Staff Product Manager, Equity Foundations

Financial Times

ABOUT US The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations, globally recognised for its authority, integrity and accuracy, with a mission to deliver quality information and services worldwide.  At the FT, curiosity thrives and ambitious thinking is rewarded. Here, you’re given the chance to reach millions, create work that matters and deliver impartial journalism in a polarised world. In our warm, collaborative culture, you’ll connect with a diverse community of experts who support your growth, career aspirations and wellbeing. Your future at the FT will be filled with opportunities that challenge and inspire you. With no fixed path, you’ll discover new skills and forge a career that can take you anywhere. Build a newsworthy career at the FT. OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION We believe in the power of unique perspectives and want all voices in our organisation to be heard, respected and valued. A supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves and operate to their full potential. We are committed to removing barriers for everyone, with a focus on addressing those faced by underrepresented groups. THE ROLE OVERVIEW We’re looking for a Product Designer to join our Design Systems team on a 12-month fixed-term contract covering maternity leave, based at Bracken House, our iconic building near St Paul’s in London. As a Product Designer in the Design Systems team, you’ll play a key role in the evolution of Origami, the FT’s design system, helping teams design and build with greater consistency, quality and pace. You’ll work across reusable principles, patterns, foundations, components and libraries that support product delivery across the FT. This role spans web and mobile in a hybrid environment combining native and web-based experiences. You’ll contribute to patterns that work coherently across iOS, Android and web, helping create a consistent, high-quality experience across platforms. You’ll collaborate closely with product designers, engineers and product managers, and work with Brand and Editorial Design teams to ensure alignment across foundational styles and journalistic layouts. You’ll work within our federated contribution model, helping teams contribute to, adopt and evolve the system over time. Accessibility is fundamental to this role. You’ll help ensure patterns, components and guidance meet high accessibility standards from the outset. We’re looking for someone with strong craft, attention to detail and curiosity about systems thinking and emerging technologies. You’ll contribute to creating a premium, coherent FT product experience while continuing to develop your own design systems practice within an established and evolving team. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * Design and evolve reusable components, patterns, foundations and libraries within Origami, helping reduce duplication and improve consistency across teams. * Contribute to system solutions across web and mobile, supporting hybrid environments spanning iOS, Android and web. * Help identify opportunities for reusable patterns and system improvements based on product needs and feedback from teams. * Support design work from problem framing through to validation, documentation and handover, using research, audits and feedback to inform decisions. * Create clear documentation and specifications across Figma, Zeroheight and other system tooling, covering variants, edge cases and usage guidance. * Collaborate closely with engineers to ensure solutions are feasible, scalable and aligned with implementation, including the effective use and sharing of design tokens across Figma and production code. * Support designers and engineers through contribution and governance processes, helping teams adopt shared patterns and ways of working. * Work with product teams to identify gaps, improve consistency and embed stronger system thinking across products. * Support delivery of roadmap priorities that improve delivery efficiency, product quality and adoption. * Maintain a high bar for accessibility, craft and coherence across the system. AI-ENABLED DESIGN SYSTEMS * Explore and apply AI-assisted tooling to support prototyping, component definition and documentation. * Contribute to making Origami well-structured and usable within AI-assisted workflows, including systems that rely on tokens, documentation and reusable patterns. * Collaborate with engineers to explore practical AI-assisted approaches to component development and documentation workflows. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR * Strong product design craft across interaction, visual design and prototyping, with clear attention to detail and quality. * Experience working on or contributing to digital products or design systems, with an understanding of how systems scale across teams and platforms. * Experience designing across web and mobile, including familiarity with iOS and Android platform conventions and hybrid environments. * Confidence applying accessibility standards in practice. * The ability to communicate ideas clearly and document work in a way that supports both design and engineering, with a working understanding of HTML, CSS and accessible, semantic markup. * A collaborative approach, with the ability to build relationships across product, engineering, editorial and brand teams. * Comfortable collaborating with others through feedback, contribution and shared ways of working. * An understanding of how individual design decisions contribute to broader system quality, consistency and maintainability. AI AND EMERGING TOOLING * Up to date with and interested in how AI is shaping design and development workflows. * Experience using or exploring AI-assisted tools, with an understanding of how systems can support these workflows. * Interest in applying AI in practical ways to improve speed, quality and consistency. REQUIRED EXPERIENCE * A portfolio demonstrating strong product and systems thinking, with evidence of meaningful impact. * Experience working in Figma, including component libraries, variables, tokens and prototyping. * Experience creating or contributing to reusable components, patterns or guidance for digital products. * Experience working closely with engineers to deliver high-quality outcomes. * Experience working in cross-functional teams within product delivery environments. * Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. * An interest in systems thinking, accessibility and emerging tooling. * Experience or interest in AI-assisted design or development workflows is a plus. WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? OUR BENEFITS Our benefits vary by location but we are committed to providing best-in-class perks across all our offices. These include generous annual leave, medical cover, inclusive parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships and opportunities to give back to the community. Full details of our benefits are available here. We currently operate a hybrid model which requires staff to work onsite 50% of the time, subject to role requirements & regular review. While flexible working requests will be considered, not all patterns are suitable for all roles. We believe this balanced approach supports flexibility and protects our culture, making collaboration and communication easier, building stronger relationships and team cohesion, and supporting peer learning.  We reserve discretion on reasonable notice to change this approach either generally or for specific individuals or teams.  ACCESSIBILITY We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions, email talent@ft.com and a member of our team will be happy to help. Further information At the FT, we embrace innovation and the use of technology and appreciate that individuals may leverage AI tools as part of their job application process. Whilst we are happy for you to use AI to assist with your application, it is essential that all information provided is authentic and accurately represents your skills, experience, and qualifications. Candidates should be aware that the use of AI throughout the application process may be monitored to ensure a fair and transparent hiring process for all.

