Expiry: 17th May, 2025

This opportunity is brought to you by the #BlackInterns program, which is a Black Professionals United Kingdom (BPU) initiative. We are committed to creating opportunities for ethnic minority communities across the UK.
In collaboration with Amiqus, this opportunity aims to provide valuable professional experience within the Tech sector.

About Amiqus
Amiqus is the UK’s most trusted compliance and onboarding platform, enabling simple, secure access to products and services online. Whether moving home, changing jobs or looking for professional help, we help make the process fast and easy for everyone involved.
We’re trusted by the Government, NHS, Banks and over 600 organisations across sectors in the UK to help people get to work on the things that matter, faster.
What’s important to us? investing in our people, platform and partners to grow an aspirational workplace and a profitable business at scale, creating impact and affecting systems level change, across sectors, borders and economies.
We’re currently a team of 80+ people, spread across the UK and a few around Europe. We expect to double in terms of our scale and impact over the coming twelve months, so it’s an exciting time to join us and be a part of our growth.

Purpose of role
Working within our product function, you’ll be responsible for supporting the wider function on various tasks whilst spending valuable time shadowing to learn key skills. You’ll receive thorough mentoring from our Product Lead, Senior Product Managers and other roles across the product function, as well as have the opportunity to make a
genuine contribution to a range of tasks. This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is eager to learn and build on some basic product management skills which they can take with them to their next role. You’ll be encouraged at every turn, well-supported and provided with exposure to a wide range of tasks. You’ll also be supported to deliver one or more individual projects that will develop your skills and provide tangible work examples for your CV and future interviews.

Responsibilities
• Undertaking a variety of tasks as instructed by your team;
• Attending key ceremonies for your team and the wider product function, such as stand-ups, sprint planning, design authority and go-to-market planning meetings.
• Supporting the team’s product manager to prepare assets, documents and presentations for these meetings.
• Documenting user stories, tasks and bugs to support our Agile development process.
• Supporting product managers and UX researchers to conduct research into users, suppliers and the wider market, to help our teams understand the potential value of features they propose to build.
• Testing and quality assurance of features prior to release.
• Leading engineers and designers to deliver small, discrete projects such as bug fixes or UX-enhancements.
• Delivering an individual project such as identifying suitable suppliers for a check, producing a product requirements document for a proposed feature or developing a user journey map.

What we’re looking for
Talented people make Amiqus and staying true to our culture is important as we continue to develop and grow. Most importantly, this role will be filled by someone who shares the same values and work ethic as we do.

In addition, we are looking for the following:

• Understanding of the role of a product manager within a cross-functional team.
• Understanding of the principles of Agile development.
• Good attention to detail, and an ability to produce clear and succinct written documentation.
• Ability to analyse information, draw logical conclusions, and present well-supported recommendations or proposals.
• An ability to multi-task and prioritise work effectively.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Experience with tools used in the product development process, such as Shortcut, Jira, Figma/Figjam, Miro.
• Prior experience in a start-up in any capacity would be an advantage, but not a requirement.

Benefits of working with us
• We support fully remote, hybrid and in person collaborative working
• Access our HQ in Edinburgh / workspaces around the UK.
• A strong cross functional (pet friendly) environment working in small teams with autonomy, delivering impactful and challenging work.
• 34 days annual leave (pro rata)
• Development time and budget available

REPORTING TO: Dedicated Supervisor
Hours per week: 35 hours
Duration: 12 weeks
Commencing: June 2025
Remote/Office/Hybrid: Remote in UK or Edinburgh HQ
SALARY: £26,000 pa

How do I apply?
1. If you are not already a BPU member, register for free with Black Professionals United Kingdom by following this link https://blackprofessionals.uk/register
2. Send a CV (2 pages max) and cover letter (250 words max) to workplacements@blackprofessionals.uk.
3. In the subject field of your application email, simply type “BPU014 – Name” Eg. If your name is John Mensah, kindly type “BPU014 – John Mensah”