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.

We’re growing extremely fast! In November 2023 we closed a $6.5M funding round led by JamJar with participation from Eka Ventures, Venrex and Creator Ventures. In 2024, we were selected by Apple as one of three global finalists for the 2024 iPhone App of the Year, reflecting the innovation and impact of what we’ve built & now in 2025 we have ****just been acquired by Strava! 🤯 🎉

Our ambition is huge: to become the go-to global leading training platform for millions of runners everywhere. We’re growing with purpose and looking for people who want to build something meaningful with lasting impact. With the recent acquisition by Strava accelerating our journey, now is a really magical time to join 🚀

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 alongside it continuously adapts 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?