Junior Product Manager

Product Owner / Junior Product Manager

Location: London Hybrid working Employment: Full-time, permanent Salary: £45,000–£50,000 + benefits Reports to: Head of Operations and Business Excellence

We are Catalyx - Ideas, Built Right!

We help leading brands maximize their product & innovation potential, from initial insight discovery all the way through to successful in-market performance, with a specific focus on tangible products that consumers can handle, taste, or feel.

Our team collaborates with clients in over 50 countries, using our product, Catalyx Canvas, a transparent framework & interface that unites strategy, creativity, research, and validation. It clearly shows clients what information they have, what is missing, and provides the necessary tools to fill those gaps, leveraging AI-enabled creativity and consumer research discovery.

About the Role

We are looking for a Product Owner / Junior Product Manager to help develop and deliver our insight-driven product.

Our product is designed to support client insight and product development, helping our clients make more informed, data-driven decisions.

This is a hands-on role where you'll work closely with our Head of Operations & Business Excellence and cross-functional teams to turn business and client needs into practical product improvements. You'll have genuine ownership of the day-to-day product development process, while working with senior leadership on longer-term priorities and direction.

As a small, growing agency, you'll have the opportunity to make a visible impact. You'll be close to the decisions, work directly with senior stakeholders and see the results of your work quickly.

This role would suit someone with a few years of experience in product, product ownership, digital delivery or a related role who is ready to take on greater responsibility and develop their career in product management.

What You'll Do

Product & Prioritisation

• Work with the Head of Operations and Business Excellence to develop and maintain the product roadmap

• Gather and prioritise product and client requirements through stakeholder discussions, research, feedback and data

• Translate business and client needs into clear product requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria

• Manage and maintain the product backlog, ensuring priorities and requirements are clear to the wider team

• Make day-to-day prioritisation decisions within the agreed product strategy, escalating larger strategic or commercial decisions where appropriate

• Identify opportunities to improve the product based on client needs, user feedback and product performance

• Take ownership of comms to keep the leadership team informed

Product Delivery

• Work closely with development, engineering and other teams to support the delivery of product improvements

• Participate in sprint planning, reviews and other Agile or iterative development processes

• Help ensure requirements are clearly understood and delivered to the expected standard

• Track progress, identify potential issues and help resolve blockers

• Support the planning and delivery of product releases and improvements

• Balance competing priorities and keep stakeholders informed of progress

Clients & Stakeholders

• Act as a key point of contact for day-to-day product-related questions across the agency

• Work with client-facing teams to understand client needs and translate feedback into actionable product improvements

• Help communicate product updates and changes to internal and client-facing teams

• Support client conversations where product knowledge or input is required

• Build strong working relationships across product, technical, client success teams

Product Performance & Improvement

• Monitor product usage, engagement and other relevant metrics

• Use qualitative and quantitative data to identify opportunities for improvement

• Collect and synthesise client and internal feedback

• Help evaluate the impact of product changes and use learnings to inform future development

• Support the Head of Operations and Business Excellence with longer-term product planning and development

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who is organised, analytical, curious and comfortable taking ownership.

You don't need to have a long career in product management, but you'll need to demonstrate that you can understand problems, work with different stakeholders and turn ideas into clear, actionable work.

You'll ideally have:

• 2–4 years' experience in product management, product ownership, digital delivery, project delivery or a related role

• Experience working across some or all stages of the product lifecycle

• Experience gathering and translating requirements into clear, actionable outputs

• Experience working with technical, design or development teams

• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills

• A data-informed approach to problem-solving and decision-making

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional teams

• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum or other iterative development approaches

• The confidence to ask questions, challenge assumptions and make recommendations

• A proactive, hands-on approach and willingness to get into the detail

• The ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment

It Would Be Great If You Also Have

• Experience working with insight, research, consulting or data-driven products

• Experience working with client-driven or B2B products

• Familiarity with product analytics tools such as Amplitude, Mixpanel or Google Analytics

• Experience conducting user research, usability testing or gathering customer feedback

• Experience working with SaaS or digital products

• An understanding of technical concepts and how digital products are built

What Success Looks Like

we'd expect you to:

• Build a strong understanding of our product, clients and business

• Take ownership of the day-to-day product backlog and prioritisation

• Establish strong working relationships with technical, client-facing and internal teams

• Help ensure product improvements are clearly defined and delivered effectively

• Bring structure and clarity to product development

• Use client feedback and product data to identify meaningful improvements

• Help increase product engagement, adoption and client satisfaction

• Give the Operations Director confidence that day-to-day product activity is being effectively managed

Why Join Us?

We're a small, growing company which means this isn't a role where you'll be one person in a large product department.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Have genuine ownership and influence over a growing product

• Work directly with the Head of Operations and senior leadership

• See the impact of your decisions quickly

• Work across product, technology, client and commercial activity

• Develop your product management experience in a broad, hands-on role

• Make a tangible contribution to how our clients use insight and data

• Work in a collaborative environment where ideas and initiative are encouraged

If you're looking for a role where you can take ownership, learn quickly and have a real influence on a product, we'd love to hear from you.