Senior Product Manager - Pre-Funding

As a Senior Product Manager - Pre-Funding at Oodle, your primary responsibilities include defining and delivering the product vision and strategy, conducting market research to identify trends and customer pain points, developing and maintaining a detailed product roadmap, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure timely and effective product launches. You'll also be tracking product performance and mentoring junior product managers.

To qualify for the Senior Product Manager - Pre-Funding role at Oodle, candidates should possess over 5 years of product management experience, especially in financial products or funding processes. A strong understanding of financial systems, APIs, and Agile methodologies, along with excellent communication and negotiation skills, is essential.

Oodle supports its Senior Product Managers by providing a collaborative working environment, opportunities for mentorship, as well as ample resources for professional development. You’ll work with talented cross-functional teams and have access to tools like JIRA and Confluence, ensuring you can effectively manage product lifecycles and drive results.

In the Senior Product Manager - Pre-Funding role at Oodle, you will be a pivotal member of a cross-functional team that includes engineering, marketing, and commercial departments. You’ll regularly collaborate with various stakeholders to align on objectives and ensure the pre-funding processes meet both customer and company goals.

As a Senior Product Manager - Pre-Funding at Oodle, you'll enjoy a range of benefits including a discretionary company bonus, private medical insurance, enhanced family leave, and generous holiday allowances. You'll also have access to employee discounts, health cash plans, and opportunities for community service, all aimed at promoting a healthy work-life balance.

When answering this question, focus on your ability to define and prioritize a product roadmap based on market research and user feedback. Share specific examples of how you've aligned product initiatives with business goals and how you communicated this effectively to your team.

Discuss the methods you employ to conduct thorough market research such as surveys, competitor analysis, and user interviews. Highlight how the insights gained from this research guided your product decisions and impacted product success.

Share your approach to mentoring, emphasizing the importance of regular feedback, setting clear expectations, and providing growth opportunities. Discuss how you foster an inclusive and supportive environment that encourages collaboration and learning.

Explain your methodology for prioritizing features based on customer needs, business impact, and technical feasibility. You can discuss tools or frameworks you utilize, such as the MoSCoW method or the RICE scoring model.

Describe your ability to mediate and negotiate between competing priorities by emphasizing communication and transparency. Share a specific example where you successfully resolved a conflict while ensuring all stakeholder needs were addressed.

Discuss the KPIs you believe are critical for evaluating product success, including user engagement, conversion rates, and customer feedback. Provide examples of how you have used data to inform product adjustments in past roles.

Describe your experience working closely with legal and compliance teams to ensure that products meet regulatory requirements. Provide insights into your process for integrating compliance considerations into product development.

When answering, emphasize your ability to build buy-in through data-driven insights, showcasing the value the feature could bring. Share examples of how you've engaged and persuaded team members in previous experiences.

Discuss the tools you utilize daily, such as project management software like JIRA or collaboration platforms like Confluence. Explain how these tools enhance your efficiency and communication with the team.

Reflect on a specific product that didn’t meet expectations. Discuss what went wrong, what you learned from the failure, and how you applied those lessons to future projects, emphasizing your growth as a product manager.