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Frank is changing students’ lives for the better. We do this with a disruptive twist through co-creation with good companies and our owners  —  the students. Since 2013 Frank has grown from an idea into a 10 person team based in the heart of Helsinki. We are looking for our next Product Manager, who already has experience in product development, preferably with a focus on mobile and web applications. It is both, a very hands on as well as strategical position integral for our company.


In August 2016 Frank introduced the first digital student card in Finland, which now has over 60 000 monthly active users and was awarded as the Best Mobile Utility Service in Finland at Slush 2016. In May 2017 our Product team was awarded as the Best Performing Team in Blue Arrow Awards. But we didn’t stop there.

The upcoming year will bring us a completely new playfield when we are opening our service for all students in Finland and doubling our potential customer reach, so there’s no better time for you to make an impact in student identification business in Finland.

 

Frank is looking for a Product Manager to steer our product development.

 

We at Frank believe in learning by doing, but for this position you should already have experience about product development and management, preferably with a focus on mobile and web applications. The role of the Product Manager includes many activities from strategic to tactical, i.e. you are responsible for defining the ‘why’, ‘what,’ and ‘when’ of our core product. You are the lead technical resource for the rest of the organization and also to our partners when deep product expertise is required.

 

Your main responsibilities will be:

  • Owning Frank’s product vision and strategy
  • Defining and communicating the product roadmap
  • Managing and updating a release plan outlining near-term deliverables
  • Defining the right problems to solve
  • Budgeting and resource allocation for product development
  • Leading and unblocking the product development team
  • Product team resourcing
  • Fostering a user-centric product development mindset
  • Setting and evaluating product success metrics on a constant basis
  • Contributing to the vision and roadmap of our overall business

 

What we expect from you:

  • Proven track record of managing software development teams
  • Understanding of two-sided marketplaces
  • Drive and hunger to grow business results through product
  • Working knowledge of common analytics tools and practices
  • Capability to make (even hard) decisions
  • Eye for empathy and team-building
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Proficiency in English

 

We are reeeally interested if in addition you can also:

  • Do user research
  • Jump in to help the team and solve minor development tasks on your own
  • Understand the possible complexity of building a multi-platform React application on top of a serverless backend architecture running on AWS with integrations to 3rd party systems
  • Design wireframes and UI mockups with Sketch to speed up our design process

 

We offer competitive salary and benefits, 10 awesome colleagues and a chance to make a concrete difference through your work. Frank serves the students in Finland, which is the most interesting and fast moving group of 0,5 million individuals to work for and with. We are also constantly developing our service, so you won’t run out of new things, dilemmas, opportunities and also partners to work with. Our office is located in Kaisaniemi at the heart of Helsinki.

We’re ready to seal the deal as soon as the right person is found, so don’t hesitate to apply immediately! If you’re not the one we’re looking for but know someone who might be, please hook us up! :) We will fill the position as soon as the right person is found.

Please send your resume or links to your LinkedIn profile and related work to rekry@frank.fi, accompanied with your regards on why you would be the person for the job and we will get in touch!

For more information please contact our Managing Director Tiia Lehtola 040 7713 581 or current Product Manager Petriina Piuhola 0400 450 605.

 

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

Free office snacks
Free office snacks

Peckish after lunch? We got your back with soft drinks, treats and fruit.

Pension plan
Pension plan

We take care of you, even when you are old and wrinkly.

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Working at
Frank Students

We are changing students’ lives for the better. We created the first mobile student ID in Finland and today our app has around 200 000 users from all around the country. We've served more than 1500 student discount campaigns from over 1000 partners. We also have an API product called Frank Connect for student verification. Come help us build new products for our student users in Finland! We are a dynamic and open team - like a highly motivated group of friends working together. In normal times we do weekly team lunches and about once a month get-togethers around games, hiking, movies or other experiences. At Frank, everyone knows everyone at the office, and if you want to pull together an afterwork, a team football session or an art gallery visit Frank has got your back. We are located in central Helsinki. Do, learn, repeat!  We don’t support hierarchic organisation structures – at Frank everyone can share their ideas and contribute to improving our product. We value everyone’s expertise and insights. We trust our team members to do their best, from where they want, when they want. We want to do, learn, repeat – failing is a normal part of learning as well.

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