Junior Product Manager

Urban Jungle; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing insurance company in the UK is seeking a Junior Product Manager to enhance customer experiences through design and innovation. This role involves hands-on involvement in the product lifecycle, working closely with various teams to address business challenges. Ideal candidates should possess strong communication skills, a passion for product management, and a willingness to learn about the insurance sector. Enjoy a flexible working environment, with opportunities for rapid progression, performance-related share options, and a supportive team culture.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave

Share options

Dedicated development budget

Well-being support

Rapid progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Early in product career or passionate about product management
• Track record of working effectively across teams
• Excited about changing the financial industry

Responsibilities

• Support business problems collaborating across teams
• Contribute to projects from scoping to launch
• Measure performance and advocate for improvements

Skills

Strong communication skills

Critical thinking

Job description

At Urban Jungle, we’re making insurance fair - to people, planet and wallets. We're one of the fastest-growing businesses in the UK, working to fix one of the biggest industries in the world.

We put customers at the heart of everything we do, using data and technology to make insurance simple, flexible, and affordable.

We care about our impact on the planet, becoming a B Corp in 2022 and offsetting our carbon emissions every year.

So far, we’ve helped 300,000 customers get better insurance and become one of the top-rated home insurance providers in the UK.

We placed 1st in Tempo's 2024 award for best startup to work for, and are in the top 10 of Deloitte’s Fast 50. We’ve raised over £43m in funding to date to help us with our mission.

We’re looking for people to join our team of kind, talented people on a mission to change the insurance industry for good.

About the role

As a Junior Product Manager at Urban Jungle, you’ll be right at the heart of how we design, build, and improve the experiences that thousands of our customers interact with everyday. You’ll work closely with our engineering, design, and operations teams to take ideas from problem to prototype to launch.

You’ll get hands‑on experience across the full product lifecycle: from streamlining our purchase flow to help more customers convert, to improving our claims journey to make it smoother and more transparent, to launching entirely new products, to building internal tools that power our operations (and so much more). From day one, you’ll be digging into data, defining problems, and shipping real features.

Here’s what you’ll get up to:

• You’ll be supporting our biggest business problems from the get-go, collaborating across various teams in the business, including insurance, operations, commercial, and of course, working very closely with our engineering teams.
• On larger projects, you’ll contribute to the scoping, development, testing, and eventual launch of features. On smaller projects, you’ll get the chance to own the problem space end to end.
• Once you’ve shipped key features, you’ll help measure performance, identify improvements, and advocate for changes to make our products even better.
• Of course, as a startup we’ll also expect you to roll your sleeves up and get involved wherever the company needs you.

You’ve read this far! Here’s what we need from you:

• You’re either early on in your product career, or incredibly passionate about getting into product management after a stint in a commercial environment (e.g in Marketing or Partnerships).
• You have strong communication skills and a track record of working effectively across teams
• We are changing a huge financial industry - you are excited about being a part of this big opportunity (even if you know nothing about Insurance right now!)
• You’ll have the ability to think critically with experience in leveraging business data to drive results.

These requirements are a guide as to what we’re looking for, but if you don’t have all of the skills listed above, that’s okay! Please don’t let that hold you back from applying if the role excites you.

About the process

We have designed a process that aims to get the right candidate working here as quickly as possible. If things are moving too slow for you, tell us!

It starts with an initial phone chat. Then we’ll ask you to complete a take‑home task which is timeboxed to 2.5 hours which you’ll present at an in‑person interview with our Product Director. Finally, you’ll get a chance to meet several members of the wider team.

About our offer

We’re taking an office‑centric approach to work (with lots of flexibility built‑in) and the team is based in Oval, London.

In addition to our positive, open working environment, you can expect the following benefits of working at Urban Jungle:

• A starting salary of between £32,000 - £50,000*, depending on product management experience.
• Share options that can increase alongside performance and growth.
• 25 days paid annual leave,plus public holidays.
• Rapid Progression.We’ll give you the opportunity to experience loads, and develop rapidly. You’ll get tons of responsibility from day one, and all the feedback, coaching and support you need to fuel your career growth.
• Real Impact.You’ll work on big, interesting problems that will challenge you, and do so in a way that has a positive impact on people’s lives, the planet and our community.
• A Clear Plan. We’ll give you the clarity on what we want to achieve, with the freedom and autonomy for you to decide how we get there.
• The Best People.You’ll be surrounded by teammates who are exceptional at what they do, whilst being kind, honest people who champion our values.
• A dedicated development budget,access to a senior mentor, and training on whatever you need to do your job well.
• Well‑being support.We’re committed to supporting both physical and mental well‑being through access to therapy, weekly onsite yoga, and subsidised sports clubs.
• Enhanced parental leave, and support for parents returning to work.
• All. The. Fun.We regularly organise awesome socials and have some vibrant team communities such as book club and foodies.

*If our advertised salary doesn’t suit your current expectations, just let us know.

About our commitment

Urban Jungle is an equal opportunity employer and fairness and respect are at the heart of who we are and how we work. We do not discriminate based on race, age, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or disability. We know that in order to build a truly successful business, we need a team of diverse individuals who can offer a variety of skills, experiences and perspectives.