As our next Principal Product Manager, Leads, you'll play a key role in helping us build the UK's go-to home improvement marketplace. Millions of homeowners come to Checkatrade to find a tradesperson they can trust, and hundreds of thousands of trades rely on us to win great work. Matching the two is the core of what we do, and trades paying for those leads is our biggest business line. You'll own that product end-to-end: how we match homeowners to the right trades, how we price and package what we offer, and how we grow the Opportunity Board, our fast-growing self-serve marketplace. It's a rare mix of product craft and real commercial ownership, and you'll set the vision, define what great looks like, and ship it.
Forget long lists, here’s what you’ll actually spend your time on:
Own the leads marketplace end-to-end: Matching, Monetisation and the Opportunity Board, with a clear vision for how they work together.
Grow the marketplace commercially, making smart trade-offs between growth, value to trades and long-term marketplace health.
Make matching smarter so the right job reaches the right trade, working closely with Data Science.
Evolve how we price and package leads, using dynamic pricing to unlock new value.
Scale the Opportunity Board into a major way trades win work.
Set and hold the quality bar for a world-class two-sided marketplace, building alignment and earning trust across Product, Data Science, Engineering and our commercial teams through delivery.
It’s not about ticking every box. It’s about turning up curious, ready to crack on. You’ll do well here if you bring:
Extensive experience in senior product roles, owning a revenue-generating or marketplace product at scale.
Marketplace depth: you understand liquidity, supply and demand, matching and distribution.
Commercial and pricing fluency, comfortable with dynamic pricing, packaging and subscription/pay-as-you-go economics, backed by strong analytical instincts and a habit of using data and experimentation to decide.
A track record of shipping: you drive delivery, remove blockers and move fast without dropping quality, with the vision and ambition to see where a marketplace should go and bring people with you.
We believe great work deserves great rewards. Here’s just a taste:
Competitive salary + annual bonus
Employee Share Programme
Health, well-being and learning support
Gym membership, Smart Tech Scheme and Cycle Scheme
Birthday/Special day leave
Buy & sell holiday scheme
1 week’s paid charity leave and much more!
How we’ll get to know each other:
Screening call with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners
1st stage interview with Hiring Manager interview with our Head of Monetisation
2nd Stage interview with Panel interview with our VP Marketplace and a Principal Product Manager
Final stage interview includes a case study presentation with our VP Marketplace and Head of Monetisation
If this sounds like the place where you can do your best work, we’d love to hear from you, even if you don’t tick every box
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At the moment, this role isn’t open to visa sponsorship applications.
About us
We’re Checkatrade – the UK’s leading platform for finding a tradesperson. With more than 50,000 trades listed and over 6 million reviews, we help homeowners get jobs done right and help tradespeople grow their business.
We’re growing fast, with big plans to become the go-to brand for home improvements. If you care about great work, take pride in the details, and want to make an impact, you’ll fit right in.
Skills Required
- Extensive experience in senior product roles owning a revenue-generating or marketplace product at scale
- Deep marketplace knowledge: liquidity, supply and demand, matching and distribution
- Commercial and pricing fluency, experience with dynamic pricing, packaging, subscription and pay-as-you-go models
- Strong analytical instincts and a habit of using data and experimentation to decide
- Proven track record of shipping products, driving delivery and removing blockers while maintaining quality
- Ability to set vision, align cross-functional teams (Product, Data Science, Engineering, Commercial) and hold quality bar
What We Do
Checkatrade is one of the UK’s top online marketplaces for home improvements and repairs. Our mission is to be the trusted foundation of every home by connecting people with trades and tools to make home improvements easy – because we believe safe and happy homes improve lives, support livelihoods, and build communities. From our humble beginnings in 1998 to becoming a national household name, we’re on an exciting journey. For more than 25 years Checkatrade has stood for reputation and raising standards – whether that is for our trade members, consumers, or our colleagues. We think big and are passionate about changing the face of home improvements and repairs. Today, we are a modern online marketplace and a force for good. We strive every day to support people to improve their homes and we don’t settle for the status quo – we are evolving, innovating, and growing. With generous investment from private equity partners Brookfield, we have an ambitious growth plan and a robust roadmap to get there. Led by our values – Be All In, Always Customer Obsessed, Get It Done, Be Bold, and Do The Right Thing – we are 500 high-performing individuals working across the UK, with high-spec offices in London and Portsmouth. We are here to be the best and inspire others to do the same, and to get there we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people – so if that sounds like you, you couldn’t join at a better time!
