Job Description
About the Role
As a Product Manager Graduate Trainee, your journey will equip you with the knowledge, skills and behaviours to become a fully-fledged Product Manager. You will also be working within one of the biggest employers in the North East; our employees and the community were we operate are at the heart of what we do.
You will have the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of our member needs, the market and competitors and more importantly, the role the Society can play. You will have the opportunity to build strong relationships across the team, your key stakeholder groups and the senior team. From here you will be able to push the bar higher for how you work, bring others on a journey and deliver new initiatives and improvements to existing products and policies.
Love a challenge?
We are committed to offering you the opportunity to learn and experience things beyond your role that will support your career development through a team challenge project with our Early Talent community.
We’re passionate about our programme and always looking for ways to evolve and improve and that’s where’ll you come in. We really want to hear your ideas throughout your time with us, so you’ll have lots of opportunity to suggest new and innovative ways of working.
Like what you see? It’s easy to apply were all you need to do is submit a short application form & CV via our online portal. Our approach to selection is through an assessment centre which will include a competency based interview, an activity specific to the business area that you have applied for and a group task. We anticipate that this will take place 1st June.
About You
- We’re looking for an enthusiastic and resourceful individual, who is passionate about working with others and considering different perspectives whilst being comfortable with decision making and problem solving.
- You should have a minimum of a 2:1 honors degree in any field.
- An ability to communicate effectively with others via a range of methods is essential. You will need to be organised and great at planning ahead as well as being able to prioritise and manage your time.
- Be able to demonstrate basic understanding and usage of a personal computing device with basic IT administration skills.
For full details please download the role profile.
About Us
Product & Commercial play a pivotal role to the Society’s success by managing all activities relating to product and propositional performance and commercial delivery.
As an inclusive employer we aim to reflect the communities we serve in order to drive the right colleague, customer and business outcomes. We encourage applications from candidates from a variety of backgrounds and life experiences, providing the diversity of thought required to constructively challenge and drive innovation.
What do you get in return? As well as receiving a competitive annual salary based on above-market pay scales, our reward package includes:
- A 35-hour weekly contract + flexible working options
- 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays (rising to 30 days with length of service)
- Bonus scheme
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance and income protection
- Access to a range of wellbeing benefits
- Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Above statutory family leave entitlement
- The option to buy extra holidays
- Two paid volunteering days each year
- A broad range of learning and development opportunities
- Hybrid working - we welcome any discussions around where, how and when people work including part-time hours.
We have refreshed our approach to recruitment and have outlined a new process of remote selection and on boarding.
Upon starting a new role with us, we will ensure you are equipped with the correct tools and technologies to enable you to do your best work within your hybrid arrangement.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £24,968.00 per year
Benefits:
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Wallsend: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Wallsend
Application deadline: 23/04/2023
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