Product Manager (6 Month FTC)
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About Rotageek
Rotageek helps businesses optimise staff scheduling through data-driven technology. By leveraging machine learning and advanced algorithms, we enable companies to forecast demand, improve workforce management, and empower employees with greater control over their schedules. Our solutions drive operational efficiency, enhance customer experiences, and reduce staff turnover across the retail and healthcare sectors.
Rotageek is now part of the ELMO Software group, strengthening our ability to deliver industry-leading workforce management solutions as part of a broader, award-winning HR technology ecosystem.
Our Values: What We Live By
🫶Start With People - We remember our work affects real people, so we take the time to listen, understand and act with care.
🤝Own It, Together - We take responsibility for our part, support each other through the messy bits, and focus on fixing things rather than finding blame.
🙌Clear Is Kind - We speak honestly and with care. We don’t avoid difficult conversations, and we make sure people have the clarity they need to move forward.
Summary
We’re looking for a Product Manager or Senior Product Manager to own one of our most strategically important product areas: Distribution Centre Workforce Operations.
This is a high-impact role focused solely on adapting and extending Rotageek’s workforce management capabilities for DC and logistics environments, where precision scheduling, labour optimisation and operational responsiveness have immediate P&L impact. You’ll work at the intersection of product strategy and technical execution, collaborating closely with engineers, data scientists, designers and customers to build products that genuinely transform how distribution centres manage their workforce.
Key Responsibilities
Product Ownership
Input into and deliver the roadmap for Distribution Centre products
Translate complex operational requirements into a clear product vision and tangible user value
Partner with engineering and data science to shape features, architecture and technical investments
Define measurable outcomes for adoption, operational impact and customer satisfaction
Align product strategy with Rotageek’s commercial objectives, including retention, expansion and market differentiation
Distribution Centre Product Leadership
Lead discovery and product definition for DC workforce management
Build a deep understanding of the unique DC operating context, including shift structures, labour flexibility, productivity metrics and compliance requirements
Adapt Rotageek’s core capabilities, including demand forecasting and scheduling optimisation, for DC environments
Identify opportunities to differentiate Rotageek in the DC and logistics workforce management market
Shape products that support the realities of inbound, outbound and high-volume operational workflows
AI & Innovation
Productise AI-driven capabilities that help DC leaders make better operational decisions faster
Design systems that are trustworthy and transparent, where recommendations are explainable and auditable
Identify where AI adds genuine operational value and where human judgement should remain central
Work with engineering, product and legal teams on data handling and model governance
Execution & Delivery
Translate vision into clear requirements, user stories and measurable outcomes
Prioritise ruthlessly, balancing innovation with reliability
Ensure delivery cadence is predictable and outcomes are quantifiable
Manage stakeholder expectations across engineering, commercial and customer success teams
Cross-Functional Leadership
Communicate roadmap and progress to internal and external stakeholders
Build deep empathy with engineering and data teams, while earning the confidence of commercial stakeholders
Partner with customers and commercial teams to validate problems and test solutions
Conduct discovery with enterprise users to ensure products solve real operational challenges
Ideal Candidate Profile
Experience
• 3–6 years in product management, ideally in B2B SaaS, workforce management or operations-focused products
• Experience owning a product area end-to-end, from strategy through delivery
• Track record of working with complex, configuration-heavy products
• Familiarity with enterprise sales cycles and customer implementation processes
• Experience working on products used in operationally intensive environments is highly valuable
Skills & Traits
• Technically curious and fluent — you don’t need to code, but you think like an engineer and can have meaningful architecture conversations
• Systems thinker able to simplify interconnected workflows into coherent, scalable products
• Operationally minded — you understand that software exists to make real work easier, not to add complexity
• Analytical and structured — able to define success metrics and interpret complex operational data
• Communicative and grounded — able to translate deep product thinking into clear commercial logic
• Pragmatic innovator who balances excitement for new technology with real-world delivery discipline
Bonus Points
• Experience with workforce management, scheduling or operations software
• Exposure to AI/ML productisation or agentic system design
• Strong understanding of logistics or distribution centre operations
• Experience working in or with post-acquisition integration environments
Key Information:
Duration: 6 Months (FTC or Day Rate)
Salary: £60k – £75k (pro-rata) OR Day Rate: £400 – £425
Extension: While the initial term is 6 months, we will review the requirement for an extension closer to the end date.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for this position, without the need for visa sponsorship
- Department
- Product
- Locations
- London
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
Rotageek's benefits
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Competitive salary
We want to attract, and reward talent, and we think our salaries should reflect that.
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Flexible, hybrid remote work
Work from home, work from a coffee shop, work where suits you. We also provide global co-working membership if desired.
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Additional holiday
25 days holiday + 1 extra on your birthday (plus UK bank holidays) — We believe plenty of holidays set us up for success so do allow additional leave requests above this under our additional leave policy.
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The tools you need
WFH setup budget + all the hardware you need
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Enhanced parental leave
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Excellent benefits
From private medical insurance and support for mental health.
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Tell us what you need
We’re still deciding on our full benefits package and we’re working with our team to figure out what matters the most as we grow.
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About Rotageek
In 2006, two medical doctors and a tech guru got together to answer one question: how could they make better, more flexible, fair rotas in the Accident and Emergency department where Chris (one of those doctors) worked? Fast forward a decade and Rotageek is an award-winning, best-in-class employee scheduling solution that is changing scheduling for good.