VP Product
Checkatrade
<p style="min-height:1.5em">At Checkatrade, our north star is <strong>Powering Great Work</strong> — transforming the landscape for trades, consumers, and the next generation of skilled workers. As our next <strong>VP Product</strong>, you’ll have the mandate to shape what that mission looks like in practice. This is a rare chance to own product strategy and execution at one of the UK’s most recognised home services brands — reporting directly to the CEO, working at the intersection of consumer experience, trade-side tooling, marketplace dynamics, and AI. The foundations are strong. The opportunity ahead is enormous.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Forget long lists, here’s what you’ll actually spend your time on:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Setting and owning the multi-year product vision and roadmap — translating Checkatrade’s growth ambitions into a clear, prioritised strategy that the whole business can get behind.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Leading, coaching and growing all Product Managers across the business — building a culture of ownership, curiosity, and pace, and creating the conditions for PMs to do their best work.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Driving rigorous prioritisation and planning — balancing short-term commercial impact with long-term platform investment, and keeping the organisation moving at pace.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Leading the integration of AI and machine learning across the product — from search and matching to personalisation and automation — identifying where these tools can genuinely unlock step-change improvements in experience and efficiency.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Partnering closely with Marketing, Engineering, Design, Data, and Commercial teams to make sure product decisions are grounded in real user needs and real business outcomes.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Representing the product function in board and investor conversations — communicating roadmap, progress, and trade-offs with clarity and confidence.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>It’s not about ticking every box. It’s about turning up curious, ready to crack on. You’ll do well here if you bring:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A solid background in senior product leadership — you’ve owned product direction end-to-end and built high-performing PM teams from the ground up.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proven experience in a two-sided marketplace or platform business — you understand supply and demand dynamics, network effects, and what it actually takes to grow a marketplace.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Demonstrable experience building and shipping AI-powered product features — from concept through to production, with a clear view on where the technology adds genuine value versus noise.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong commercial acumen and the ability to connect product decisions to revenue, retention, and growth — combined with exceptional communication skills that work equally well with a cross-functional team or a board room.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>We believe great work deserves great rewards. Here’s just a taste:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Competitive salary + annual bonus</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Employee Share Programme</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Health, well-being and learning support</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Gym membership, Smart Tech Scheme and Cycle Scheme</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Birthday/Special day leave</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Buy & sell holiday scheme</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">1 week’s paid charity leave and much more!</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>How we’ll get to know each other:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Screening call with Laura Scott, Talent Acquisition</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">45 minute interview with Jambu Palanippan (CEO </p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">120 minute (split in two) Scenario based interview with Ashley Bartley (Chief People Officer, Gabriella Overeem (VP, Consumer), Gorden Pretorius (Chief Technology Officer), Mickael Barjoud (VP, Leads)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Final stage interview incl case study presentation with Jambu Palaniappan (CEO), Ashley Bartley (Chief People Officer), Mathieu Proust (Chief Operating Officer), and Gorden Pretorius (Chief Technology Officer)</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Need sponsorship to work in the UK? We can support Skilled Worker visa applications for this role.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">If this sounds like the place where you can do your best work, we’d love to hear from you, even if you don’t tick every box.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Want to join our Talent Community and be one of the first to know about our vacancies? Register your interest on our </strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/checkatrade/form/register-interest"><strong><u>Registration Form</u></strong></a></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>About us<br /><br /></strong>We’re Checkatrade – the UK’s leading platform for finding a tradesperson. With more than 50,000 trades listed and over 6 million reviews, we help homeowners get jobs done right and help tradespeople grow their business.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We’re growing fast, with big plans to become the go-to brand for home improvements. If you care about great work, take pride in the details, and want to make an impact, you’ll fit right in.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p>Find <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.co.uk">Jobs in United Kingdom</a> on Arbeitnow</a>