Mixam

Junior Product & Strategy Manager

Mixam

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Leavesden • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Junior

Tech Stack

Switching

About the role

  • - Support Product Managers with maintaining the product backlog and preparing clear user stories and requirements.
  • - Assist with gathering and documenting business needs from different teams.
  • - Join sprint planning, stand-ups, and other Agile ceremonies to help keep development work on track.
  • - Support user acceptance testing to ensure new features meet expectations.
  • - Carry out research on customers, competitors, and market trends to support product decisions.
  • - Analyse data and highlight trends or opportunities for improvements across digital and physical products.
  • - Own the product backlog and internal/customer requests, assessing the feasibility, operational impact, and ROI ensuring priorities are aligned with business value and available capacity.
  • - Map processes and help identify areas where workflows can be streamlined.
  • - Act as a clear point of contact between product, development, operations, marketing, and customer service.
  • - Help with tracking progress, planning workloads, and ensuring priorities are aligned across teams.
  • - Prepare notes, summaries, and follow-up actions to support ongoing projects.
  • - Assist with early-stage exploration for new product ideas and features.
  • - Help assess feasibility, costs, and customer impact for potential additions to our product range.
  • - Support launch preparation by coordinating assets, content, and internal communication.
  • - Keep documentation and project information well organised and easy for teams to access.
  • - Provide structured support to Product Managers and, when needed, leadership.
  • - Help maintain smooth communication and alignment across different departments.

Requirements

  • - Experience in product management, ecommerce, platform development, or a related product-focused role is helpful but not essential.
  • - Experience in a small company or startup environment is a strong advantage.
  • - Background in the print industry or working with ecommerce platforms is preferable.
  • - Experience working with global teams and cross-functional product workflows across digital and physical products is beneficial.
  • - Understanding of UX principles and the digital and physical product lifecycle is an advantage.
  • - Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the confidence to act as a clear link between teams.
  • - Highly organised, structured, and comfortable switching between tasks in a fast-moving environment.
  • - Confident working with data, spreadsheets, and general business tools.
  • - Analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills and a data-driven mindset.
  • - Familiarity with analytics tools, A/B testing, and performance tracking to support product decisions.
  • - Able to manage multiple tasks, prioritise effectively, and keep projects moving.
  • - Comfortable learning quickly, adapting to change, and contributing as a proactive team member.
  • - Experience using project management tools
  • - Proven ability to support or lead cross-functional work, including product launches, is a plus
  • - Track record of building processes from scratch is a huge plus.
Benefits
  • **Why This Role Might Suit You**
  • - You enjoy structured problem-solving but don’t want to be boxed into a single discipline.
  • - You like supporting a team while also having space to develop your own responsibilities.
  • - You’re looking for a hybrid role that blends product work, coordination, and strategic thinking.
  • - You want to grow into a Product Owner or Product Manager role over time.
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Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
product managementecommerceplatform developmentUX principlesdata analysisA/B testingperformance trackingbusiness analysisprocess mappingproject management
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationorganizational skillsproblem-solvinganalytical thinkingadaptabilityproactivitytask prioritizationteam supportleadership