Roadmap

In this episode of Roadmap, Ben S chats to Ben Mc and Chris to give a whistle-stop tour through the different eras of Product & Technology at Autotrader. They discuss the principles for how technology teams are organised, the challenges faced as the community has grown, and how the operating model has changed to overcome these challenges.

On this episode of Roadmap, Pete chats to Gina and Sam about Checks - Autotrader's one-stop-shop for pipeline tests and synthetic monitoring. They discuss why they built Checks, how they approached it, and the tangible benefits that Checks is already providing teams across product and technology at Autotrader.

In this episode Rosie chats with Steve Maile (Director of Product & Technology, Funky Pigeon) about how eCommerce websites can tap into the power of experimentation. From A/B testing and CRO to building a culture of experimentation, Steve shares insight and learnings from his career.

In this live episode, Ben Smith chats with Tom Armitage and Dustin Hayden about their journeys astrophysics and neuroscience to working on experimentation and modelling as Data Scientists at Autotrader. They talk through their recent experience in writing and presenting a technical paper which presents a generalised approach to Bayesian A/B testing, expanding what’s possible with the data we colle...

On this live episode of Roadmap, Pete is joined by Alison Ross (Chief People & Operations Officer at Autotrader) and Matt Holmes (Director at 'kin). Matt is a designer who was part of designing Autotrader's First Street office and more recently has helped in designing of the new offices at Circle Square. Matt and Alison reflect on the big move to First Street back in 2014, including the design...

On this episode, Rach chats to Adil, Sneior product manager at the Financial Times and founder of Productology.online Productology is a 6 week, interactive and complete bootcamp course that helps empower and build a new generation of Product Manager pioneers to learn, experiment and deliver. Adil talks through his experiences of being a founder alongside a busy day job including successes so far a...

On this episode, Rosie chats to Alys and Charlotte from Autotrader's Analytics team about how they've been working to raise the profile of their community. They talk about why this was important to them, where they startedhttps://www.meetup.com/herplusdatamcr/ (next meet up 11 September)https://www.meetup.com/pydata-manchester/ (being hosted at Autotrader on 25 September)

Ever wondered what it takes to design products for the toughest customers - your own colleagues? In this episode, Pete dives into Service Design with Maggie and Paul from the CX team. From balancing user feedback to managing expectations, Maggie and Paul share what colleagues really need, lessons learned, and the unique creativity required to build solutions that work for your team.

On this week's episode of Roadmap, Pete is joined by Jacey Normand. Jacey has had an illustrious career, from working in Parliament, Congress, being a BBC Presenter for over 20 years, to more recently going freelance as a coach and presenting for the 'Being the Standard' Group, founded by Kevin Sinfield. Pete and Jacey chat about the importance of being outside your comfort zone, why better people...

In this episode Rosie catches up with Ilias, Hannah and Fauziya from our LGBT+ network to understand what pride means to them, why Autotrader participates, and how things are shaping up for the Manchester 2025 parade.

This week on Roadmap, Rosie chats to Alex Chrisostomou. Alex is a Product Consultant at Prismatic Stack They discuss Alex's experiences working in start-ups, including the most important tools, dealing with pressure, and even 'vibe' marketing and the growth of AI tools.

On this episode of Roadmap, Pete is joined by Thomas Stapleton (aka Stapes) and Ryan Bendel to talk about all things Front-End development at Autotrader. Find out what a Front-End Web Developer actually does, what the typical Frontend tech stack looks like in 2025, and why Front-End is more exciting than Back-End - but not necessarily easier (we’ll let you decide!). They also delve into career jou...

On this week's episode, Callum talks to Tom and Hannah about their key learnings and challenges from delivering Autotrader’s largest marketing activation ever - The Car Hunt. They discuss the importance of blending digital and physical experiences, how they coordinated across multiple UK cities, and what it took to engage millions of users.

On this episode of Roadmap. Pete's joined by David Cox, Global Head of Product at Equal Experts. Pete and David get deeper into their previous discussion about the problems with pursuing low-hanging fruit. They chat through David's experiences working in this space, the tell-tale signs that there might be an issue, and the first-steps in moving to measuring value rather than velocity.

In this episode, Pete chats to Farzana, Farooq and John about Autotrader's Ethnicity Network. They talk through the journey the network has been on since its formation in 2018. This includes how the network plays a key a role in celebrating the variety of cultures at Autotrader, facilitating impactful discussions, and key behaviours for allies showing up for the community.

In this episode, Callum chats with Autotrader’s legal team about their journeys into law, the challenges they face, and what it’s like working in-house versus private practice.

June marks Mens Health Month, an important time to to share education and awareness about men's health issues. On this episode of Roadmap, Pete is joined by Richard Penrith and Tim Woodman (Previously a GP and now Medical Director for Policy and Cancer Services at Bupa). They have an open chat about prostate cancer, including the testing and screening process, Richard's experiences, as wel...

On this episode of Roadmap, we're celebrating Java's 30th Birthday with a one-off birthday special!   Pete is joined by Chris and Karl to talk about the origins of Java back in 1995 and the impact the programming language has had throughout the past three decades.  They chat through how Java code has moved with us at Autotrader through website re-writes, moving to the cloud, and running over 750 m...

On this week's episode, Rach speaks to Brandon, Senior Android Engineer here at Autotrader about his journey of building his own app, Palm tree, an app to help people find black-owned businesses local to them. Brandon chats through his experiences from launching an app and learning a new programming language to do so. He delves into how it's made him a better developer, balancing the day j...

On this week's episode, Callum talks to Tom, Dan and Jason about their key learnings and challenges from their work in evolving Auto Trader's search algorithm with machine learning. They talk about the importance of continuously improving the search experience, and the process they went on to begin applying Machine-Learned Ranking.

On this week's episode, Rach talks to Ryan Tinsley, Head of Design & Research at Flipdish. They discuss the ways of working at Flipdish, embedding design into development teams and the importance of communication & collaboration over frameworks.

On this episode, Ben speaks to Sheryl and Sophie about their involvement in the Fertility Support Focus Group at Auto Trader.

On this week's episode, Pete (Farrell) is joined by Pete (Fletcher) and George Burton who talk about the journey of building an in-house creative team at Auto Trader. They chat about the rise of the in-house creative team, and the power of being sat next to your stakeholders.

In this episode, Pete's joined by Kell, Julie and Jake from Auto Trader's Parent's Employee Network. They chat about the evolution of the Parent's Network and the importance of talking about the challenges faced as parents.

Rach is joined by Michael Palmer, Senior Product Manager at the BBC to talk about the Product for Good community which Michael founded in 2024. They discuss the importance of making sure products are having a positive impact on society, using the agency afforded as a product manager to make decisions for good.