About the company

Speech Graphics is the leading audio-driven facial animation provider in the video-game industry. Unlike other technologies, Speech Graphics employs detailed muscle maps for extremely accurate real-time lip-sync. 

The company trades under two brands - 'Speech Graphics' and 'Rapport'.

Rapport is an innovative platform that integrates AI with animated digital characters, enabling engaging and meaningful interactions in any language. The Rapport platform is being used to bring best-in-class digital experiences to multiple sectors, including corporate training, immersive learning, and virtual influencers. 

With a culture that thrives on collaboration, creativity and pushing technological boundaries, we are committed to providing a workplace where people can grow, innovate and make an impact. Our teams are diverse, passionate, and driven by a shared goal of building groundbreaking products that shape the future of digital animation.

The Role

We are looking for an Associate Product Manager to join our Rapport team, to help facilitate on innovative projects with expressive digital characters.  You will play a key role in supporting the product management team in the development and enhancement of our platform, Rapport.  Our platform launched last year, and we are already gaining traction in a new digital experience proposition.  This position offers an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented individual to contribute to the success of our product and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

You will work with the Head of Product to translate user needs into design inputs and product features.  You’ll work in collaboration with our product, engineering, creative and marketing teams. 

This role will require in-person attendance in our Edinburgh office 3 days per week.

Key Responsibilities

• ​​Product Discovery Support:
  - Assist in user interviews and feedback collection 
  - Conduct research on customer needs, market trends, and competitor products
  - Help prioritize feature requests based on business impact and customer feedback
  
• Backlog & Feature Management:
  - Assist in writing detailed product requirements for new features or enhancements
  - Help manage the product backlog, ensuring user stories and tasks are well-defined
  

• Data Analysis & Insights:
  - Analyze product usage data and customer feedback to identify trends, areas of improvement, or opportunities
  - Create and maintain reports to track product performance and progress toward key goals
  - Participate in the testing and evaluation of complementary technologies
  

• Cross-functional Collaboration:
  - Assist in the delivery of innovative user experiences and demos that enhance and highlight the technical capabilities of Rapport
  - Work with our Marketing team to support feature launches by assisting with communication plans and release notes

Please note the above is not exhaustive. There may be a requirement to undertake additional duties, consistent with the level of the post, as directed by management.

Requirements

Qualifications/ memberships or equivalent

• A bachelor’s degree in data science, business administration, or a related field
  

Experience, skills and knowledge✍️

• Demonstrable experience in a similar role, or a related analytical field
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong collaboration skills, with experience working in cross-functional teams in an Agile or Scrum environment
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience with Google Analytics or a similar analytics tool

Personal qualities & attributes

• The ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational abilities
• Customer-centric mindset with empathy for user needs
• Creative thinker with a proactive approach to problem solving

Additional

• Legal right to work in the UK
• Full professional fluency in English (both written and spoken)

The 'nice to have' but not essential for applying...

Qualifications/memberships or equivalent

• Product Manager Certification or equivalent professional certifications

Experience, skills & knowledge

• Previous experience in an Associate product role, or product adjacent role (Data Science, UX, Business Analyst)
• Interest in areas of Generative AI, animation, or linguistics
• Basic understanding of UI/UX design principles and practices

Benefits

This position will join an incredibly talented and diverse workforce as part of a pioneering and visionary technology start-up. In return, on top of a competitive salary you can expect:

Paid Time Off

• Annual 28 days’ holiday allowance
• Paid for holiday closure 24th December to 1st January inclusive

Free food and drink

• Fully stocked kitchen with hot and cold drinks, snacks and fruit daily
• Social events throughout the year

Fun socialising

• Board games nights
• Quizzes
• Staff-run sport clubs
• Variety of social events 

Self improvement and learning

• Annual L&D budget
• Established Employee Forum
• 'Made Easy' sessions on exciting topics 
• Chance to learn from diverse colleagues with heritage from around the world
• An amazing innovative working environment

Workplace upgrades

• Modern newly refurbished office in Edinburgh
• Standing desk
• Chill out areas
• Casual clothing attire when in the workplace
• Company branded swag

Positive health and wellbeing

• Optional private healthcare
• Seasonal wellbeing activities
• Access to Mental health first aiders

Other info:

We value our staff and treat everyone with respect and without discrimination. We are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from a diverse and multicultural workforce.

Please note this is an Edinburgh, UK based role and applicants will require a legal right to work in the UK.

The established company Speech Graphics Ltd has headquarters based in Edinburgh and with other workbases located in Hungary, Singapore and the USA.