Ledgy

At Ledgy, we’re on a mission to make Europe a powerhouse of entrepreneurship by building a modern, tech-driven equity management and financial reporting platform for private and public companies. In 2026, we aim to be the leading provider for European IPOs and reporting for share-based payments. We are a value-based company with a core focus on being humble, transparent, ambitious and impactful, all in order to delivery the best experience for our customers and end users. We are proud to partner with some of the world’s leading investors. New Enterprise Associates led our $22m Series B round in 2022, with Philip Chopin joining Sequoia’s Luciana Lixandru on our board. We were founded in Switzerland in 2017 and today we operate globally from offices in Zurich and London. We encourage diversity and are an international team coming from 26 different countries and speaking 25 different languages.   About the Role As a Senior/Staff Software Engineer at Ledgy, you’ll design and build elegant, scalable systems that power how companies manage their equity. You’ll collaborate with fellow engineers (based mainly in Zurich and London), product managers, and designers to develop industry-leading automation and experiences — while many in our space still rely on manual processes. In the first 30 days: * Be paired with an onboarding buddy who will introduce you to the world of equity management * Get to know our engineering team, product managers, and designers * Understand how your team’s surface area connects to the broader Ledgy platform * Start contributing to the codebase with the guidance of experienced team members In the first 3 months: * Ship independently on impactful product features and improvements * Participate in architecture discussions around scaling workflows, data models, and integrations * Work alongside other engineers to implement robust, reliable data flows * Develop a deep understanding of how companies manage and automate equity * Participate in code reviews and help maintain our engineering standards In the first 6–12 months: * Take ownership of key features and improvements within your team’s domain * Help shape the technical direction and architecture of Ledgy’s equity platform * Collaborate with Product and Design to deliver polished, user-centric experiences * Mentor other engineers and share expertise in automation, data modeling, and scalability Teams we’re hiring for Core Equity — Owns the foundational logic that powers Ledgy’s equity engine. Every equity-related event  such as issuing shares, creating new pools, or adjusting ownership — generates transactions. This team defines and maintains the transaction logic, data model, and core domain behaviour that ensure Ledgy’s platform remains accurate, scalable, and compliant. Workflows & Automation — Focuses on automating complex equity workflows and integrating with third-party services, including the trading exchange. The team builds systems that help company admins efficiently onboard and offboard employees, automate equity grants and terminations, and enable employees to sell their shares seamlessly once vested. Reporting — Transforms Ledgy’s core equity data into financial, operational, and compliance reports. The team manages large, complex datasets and ensures reporting is accurate, performant, and reliable across jurisdictions and company structures. Their work powers the insights companies and auditors rely on for decision-making and transparency. The job is a good fit if: * You have 7+ years of experience working as a Software Engineer * You're excited about the impact of equity on entrepreneurship and its real-world impact for companies * You enjoy tackling complex financial data transformations and compliance requirements * You enjoy writing clean, maintainable TypeScript code, both in the backend and frontend * You are excited to work with React, NodeJS, and MongoDB * You thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy pair programming * You take pride in creating robust, tested solutions for critical business operations Being part of Ledgy means: * Recharge and re-energize with flexible working hours, 25 days of vacation, and up to 40 days of remote work from outside your home country. * We make space for your own professional development, with a generous yearly learning & development budget. * This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. All salaries are aligned with competitively benchmarked ranges based on work location and levelling. * For candidates based in London or Zurich we use a hybrid work model of 1 day in the office per week. Our tech stack: We have a modern, cohesive stack that lets us move fast while maintaining quality: * Language: TypeScript * Frontend: React, Tailwind CSS, tRPC * Backend: tRPC, Node.js, MongoDB * Infrastructure: GCP, Terraform Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, Github Actions The interview process: * CV Review: we review your resume to see if we might be a good fit * Getting to know you (30 min): meet with someone from our people team to talk about your experience and to answer questions about the role * Live Coding (75 min): We'll present you with an equity domain problem to solve collaboratively using your preferred language and IDE * System Design (60 min): You'll walk us through an architecture you've significantly contributed to in the past, and we'll explore different aspects based on your experience * Culture Interview: A chance to meet one of our founders for a 30 minute chat about Ledgy’s mission and values * Offer 🎉

