AIApply — Remote / London
AIApply is growing fast (now +1m users), but the product needs to tighten up. We’re looking for an execution-first Product Manager on a contract basis to help improve product quality, simplify user flows, fix friction points, and ensure we deliver our core value consistently.
This is a hands-on role focused on fixing, improving, and shipping — not building slide decks.
What you’ll own
* End-to-end product quality
* Activation, onboarding, and feature adoption
* The short-term tactical roadmap
* Turning user feedback and data into clear product direction
* Working directly with founders, engineering, and support
* Shipping high-impact improvements quickly
What you’ll do
* Audit the product and identify friction, drop-offs, and confusing UX
* Improve onboarding, activation funnels, and key user flows
* Prioritise fixes and improvements that materially reduce churn
* Translate insights from PostHog + Stripe into clear actions
* Write tight, unambiguous specs for engineering
* Review support tickets and identify recurring issues
* Ensure features deliver value end-to-end
* Help structure meaningful but lightweight experiments
What you bring
* 5+ years of product management in a startup or SaaS environment
* Strong understanding of product metrics (activation, retention, funnels)
* Ability to turn chaos into clarity
* Experience improving onboarding or reducing churn
* Excellent communication — clear specs, clear decisions
* Fast, practical, no-nonsense execution
Strong nice-to-haves (not required)
These are differentiators, not deal-breakers:
* Ability to query your own data (SQL, PostHog)
* Experience with Stripe data (plans, churn, LTV, cohorts)
* Coding ability (PHP, Laravel, Python) to inspect code or run scripts
* Light ability to wireframe or create UX flows
* Previous experience with a high-growth consumer or prosumer product
If they tick one or two of these boxes, you’ve hit gold.
Success looks like (first 6–8 weeks)
* Top friction points identified and fixed
* Core flows noticeably smoother
* Fewer user complaints and clearer user value
* Clear prioritisation and roadmap for the next quarter
* Activation and retention trending in the right direction
* Engineering shipping the right things in the right order
Contract details
* 3–6 month contract (with option to extend)
* ~20–40 hours/week depending on candidate
* Remote or hybrid
* Competitive day rate
If you want, I’ll prepare:
* A very short LinkedIn version
* A take-home test that filters real PMs from talkers
* A scorecard to evaluate candidates
* Questions to identify execution vs. theory PMs