Senior Product Manager
Robert Half have partnered with a high‑growth organisation based in London who are looking to engage an experienced Senior Product Manager to support the evolution of a marketplace platform as it scales internationally.
This is an initial 6‑month, Inside IR35 contract, focused on owning and delivering product outcomes across payments, transactions, and market place capabilities, including the 0‑to‑1 delivery of new platform products and features.
Responsibilities
1. Own and evolve core product domains within a transaction heavy e‑commerce and marketplace platform
2. Lead 0‑to‑1 product delivery, taking new platform capabilities from concept and discovery through MVP and into production
3. Define and deliver the roadmap for payments, transactions, and commerce capabilities, including multi‑currency and cross‑border flows
4. Translate complex transaction logic (payments, fees, commissions, refunds, reconciliation, chargebacks) into clear product requirements
5. Partner with engineering to design API led platform capabilities for frontend, mobile, partner, and third‑party use cases
6. Support marketplace specific product needs, including seller on boarding, pricing logic, payouts, and operational workflows
7. Balance short‑term delivery with long‑term platform scalability and resilience
8. Own backlog management, prioritisation, and discovery within your product area
9. Act as the primary point of alignment across product, engineering, design, finance, and commercial teams
Required Skills & Experience
10. Proven experience as a Senior Product Manager owning complex, technical product areas
11. Demonstrable experience delivering products from 0‑to‑1, including problem definition, discovery, MVP launch, and iteration
12. Strong background across transactions, payments, and financial flows within e‑commerce or marketplace platforms
13. Significant experience working on marketplace products, including multi‑party payments, commissions, fees, and payouts
14. Deep understanding of e‑commerce fundamentals such as checkout, pricing, promotions, order lifecycle, and refunds
15. Comfortable owning products built on backend and platform services, APIs, and distributed systems
16. Experience operating across multiple regions, currencies, and regulatory environments
17. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, particularly with senior engineering and architecture teams
Contract Details
18. Initial 6‑month contract with strong potential to extend
19. Inside IR35
20. London based assignment with hybrid working
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