Product Manager (Maternity Cover, 14 months with long term potential)

StoryTerrace | Fulltime | Reports to CEO | London

StoryTerrace is looking for a hands-on product manager with experience scaling a B2C platform. 

The role

You'll set product direction across two live products - one established, one new to market - direct the developer who builds most of them, and personally build a meaningful share of it yourself, shaping what growing editorial products become. 

If you want a seat where your own hands are still on the keyboard, but the decisions about what gets built are also yours to make, this is that kind of seat.

About StoryTerrace

StoryTerrace is on a mission to ensure that every life story is captured and passed on in a meaningful way. We're the leader in the ghostwritten life story market, having created more than 4,000 books with a network of 500 writers. At our core, we blend human storytelling with technology, using our proprietary platforms to create seamless digital experiences for clients and produce high-quality, beautifully crafted books at scale. We've recently launched a self-serve app, opening up a new way for people to tell their story.

What you'll do

• Own the roadmap for both products; sequencing, trade-offs, and the case for what does or doesn't get built this quarter
• Build a support ticket framework and the feedback loop back into the roadmap
• Manage our Full Stack Developer day to day; briefing, reviewing, holding the bar on quality and pace
• Recruit additional developers as needed
• Personally design, build, and ship features across the full stack (reduces as team grows)
• Work with the Editorial Department to continuously evolve AI-assisted content-creation features - output consistency, structure, and reliability against internal quality standards
• Manage the Editorial Operations Associate, who runs day-to-day editorial operations and our freelance writer network
• Collaborate closely with Sales and Finance, delivering strategic and hands-on initiatives

What we are looking for

• Product management experience in a B2C context - consumer mobile app, marketplace, subscription, or social/community products
• Solid experience building full-stack JavaScript applications, comfortable end-to-end in Node.js, Express, React, and MongoDB/ Mongoose
• Comfortable working inside an existing production codebase - integrations, background jobs, evolving workflows
• Experience in working with AI-assisted features - evaluating output quality, prompting, or integrating LLM-based tools
• You’ve managed another developer's day-to-day work and evaluating their output critically
• You thrive with genuine ambiguity and lean resourcing

Nice to have

• Experience with a publishing or content product

Compensation, Perks & Benefits

• Annual base salary £50,000–£55,000 depending on experience
• Maternity cover until December 2027 - with strong intention to become permanent subsequently
• Hybrid role with at least 2 office days per week (Aldgate, London)
• 25 vacation days + 8 bank holidays
• Pension (4% employer + 4% employee)
• Private healthcare
• A collaborative, mission-driven culture in an international scale-up environment

Join Us

At StoryTerrace, we're as passionate about our people as we are about our product. We believe in hiring for heart and drive, and we're committed to building a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.