Sheffield City Centre (office-based and hybrid)
Salary: £65,000 - £80,000
UniHomes is hiring a Product Manager to lead our forming AI & Automation function. This is a Wave 1 hire in our Technology & Product Target Operating Model and a foundational role for the business.
Reporting directly to the Chief Technology & Product Officer, you will work with Heads across Finance, Marketing, Operations, Sales and Customer Service to identify, prioritise and deliver AI automation that materially shifts how the business operates. You will own the AI roadmap, the agent build pipeline and the adoption motion behind it.
Key responsibilities:
- Work directly with the business to identify AI and automation opportunities - interview teams, shadow workflows, surface the friction.
- Own and prioritise the AI & Automation roadmap, balancing impact, effort and risk across departments.
- Lead delivery of AI agents and automations - in partnership with the Agentforce Lead (for CRM-side work) and engineering (for everything else).
- Own agent governance, observability and evaluation - make sure what we ship is safe, monitored and improving.
- Lead adoption: training, change management and feedback loops with the teams whose work is being automated.
- Build the AI tooling stack - Copilot Studio, Claude / Cowork, Power Automate, observability tooling - into something the rest of the business can lean on.
- Grow a small team of Automation Engineers as Wave 2 of the TOM lands.
Skills and experience:
- Proven Product Manager experience in a fast-moving environment, ideally a marketplace, SaaS or consumer platform.
- Hands-on experience identifying and shipping AI or automation use cases inside a business - not just talking about them.
- Practical fluency with the modern AI toolchain: large language models, prompt design, RAG, agent frameworks, evaluation and observability.
- Strong discovery and prioritisation discipline; comfortable saying "not yet" to well-meaning but lower-impact ideas.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management - credible with senior business stakeholders and with engineers.
- Outcome-driven; comfortable owning a number and reporting against it.
Desirable
- Experience with Salesforce Agentforce, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Automate or similar agentic platforms.
- Background managing or growing a small team.
- Experience in lettings, utilities, marketplaces or other consumer-platform domains.
About us:
At UniHomes, we’re on a mission to transform the entire student rental experience across the UK. As the market-leading student accommodation advertising platform and utility management service provider, we make finding and securing all-inclusive student accommodation simple, seamless, and stress-free.
We’re not just another platform. UniHomes is developing innovative technology to deliver one go-to destination that supports the entire student rental journey. With an unwavering focus on our students, partner letting agents, operators and suppliers, we continually evolve and enhance our products and services to exceed expectations, while tackling market complexity with ease and transparency.
Since launching in 2015, we’ve experienced rapid growth. Today, we operate in 60+ cities, partner with 1,000+ agents and operators, and are backed by Macquarie Capital and LDC. Our success has been recognised with accolades from EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50, The Negotiator Awards, and Great Place to Work® certification.
Our 140+ strong team is based in the heart of Sheffield City Centre, where we’re driving innovation, expanding into new markets, and fostering a culture built on collaboration, creativity, and growth.
If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact and help redefine how students find their perfect home, now is the time to join UniHomes. Be part of a team that’s opening new doors to better experiences, brighter ideas, and stress-free living.
We are a team driven and united by our core values:
- Lead the Way
- In it Together
- Customers Matter
- Keep it Simple
- Rise Above Challenges
- Make it Happen
What do you get when you work here?
With people and culture at the heart of our organisation, we are continually enhancing our employee offer and culture. We are incredibly proud to have been officially certified as a Great Place to Work® (GPTW®) and an accredited Living Wage employer - all our employees earn a fair living wage above the government minimum wage.
Working in our stunning new office at New Era Square in the centre of Sheffield, you will get complimentary breakfast, hot & cold drinks, snacks, pool table, holidays, length of service days, voluntary day, enhanced pension scheme, pension salary sacrifice scheme, healthcare scheme, Employee Assistant Programme, sick pay, enhanced maternity & paternity pay, career progression, a commitment to personal and professional development, employee awards, refer a friend scheme, staff discounts, mental health and financial support, and company social events.
