About Lightyear

We’re on a mission to make investing better for everyone in Europe. More specifically, we’re making it light years better (sorry… we had to!). We’re combining multi-currency accounts with unlimited access to global markets so that everyone in Europe can invest without sneaky hidden fees or unnecessary barriers.

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Over the last 2 years, we’ve grown from being just an idea to a regulated business in both the UK & the EU, launching in 22 countries and raising $35M along the way. And we’ve hired a team of 40+ people from some of the best fintechs and startups in Europe.

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We’ve got a stellar group of investors behind us including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sir Richard Branson, Mosaic Ventures, Taavet Hinrikus, Jaan Tallinn, Sten Tamkivi, Eileen Burbidge as well as a host of angel investors. In 2022, we raised a $25M Series A round and have been covered in CNBC, TechCrunch, Business Insider and City AM.

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What you will do

As an early product hire, you’ll play a crucial role in shaping our product and company direction. Here are some major tasks you can help us with:

• Take ownership of large parts of our ambitious roadmap to bring the growth to our product in the UK and European markets.
• Provide research-based understanding of the European financial landscape, investment instruments, and customer needs.
• Improve product quality - understand where users experience pain when they invest, and build features to solve this.
• Ensure smooth execution between internal teams and external partners, integrating complex financial products.
• Build a passion for investing (if you don’t already have one!).

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Requirements

• 5+ years of product management experience building FinTech products.
• You have a track record of building financial systems in regulated markets, ideally in investments.
• You can create a strategic vision for the product that aligns with company goals and execute on it. 
• You have background in engineering or analytics with extensive hands-on experience.
• You are adept at simplifying complex trade-offs and getting buy-in from your team and the company.
• You are data driven and can connect data points from across disciplines (e.g., user research, product analytics) to make decisions with the customer in mind.

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Benefits

💵 A competitive startup package including tax-advantaged EMI stock options that vest monthly after a one-year cliff

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📍 Offices in central London (Old Street)

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⏰ Flexible working hours

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🏡 A flexible approach to working remotely

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🏥 Private health insurance

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👪 Enhanced parental leave

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☕️ All the usual office facilities, including free tea, coffee & snacks

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🐶 Dog-friendly office (20% distracting, but 100% cute: see here)

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🛫 Quarterly international team events