Senior Product Manager, Commerce (FTE)
Location: MailMetroMedia Headquarters – London
About Mail Metro Media
Mail Metro Media is the unified advertising division of dmg media, representing some of Britain’s most popular media brands; Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, MailOnline, Metro and Metro.co.uk and now the i and inews.co.uk
Reaching 1 in 5 UK adults every single day and over 70% of the population every month across all of our titles, we have the largest printed scale and most engaged websites in the UK.
Our brands communicate to unique audiences from 16 to 75+ – offering an unrivalled marketplace for brands to advertise.
The Mail Metro team provides one single point of contact across print, digital and more, allowing agencies and advertisers easy access to the millions of consumers who engage with us daily. Each department is equipped to support seamless cross-platform delivery across all brands.
Job Introduction
Commerce is an increasingly important growth revenue stream across the MailMetroMedia (MMM) portfolio. As such, we are looking for a Senior Product Manager who will be responsible for ideation, evaluation, and delivery of our developing product suite for new commerce revenue streams.
The focus of this role will be to manage new and existing product development, working with commercial, editorial and developments teams to ensure we maintain MailMetroMedia reputation of being an innovative industry leader when it comes to evolving our affiliates product book and commerce content.
Main Responsibilities
Commerce Product Suite Development
- Develop and implement product-based solutions to strategies to increase the revenue opportunities across the Mail Metro Media Commerce portfolio
- Oversee commerce product optimisation and development across owned and operated platforms (desktop, mobile, Android App, iOS App) and emerging offsite platforms (social, e.g., TikTok, YouTube, Apple News, podcasts, MSN, and others)
- Analyse and advance commercial models to enhance value and increase competition from all commerce solutions and how this fits into our wider onsite/platform ecosystem
- Internal liaison between Dev, Commerce Sales and Commerce Editorial, for all product development
- Liaise directly with development team to manage the product life cycle from ideation to execution
- Consistently assessing the prioritisation of all product work streams in line with revenue expectations and regularly communicate to key stakeholders on any performance, changes and any impact to the business
- Act as the spokesperson for product development both internally and externally and ensure close connections with other product stakeholders to define a future-facing strategy across all commercial mechanics
Additional Responsibilities
- Evaluate, report on, and optimize existing product suite for commerce
- With our wider commercial analysts, track and estimate the incremental revenue growth from product development
- Make data-driven decisions on sunsetting products that do not meet performance expectations
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Ensure alignment of commerce product development with overall business objectives and strategies
Person Specification
- Market Knowledge: A solid understanding of commerce and affiliates marketing
- Expertise in Product: A proven track record in developing new commerce products to meet the expectations and future requirements of the market. A minimum 3 years’ experience working within digital product development
- Strategic Operator: Ability to interoperate through various stakeholders from editorial to commercial and ensure all parties are onboard
- Innovative Mindset: An appetite to launch first to market solutions and push the boundaries of commercial products and strategies to monetise.
- Results-Oriented Approach: A focus on measurable outcomes, with expertise driving revenue and monitoring product trends and revenue.
Why work for Mail Metro Media
- Be part of the biggest media organisation in UK
- Work in a fast paced, vibrant environment where the core values of entrepreneurialism, purpose and excellence resonate in our daily activities
- Work with a range of creative partners and suppliers
- Gain an unrivalled opportunity to shape the business and put your own stamp on it
- Delight our readers with exciting content, and impressive retail and travel experiences
- Join a distinct culture with a strong sense of family heritage behind it
- One of Campaign’s top 100 Best Places to Work 2024
Package Description
Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:
- 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
- Upon joining you will be automatically enrolled onto the Pension Plan at the minimum level of 5% employee contribution, 3% Company contribution.
- Life cover under the Pension Plan 4x your basic salary.
- DMGT Discounts (for discounts on online shopping, vouchers and reloadable cards)
- Subsidised canteen
- Onsite gym (Northcliffe House only)
- Onsite nurse and GP clinics (Northcliffe House only)
- Our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted dining cards
Plus many other benefits….
Our Commitment
We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.
We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.
