About the Role
This is the first Associate Product Manager role at Picnic, sitting at the center of the company's mission to drive a higher quality ad-funded internet by commercializing its PIQ platform.
Responsibilities
- Own the measurement and reporting of platform health, including data coverage, freshness, and accuracy across priority markets.
- Ensure the core data acquisition runs to the required standard for products.
- Independently investigate data issues by writing queries or scripts to identify root causes.
- Support the delivery of data licensing partnerships, facilitating data integration and usage with licensing platforms.
- Contribute to new quality signals for advertiser products by gathering requirements and shaping development.
- Write clear specifications, decision records, and document reasoning.
Requirements
- Possess a STEM degree or equivalent evidence of rigorous thinking (e.g., maths, engineering, computer science, physics, statistics).
- Proficient in writing SQL and Python for independent data interrogation and analysis.
- Demonstrate clarity of thought and structured thinking, with the ability to make decisions with incomplete information.
- Ability to create order in unstructured environments and work through problems autonomously.
- Communicate clearly with engineers and commercial colleagues, adapting communication style for different audiences.
- Genuine interest in how technology and systems function.
Skills
- SQL
- Python
- Data Analysis
- Technical Writing
- Problem Solving
- Communication
Location
- Bankside office (hybrid)
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Associate
Education Level
- STEM degree or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- £30-40k
Benefits
- Flexible, hybrid working setup
- 33 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
- Additional Christmas shutdown
- Private Medical Insurance
- Inclusive parental leave policy
- Great office
- Regular socials
- Picnic Thursdays
- Summer Fridays
- 'Work from Roam' opportunities
About the Company
- Picnic's mission is to drive a higher quality ad-funded internet by building technology that helps brands make better advertising decisions.
- Picnic is a fast-growing, founder-led startup that has built PIQ, a strong independent media quality dataset for the open web.
- PIQ is a profitable data licensing business, with its data integrated into platforms where media is bought and sold.
- The company is focused on commercializing its platform, growing licensing partnerships, extending measurement into YouTube and CTV, and using quality data to improve advertiser outcomes.
