We’re putting together a talented team to build the #1 training platform for Runners
We help everyday runners become outstanding by building an incredible app providing world‑class training, coaching and community for everyone, whether you’re improving your 5k time or training for your first marathon.
The Team You’ll Join
The Train Team is responsible for the adaptive training engine that powers every plan our runners follow, and the machine learning models that sit alongside it to guide customers if they start going off‑track. It sits at the centre of our product and is one of the main reasons customers choose and remain loyal to Runna — the quality of our training plans is our biggest market differentiator. By combining past and current performance data, the engine and the models continually adapt each runner’s training plan, ensuring it remains personalised, effective and engaging.
You’ll be leading a world‑class cross‑functional team of around 30 people, bringing together engineers across machine learning, modelling/simulation and full‑stack development, alongside product managers and designers who guide the strategy and keep us focused on delivering real value for runners. The team works at a scale rarely seen in this space, with millions of workouts processed each week across millions of active users. Collaborating closely with our founders, leadership, coaches and wider product team, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving Runna forward and helping us define a new era of personalised training.
What You’ll Be Doing
Reporting directly into the Head of Product, you’ll take ownership of one of Runna’s four core product pillars (Train, App, Race Discovery, Growth) and directly manage and mentor a team of three fantastic product managers, helping them deliver great outcomes while building a high‑performing, scalable product org.
- Define the vision and set the north star: own the product strategy and roadmap for the Train Team, ensuring the work we do aligns customer problems with business objectives.
- Build the next layer of leadership: line manage, mentor and grow your team of PMs, developing their capabilities and careers so they can take on more complexity and lead domains independently.
- Raise the bar for product excellence: drive both team performance and product quality by setting expectations, sharing frameworks and lightweight processes, and holding the team to a high standard of design, product craft and execution.
- Be the feedback loop: connect the dots between market signals, team performance, and company goals, while protecting focus, removing organisational blockers, and ensuring the Train Team’s work integrates seamlessly with the broader Runna ecosystem.
Questions You Might Be Answering
- How might we evolve our training engine to continuously learn from completed workouts at scale and feed those insights back into future plans for both that individual runner but also other runners more broadly?
- How might we measure and improve not just the effectiveness but also the enjoyment of training, and decide which workouts to prioritise based on long‑term impact on retention and outcomes?
- How might we integrate new data sources such as recovery, HRV, menstrual cycle and environmental conditions to deepen personalisation, and decide which of these signals deliver the most customer value?
- How might we ensure our plans stay globally relevant, accounting for variables like heat, elevation, altitude, terrain and weather, and scale our models across diverse markets and contexts?
- How might we build the organisational processes, data pipelines and feedback loops that let the Train Team answer these kinds of questions consistently and at higher quality over time?
What You’ll Bring To The Team
- You have a track record of building and scaling exceptional consumer products, first as an IC directly shipping features and innovating with teams, and later as a product leader shaping strategy, mentoring PMs and driving teams to deliver impact.
- You have mentored and managed PMs at different levels, helping them sharpen their craft, grow their careers and develop into high‑performing leaders.
- You have strong mobile product judgement, a sharp eye for UX, and the ability to design intuitive, habit‑forming experiences in partnership with design and engineering.
- You have owned complex, data‑heavy products, using experimentation and modelling to inform decisions, iterating through disciplined releases, and driving outcomes with clear prioritisation and metrics.
- You have created cohesive strategies that align multiple product teams behind a single vision and roadmap, translating strategy into focus and execution.
- You have delivered in fast‑paced (ideally start‑up) environments, adapting to changing priorities while maintaining quality and momentum.
- You have a technical background (e.g., Engineering, Computer Science, Maths, Physics) or equivalent hands‑on experience building technical or complex software products (e.g., with traditional ML models, LLMs or modelling).
- You are London‑based, or able to work in person at our Vauxhall office on a Hybrid model (ideally 3 days per week).
- You have a strong interest in fitness apps and the fitness space.
- You have worked in (react‑native) mobile application teams.
- You have a forward‑looking perspective on how digital coaching, AI, and wearable data will shape the future of personalised training experiences.
Salary and Benefits
We’re offering a salary of £110,000 – £130,000 per year, depending on experience, plus participation in Strava’s long‑term incentive (stock) programs. Overview of our benefits are below:
We’re also committed to continually evolving our benefits to support you as we grow. Here is a brief overview of what we currently offer in the UK:
- Flexible working – we typically spend 2/3 days a week together in our Vauxhall office.
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (which you can take whenever suits you).
- Runna subscriptions for you and 5 of your friends – (get ready to be your friends favourite person or save them for xmas presents!).
- Money every year to spend on gear, events and the gym!
- Voucher to spend on our website so you can buy yourself new Runna kit (and will renew this every year on your work anniversary).
- Private health insurance with Bupa and workplace pension scheme.
- Our mental wellness platform and app that combine technology with professional support to improve mental well‑being and reduce stress.
- This benefits provider can provide inclusive fertility, hormonal health, and family‑forming benefits to our global employee population and takes the burden off what we know can be a stressful process.
Please see more info on our amazing benefits here:
Our Interview Process
Our aim is to keep the interview process as straightforward and enjoyable as possible, and will consist of the following stages:
- Introductory chat – with Emily, Talent Lead (25‑minute video call).
- 30 minute first‑round – with Alex, our Head of Product, to chat through your career, approach to product and answer all questions about the role!
- 90 minutes of second‑round – interviews comprised of:
- First 60 minutes with Product leaders at Runna, to assess product experience and craft.
- Then 30 minutes with Product Managers to discuss your leadership and management style and experience.
- 60 minute third‑round – with Alex, and Dom our CEO. This round will involve a take‑home task you will prepare and present during the interview.
- The final round – will be at our office in Vauxhall, and is a chance to meet the whole train team, tour our office in London, chat to the co‑founders and leadership, and finally go for lunch/dinner with the PMs you’ll be managing. (Normally around two hours plus lunch/dinner)
Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to better accommodate you throughout the interview process – this can be from scheduling interviews around childcare commitments to accessibility requirements. We want you to show your best self in the process, so please speak to your Talent Partner!
How to Apply
Please apply through this link (this will take you to our Workable career hub). Please note, we are unable to accept any applications outside of Workable.
We’re unfortunately unable to sponsor for this role.
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