GoCardless

About us GoCardless is a global bank payment company. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect and send payments through direct debit, real-time payments and open banking.  GoCardless processes US$130bn+ of payments annually, across 30+ countries; helping customers collect and send both recurring and one-off payments, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees. We use AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud. And, with open banking connectivity to over 2,500 banks, we help our customers make faster, more informed decisions. We are headquartered in the UK with offices in London and Leeds, and additional locations in Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal and the United States. At GoCardless, we're all about supporting you! We’re committed to making our hiring process inclusive and accessible. If you need extra support or adjustments, reach out to your Talent Partner — we’re here to help!  And remember: we don’t expect you to meet every single requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply! THE ROLE GoCardless is on a mission to build simple and secure bank payment solutions for people and businesses everywhere. We're transforming how businesses manage payments, and we’re looking for a Senior Product Marketing Manager who can help bring new innovations to market and drive adoption at scale.  You will be in our Bank Payments Network Group (BPNG), working on payment solutions that grow our self-serve SMB customer base. You’ll own this segment end-to-end - from deep customer understanding to shaping product strategy to driving the metrics that define success: activation, adoption, and revenue. You'll work closely with the Global Growth Group on various initiatives that help us hit our larger business goals.    WHAT EXCITES YOU  * Being the bridge between technical and commercial - You'll work confidently with product managers on technical nuances while translating those into compelling commercial narratives for sales and customer success teams. You thrive in this dual world and know how to speak both languages fluently. * Digging into the data and the customer voice - You'll use both quantitative and qualitative customer research to uncover insights that shape product strategy, establish the commercial foundation, and deliver compelling propositions. You're naturally curious and analytical, comfortable extracting meaning from data and turning customer conversations into actionable product and marketing decisions. * Working cross-functionally on complex problems - You'll collaborate across product development, commercial strategy, sales, customer success and marketing to launch and scale. You know how to build consensus across functions without losing momentum, and you have a track record of making complex products feel simple and essential to the people who need them. * Owning outcomes, not just outputs - You measure success by adoption rates and business impact. You're energised by seeing your work drive real results and you're not afraid to iterate and optimise based on what the data tells you.   WHAT EXCITES US   * B2B product marketing experience - You’ve done deep and extensive customer research, built ICPs, run interviews and analysed surveys. You use these insights to inform product and commercial strategy.  * Storytelling with customer empathy - You're a natural storyteller who crafts compelling narratives that resonate with buyers. You put customer problems at the heart of your work and can translate complex payment innovations into clear value propositions. * Multi-product and solutions selling - You've marketed more than one product at a time and understand how to build a cohesive story across a portfolio. You know that SMB buyers don't buy features in isolation, they buy a solution to a problem, and you've built the messaging and campaigns that reflects that.  * Data-driven decision making - You're comfortable with analytics tools, tracking KPIs, and using data insights to inform product positioning and GTM strategy. You naturally ask "why?" and let evidence guide your decisions. * Competitive intelligence - You stay on top of the competitive landscape, understand how competitors position themselves, and can clearly articulate differentiation. You've used market research to influence product and GTM strategy. * Track record of driving adoption and impact - You aren’t focused on getting campaigns live, you drive the strategy behind them and care about analysing impact.  * Payments or fintech experience - Understanding the payments landscape will help you hit the ground running.   Base salary range: £89,040 - £133,560 Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data.  Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work. (SOME OF) THE GOOD STUFF * Wellbeing - stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover * Work away scheme - gives you the option to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period * Adaptive Working - allows you to work flexibly, around your lifestyle * Equity - all permanently employed GCs get equity to help you make a valuable contribution * Parental leave - to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure * Learning Budget - lead your own development with an annual learning budget * Time off - generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’) LIFE AT GOCARDLESS   We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Working this way creates the GC magic- the reason we all love showing up to work.  DIVERSITY & INCLUSION As of April 2025, we had 806 employees (GeeCees) globally, with 524 based in the UK, 163 based in Latvia and 119 across our other offices. To ensure that we're representative of the world around us - and to be able to review relevant benchmarks - we ask GeeCees to voluntarily disclose diversity data. This year, the proportion of GeeCees providing data increased to 88% (up from 79% in 2024). With regards to diversity within GoCardless, we can see GeeCees identifying as: Asian, Black, Mixed or Other — 25%  Neurodiverse — 9%  LGBTQIA+ — 9%  Disabled — 1%  Average age — 33 Female — 45% Male —  55%  We’re rooting for you during your application and GoCardless aims to provide reasonable adjustments to make our recruitment process as remarkable and accessible as we can. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you need extra support. If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here Sustainability We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment, leaving a more sustainable world for future generations. Check out our sustainability action plan here. Find out more about Life at GoCardless via Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.