities
• Use data and analytics to inform product strategies and measure success
• Build a comprehensive market landscape perspective
• Build partner integration migration plans as we invest in and upgrade our capabilities
• Provide leadership across the broader Decisioning and Identity and Fraud portfolio in both the roadmap planning and Go-To-Market process to lead client impact

About Experian

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realize their financial goals and help them save time and money.

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more industry segments.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com.

Experience and Skills

• Strategic expertise – someone who can create a vision for their team and other partners
• Execution focus – afteraligning partners on a vision we are looking for someone with expertise in leading execution at pace
• Knowledge of the decisioning, fraud, ID verification and Credit Risk Decisioning markets – familiarity with important players, use cases, trends, and at least a basic understanding of digital data collection
• Experience delivering AI-driven products
• Collaborative – someone who can work with partners and values collaboration with other SMEs and partners
• Client-centric mindset – desire to understand voice of the customer and see things from their perspective, then challenge the status quo to solve their problems
• Solution focused – someone who is proactive when faced with challenges and obstacles
• Technical knowledge – you don't need an engineering background but will speak the language and work well with technical teams

Additional Information

Benefits package includes:

• Flexible work environment, working hybrid or in the office if you prefer.
• Great compensation package and discretionary bonus plan
• Core benefits include pension, bupa healthcare, sharesave scheme and more
• 25 days annual leave with 8 bank holidays and 3 volunteering days. You can purchase additional annual leave.

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Innovation is an important part of Experian's DNA and practices, and our diverse workforce drives our success. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, colour, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.

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