Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
The Financial Times (FT) is a globally recognised news organisation known for its authority, integrity and accuracy. Our Product & Tech teams deliver cutting-edge products to over one million digital subscribers daily, driving growth through a diverse and dynamic group of specialists. We offer a supportive culture, entrepreneurial spirit and limitless career opportunities.

The FT app is a key channel for subscriber engagement, and we see significant potential to enhance it further. We are seeking an experienced Product Manager with strong expertise in native and/or cross-platform mobile apps to join at a pivotal moment. Working alongside our Principal Product Manager, engineering and design teams, you will help turn our app strategy into reality by delivering improvements and building capabilities for its ongoing evolution.

This role offers the chance to shape a product used by a highly engaged global audience and to help establish a stronger mobile product discipline within the FT.

What you'll be doing
- Help shape the future of the FT app by translating long-term strategy into clear product requirements, priorities and a deliverable roadmap.
- Bring specialist mobile product knowledge to influence app experience decisions, challenge assumptions and leverage native device capabilities.
- Develop a deep understanding of customers, their behaviours and key moments of engagement using research, analytics and experimentation.
- Champion a mobile-first approach ensuring the app complements the web experience and meets customer needs.
- Collaborate across product teams to deliver a coherent, premium app experience that drives meaningful business value.
- Own and prioritise areas of the app roadmap balancing customer value, strategic impact, technical dependencies and commercial outcomes.
- Work closely with engineering, design, data and editorial teams to take initiatives from discovery through development, release and iteration.
- Deliver features that enhance daily routines including navigation, discovery, personalisation, notifications, offline use and device continuity.
- Explore opportunities to make FT journalism more engaging through native mobile interactions and seamless multimedia experiences.
- Collaborate with teams managing identity, subscriptions and customer lifecycle to enhance acquisition, engagement, retention and growth.
- Establish success metrics, use experimentation and customer feedback to optimise the app experience.
- Ensure performance, accessibility, reliability and usability are fundamental to the product.
- Act as a mobile product expert within the FT, sharing best practices and helping establish effective ways of working for iOS and Android.
- Stay informed on mobile technology trends, customer expectations and emerging capabilities relevant to the FT.

Experience
- Proven mobile app product management experience delivering meaningful improvements to consumer-facing iOS and/or Android apps, ideally at scale or with complex customer journeys.
- Practical understanding of native and/or cross-platform mobile technologies and ability to engage in technical discussions.
- Familiarity with Apple and Google platform conventions, app store policies, submission and release processes, in-app purchases, push notifications and device capabilities.
- Strong fundamentals in customer discovery, problem definition, prioritisation, roadmap management, experimentation and measuring outcomes.
- Proven delivery experience working iteratively with cross-functional engineering and design teams.
- Customer and commercial focus using qualitative and quantitative evidence to inform decisions and evaluate success.
- Collaborative and influential working style, comfortable navigating organisational boundaries.
- Ability to operate effectively amid ambiguity, turning strategic ambition into practical action.

About you
- Experienced in subscription-based digital products, preferably in publishing, media or habit-forming consumer services.
- Skilled in developing products combining native and web-based capabilities.
- Knowledgeable about personalisation, content discovery, notifications, offline functionality or features driving regular app engagement.
- Experience working with external development partners while maintaining internal product ownership.
- Passionate about helping organisations establish or mature mobile product development practices.

Qualifications
No specific formal qualifications required; emphasis is on relevant experience, skills and a proactive, collaborative approach.