Job Description
£38,000 – £45,000 plus benefits (based on experience)
One-year contract (with option to extend an additional year)
Football Foundation offices – Paddington, London
About the Football Foundation
Established in 2000, the Football Foundation is one of the largest sports charities in the world. It is a partnership between the Premier League, The FA and the Government, who between them contribute more than £60 million per year towards the development of football facilities across the country, 40% of which is targeted at the 20% most deprived communities.
The Football Foundation is well-known for its use of innovative technology in building cutting edge digital tools, enabling a more efficient way of working and providing our customers with a better user experience. The Digital Solutions team has an exciting remit to transform how the Football Foundation plans, delivers and measures its funding; evidencing the impact our investment is making.
The role
This new role will be crucial to the Foundation’s digital transformation. You will help in driving the development of our digital portfolio; managing the successful delivery of our products and ensuring they each align to the wider strategy and user needs.
You will have ownership of the product roadmap for a range of new and existing tools, working with stakeholders to help define these based-on business and user needs, and – in close collaboration with an external digital agency – be responsible for their successful delivery. One of your key products, is the exciting and ambitious new project to re-design Upshot, the Foundation’s monitoring and evaluation system. The platform is used by over 750 organisations to manage, monitor and evidence their community projects and enables the Football Foundation to measure and analyse the impact we are making to people’s lives. Several other exciting digital developments are also in the pipeline for you to product manage.
This will be a key role within our Digital Solutions team, and you will work closely with internal teams, our Funding Partners and our external technical development team, to deliver innovative, user-focussed tools that support our ambitious plans.
What are we looking for?
We are seeking an organised, dynamic and user-focused product manager, who has an up-to-date understanding of the tech industry. We invite applications from candidates who are able to demonstrate:
• Experience of managing multiple digital products and services in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Confidence liaising with technical developers and communicating technical solutions and their benefits, limits and risks in accessible language to colleagues and users at all levels.
• A strong understanding of user experience design and research techniques.
• An excellent understanding of current and emerging digital technologies.
• Demonstrable experience of using data and research to inform development and improve outcomes for users.
• A proven track record of working successfully within an agile environment; utilising standardised product development processes is essential to the success of this role.
• Experience in managing stakeholder relationships and gaining internal consensus and then incorporating feedback to ensure valuable outcomes are achieved through timely user research and feature development.
What can we offer you?
You will be eligible for 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays. We offer a generous pension scheme (8% employer contribution), free health care provision, a monthly gym subsidy, interest-free season ticket loan, death in service benefit and access to selected match tickets
We are committed to helping our staff maintain a healthy work-life balance, so offer flexible working around core hours to help you achieve that.
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