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Bark.com

2mo ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Mid Level
  • Product
  • London

AI generated summary

  • You should have strong project management skills, experience in product development, excellent communication abilities, and a data-driven mindset to drive product strategy and execution.
  • You will oversee product development, collaborate with cross-functional teams, analyze market trends, gather user feedback, prioritize features, and ensure timely product releases to meet customer needs.

Requirements

  • Proven track record as a Product Manager in a fast-paced and successful online business (App experience/Marketplace experience/small business products all pluses)
  • Experience working with Developers, Product Designers and Analysts to deliver outcomes that matter
  • Excellent communicator - you’re able to clearly present your work, explain your thinking and discuss decisions confidently at all levels
  • Expert in using both qual and quant data points to form user understanding, conclusions, and guide decision making
  • Well-versed in lean approaches and agile methodologies to maximise impact and minimise waste
  • A self-starter that is comfortable working autonomously, whilst always remembering collaboration is key to success
  • Strong commercial and technical understanding, allowing you to clearly articulate concepts to commercial and non-technical audiences as well as engineering
  • Driven, ambitious and keen to grow with the company

Responsibilities

  • Obsess over our users, both Buyers and Sellers, and inspire others to do the same. Use qual and quant inputs to understand them better than anyone
  • Set the vision and strategy for our Buyer App, whilst defining and driving success
  • Create, maintain and evangelise your roadmap and backlog
  • Perform all aspects of the Product Owner role as part of our agile Buyer App squad
  • Deliver business impact through diligent discovery, clear scoping, robust prioritisation and meaningful contributions to effective, outcome-centric delivery
  • Collaborate and communicate progress and prioritisation effectively to stakeholders at all levels around the business
  • Take ownership of the impact of your squad - from problem to solution, launch and beyond

FAQs

What is the main responsibility of a Product Manager at Bark?

The main responsibility of a Product Manager at Bark is to take ownership of the Buyer App across both Android and iOS, defining and delivering a roadmap that helps Buyers derive more value from the platform, including aspects like learning about jobs, connecting with Sellers, and managing their projects.

What kind of experience is required for this Product Manager role?

A proven track record as a Product Manager in a fast-paced online business is required, preferably with experience in App, Marketplace, or small business products. Additionally, experience working with Developers, Product Designers, and Analysts to achieve meaningful outcomes is essential.

What qualities are you looking for in a candidate for this position?

We are looking for a data-driven individual with a strong obsession for understanding and solving users’ problems, a self-starter comfortable working autonomously, excellent communication skills, strong commercial and technical understanding, and a driven ambition to grow with the company.

What are the key responsibilities of the Product Manager in the role?

Key responsibilities include obsessing over user needs, setting vision and strategy for the Buyer App, maintaining and evangelizing the roadmap, performing Product Owner tasks, delivering business impact through robust prioritization, and collaborating effectively with various stakeholders.

Can you describe the team dynamic and culture at Bark?

The team at Bark emphasizes collaboration among Product, Design, and Engineering teams, promoting daily interaction and collective brainstorming. The culture is described as exciting and ambitious, focused on user delight and retention, and fostering an environment where innovative ideas can thrive.

What benefits and perks does Bark offer to its employees?

Bark offers several benefits including share options, a flexible working policy, private health insurance, personal annual learning and development budgets, enhanced Gympass membership, a fully stocked kitchen, financial advisory services, and regular wellness weeks, among others.

What does Bark value in its workforce?

Bark values diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB), and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. The company focuses on hiring, retaining, and developing a globally diverse workforce that supports its customers and excels in its platform.

What growth potential does Bark see for its Buyer App?

Bark believes that the Buyer App, while currently a small part of the business, has significant potential for growth and aims to enhance its value to users, similar to how Amazon transformed the market for physical products.

Bark.com

Technology
Industry
51-200
Employees
2014
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Here at Bark, we are on a mission to revolutionise and become the market leader, go to online marketplace for professional services. Bark is the UK’s largest & fastest growing services marketplace, helping people find the right professional for their project in over 1,500 unique categories. The business is already in scale up mode, profitable with a proven model but still has the feel and agility of a startup with a small team of just over 140 people and most of its work still to do. We use cutting-edge technology and an extraordinarily talented team of people to solve an age-old problem; how to find the best available professional for any job, every time no matter what the need. We are a dynamic, exciting, forward thinking business – but with the financial security of a PE backed, revenue generating established company – so you get all the benefits of working in a scale-up environment (ownership, agility, responsibility and stimulation) without any of the worry. We placed sixth on the The Sunday Times Tech Track 100 and with a presence in ten countries globally with imminent plans for further expansion you can join us at a genuinely exciting time where a true impact can be made.