Renting a new home can be stressful and expensive. At Zero Deposit, we’re changing that. We are a market-defining business on a mission to make renting easier, faster and fairer. We will only do that with an exceptional team, a market-leading product and an amazing customer experience.
Your experience at Zero Deposit will be different to a traditional insurer or broker. We’re using insurance to bring an antiquated process up to date and improve it beyond that. We combine technology, data and user-centric design to deliver faster decisions, better outcomes and a more scalable operating model.
We are building out our products, services and experiences that will transform Zero Deposit from individual products and journeys into a single, scalable, connected experience across customers, partners and internal teams.
The Product Manager will play a key role in coordinating and delivering the product roadmap, working closely with engineering and stakeholders to turn ideas and proposals into execution.
This role exists to help deliver the roadmap needed to execute this vision, including:
Coordinate the product roadmap, ensuring stakeholder input is captured and communicated clearly
Work with stakeholders to ensure all projects, features and objectives are clearly defined and understood before delivery
Facilitate sprint ceremonies and own the product management tooling (Shortcut) to support effective delivery
Support roadmap planning by managing capacity and resourcing visibility, enabling stakeholders to make informed investment decisions based on cost and benefit.
Coordinate the short and long-term product roadmap, ensuring it aligns to company and product objectives. Our roadmap focuses on shaping how the company evolves to support multiple products and growth, so you will help co-ordinate the delivery of these key items.
Facilitate prioritisation of roadmap items, ensuring stakeholders understand the impact of decisions on delivery timelines, customer outcomes and technology stability.
Support shaping product opportunities before development by contributing to discovery, challenging assumptions and helping define clear problem statements
Translate product ideas into clear, structured work for engineering, including writing requirements and managing the backlog
Work closely with engineering teams through sprint planning, backlog refinement and agile delivery processes
Track delivery progress, proactively managing risks and keeping stakeholders informed on timelines and outcomes
Drive collaboration between teams by aligning requirements, facilitating planning and update sessions, and ensuring clear communication throughout delivery
Support governance of product spend, ensuring work remains aligned to budget and priorities
Work across product, engineering, operations, compliance, marketing and partnerships to gather requirements and align delivery
Co-ordinate changes/releases across the business to ensure successful implementation and adoption
Communicate plans, priorities and decisions clearly so teams understand what is being built and why
Coordinate product launches, ensuring all teams are prepared to support new features and changes
Provide internal training and guidance so teams understand the product and how to support customers effectively
Proven experience in a Product Manager or Delivery roles within a Insurtech or tech led business
Strong experience owning and delivering product roadmaps end to end
Experience working closely with engineering teams in agile environments
Experience with implementing and using AI tools to increase efficiency
Ability to translate complex ideas into clear, actionable requirements
Strong stakeholder management across multiple business functions
Experience in insurance or a regulated environment
Experience building or scaling platform-based or multi-product systems
Strong technical literacy, with the ability to engage in both business and technical discussions and act as a bridge between the two
Experience working on insurance products, whether through digital product delivery, operational platforms or insurance product management
Strategic thinking with strong delivery focus
Clear and structured communication
Customer-centric mindset
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, scaling environment
Ownership and accountability for outcomes
In addition to your salary, we offer the following benefits.
An additional 1 day off for your birthday.
Work in the way that suits you; we care about what you achieve, not when you do it. For roles that allow it, we're happy for you to work flexibly in a way that allows you to succeed.
A working environment that supports and enables you. Our partnership with sanctus.io provides free and anonymous mental health, leadership and life coaching.
Life insurance while you are working with us. (UK Only)
Company pension scheme.
Referral, wellness and volunteering program
