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Overton is a socially conscious startup focused on making government policy more transparent: we help researchers, journalists and the public to see the evidence and influences behind real world guidelines, laws and regulations.
Want to see the research behind national climate change plans, or the influences pushing different COVID policies? Overton is where you go.
Our customers range from UN & EU agencies to think tanks, big charities and dozens of universities. Our primary product is a large, searchable database of government policy that we text mine to pull out topics, links to academic papers, people and more.
The founding team is experienced, friendly and genuinely cares about the space – we’d love you to join us.
We’re looking to hire an enthusiastic and talented product manager to help us accelerate our product development and take ownership of our new feature pipeline.
You’ll take responsibility for collecting and collating user requirements and feedback and translating this into technical tasks, working closely with our technical team of four, our data scientist, and the customer engagement group.
Day to day you’ll be looking after the existing product, scoping new features, prioritising tickets, and providing project management support. You’ll also play an important role in helping us to scope new product offerings and figuring out how to address new markets, by developing a deep understanding of Overton’s data, tech and skills and applying it to problems faced by users in our current markets as well as new audiences.
You’ll be adept at balancing the needs of different users, being their voice in the product development process and understanding how our product decisions support our growth plans. You’ll be working with colleagues across the wider team who engage with users and have specialist market knowledge, to analyse internal and external feedback on how the product is used and perceived and to help bring those ideas into the technical realm.
We deploy daily and you’ll be supporting changes customers can see from day one. Some recent key projects have included:
You’ll be joining us at an exciting stage of development and there’ll be lots of opportunity to try out new ideas, for professional development and to learn about developing a new product inside a start-up environment.
Our technology stack is PHP, Python, Postgres and Elasticsearch, with Javascript on the front end. We scrape and process a large number of documents from the web, index them and allow users to search them through our web app.
We don’t expect you to be writing code yourself but it would help if you’re technically minded and familiar with some of these technologies.
And these would be a bonus!
We know everyone works best in different ways so we offer flexible working as standard and we are offering this role as hybrid office/remote, with a minimum of 2 days per week in London (we have nice office space very close to Euston!).
We are a small team and mainly collaborate using Slack, video calls and regular all-company meetings to see each other in person.
1. Apply by emailing us on jobs@overton.io with your CV and a non-generic cover letter that explains why you are right for this role and why it interests you. We’ll get back to you within a week.
2. We’ll follow up by email with any questions we might have about your application, usually around logistics or your expectations about the role.
3. We’ll schedule an initial 30-minute call to discuss the role and your experience, to see if they look like a good fit.
4. We’ll schedule a more in-depth interview, which is typically 90 minutes long. The first hour is discussion, and the rest of the time is based on a short, practical take-home assignment or exercise during the interview if you’d prefer.
5. We’ll make an offer. We’ll be interviewing a number of candidates so there may be a short delay, but we will try to keep you informed throughout the process
Hybrid and flexible working
A supportive, friendly work environment within a company that cares about its staff and its impact on the world (we are accredited by the Living Wage Foundation and the FSB Good Business Charter and we’re aiming to become net zero this year!)
The chance to have a real, customer facing impact on the product and team from your first week here
Competitive salary, dependent on experience
We’ll provide a new Mac, PC or Linux laptop along with a stipend for other equipment
Enhanced employer pension contribution of 6%
Generous annual leave entitlement of 28 days per year excluding bank holidays
Enhanced family leave and pay policies (subject to full conditions, available on request) including:
After 6 months’ service, we’ll pay 90% of normal basic pay for the first 3 months of maternity leave and shared parental leave (less any taken as maternity/paternity leave)
After 6 months’ service, we’ll pay 90% of normal basic pay for 6 weeks of paternity leave
With no minimum length of service, you can take up to 6 weeks’ paternity leave, including 2 weeks paid at 90% of normal basic pay.
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