Overview:Start date:

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Senior Product ManagerVisa sponsorship:

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants should have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.Background checks:

Due to the nature of the work we do with global governments and partners, all employees need to pass background checks, verifying your identity, education (if relevant), work history, sanctions, criminal record, adverse financial history and right to work.You can expect to hear from us, no matter the outcome, by:

1st AugustSalary expectations:

We aim for transparency on salary bands. If our range is misaligned with your expectations, we’d welcome an open conversation as early as possible.RoleWe’re growing our Product team to deliver more valuable and seamless experiences for public servants around the world. As we expand our features and reach, we’re hiring a Junior Product Manager to help us stay organised, move quickly, and make better product decisions with data.This is a hands-on role for someone eager to learn product craft in a cross-functional, fast-moving environment. You’ll support the product team in everything from sprint planning and backlog grooming to user research, QA, and analytics. You won’t be expected to know it all already, but you should be eager to ask questions, automate what’s repetitive, and help the team deliver value faster and better.You’ll work closely with Product Managers, designers, and engineers to scope and ship features, run experiments, and turn user insights into action. Your work will directly support Apolitical’s goals around engagement, retention, and product scalability to help make governments smarter.What you''ll be doing:Helping plan sprints, track delivery, and maintain our backlog and documentationWriting SQL or Python queries and creating lightweight dashboards to inform decisionsDrafting QA test plans and running tests before new features go livePrototyping AI-based tools and no-code automations to improve internal workflowsTriage product feedback and help turn insights into actionsContributing to user research by writing surveys, preparing interviews, and synthesising findingsRole expectationsWithin one month, you will…Be onboarded into our tools, workflows, and current roadmapStart helping triage bugs, update tickets, and run basic QAJoin sprint planning and surface blockers or risksWithin three months, you will…Contribute to user research planning and documentationRun your own QA passes for new featuresSet up simple dashboards or write basic SQL queries to track product metricsWithin six months, you will…Own a recurring product operations process (e.g. triaging feedback, writing release notes)Prototype an automation or AI tool that improves team efficiencyContribute analysis or research to guide product decisionsAbout youThis is a great fit if you…Get excited by solving practical problems with research, logic, and dataLike thinking in systems and are comfortable juggling moving partsAre curious about how digital products are built and improvedCan break complex ideas into simple explanations and structured plansLove a good spreadsheet, query, or debugging sessionWant to work on products that aim to make government work betterThis likely won’t be the right role if you…Prefer fully scoped tasks and predictable workflowsAre looking for a narrow or highly specialised role — this one is broad by designAren’t interested in analytics, research, or technical toolsDon’t meet every single expectation? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Apolitical is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.Application ProcessApolitical uses Applied in our recruitment. Applied aims to overcome unconscious bias in recruiting. Instead of using your CV alone, we''ll be asking you to answer questions to test skills needed for the role. The answers are then anonymised, and reviewed in a random order by members of our team.The Applied platform also asks some demographic questions before you start your application. No one at Apolitical sees the answers to these demographic questions with your application. We only see summary statistics to help us check if our candidate pool is balanced and if everyone has an equal chance to get hired irrespective of their background. If you prefer, you can easily opt out of answering these questions.Using AI in your application answersAt Apolitical, we embrace new technologies and encourage the use of AI in our work. However, as AI becomes more prevalent, it can be difficult to distinguish between machine-generated content and the unique perspectives of candidates. We’re excited to see how you use AI tools to structure and refine your answers, but we value your unique insights above all else. Ensure your application reflects your voice and how your skills align with our mission.