Product Director
hace 12 días
London
Reed.ai is looking for a part time Product Director to join their team in Holborn, London on a 12 month fixed term contract. Overview We're seeking a strategic, hands-on Product Director to lead the growth of Reed.ai as it transitions from Beta to full market release. This is a fixed-term maternity cover (part-time, 3 days per week) role. You will manage a small Product and CX team and drive prioritisation for the wider engineering team to deliver a roadmap that achieves product-market fit, user adoption, and long-term innovation. While you won't directly manage engineering, your strong technical background will enable you to play a critical role in technical prioritisation and solution design. As a key member of the Reed.ai leadership team, you'll report directly to the board and contribute to strategic business decisions beyond product delivery. This is an opportunity to shape a high-impact product from the ground up-within a startup-style venture backed by the strength and stability of an established business. Join a collaborative, forward-thinking team that values creativity, experimentation, and measurable impact-and help redefine the future of recruitment through intelligent, human-centered technology. Key Responsibilities • Own and deliver the product roadmap , balancing customer needs, business priorities, and long-term technical strategy., • Adapt roadmap with agility to respond to user feedback, market trends, and evolving business goals., • Lead a cross-functional Product and CX team to deliver new features,enhancements, proofs of concept, and experiments., • Shape long-term product and business strategy, aligning with company vision and growth objectives., • Monitor product performance using KPIs, analytics, and qualitative feedback to drive continuous improvement., • Improve BAU operations, including support, maintenance, and user engagement strategies., • Manage and develop the CX and Product Executive, ensuring operational excellence and positive customer outcomes., • Partner with sales, marketing, and operations to ensure successful product adoption and customer satisfaction., • Stay ahead of AI and recruitment technology trends to inform product strategy and, • maintain competitive advantage., • Champion user-centric design and data-driven decision-making across the product lifecycle.Skills and Experience, • Proven experience as a Product Director or equivalent senior product leadership role, ideally in a tech startup or innovation-led environment., • Ability to inspire and lead cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, evolving environment. Strong understanding of end-to-end product lifecycle management, from MVP to scale., • Technical fluency, able to review architecture and define technical approaches for new features., • Hands-on experience with AI/ML technologies for both product development and customer-facing features., • Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills., • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a track record of data-informed decision-making., • Experience managing customer experience or operational functions., • Understanding of product design principles, testing methodologies, and success metrics., • Background in SaaS or B2B product environments is highly desirable., • Recruitment or HR tech experience is helpful but not essentialBenefits, • Hybrid working as standard, • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, • Flexible holiday scheme, • Contributory pension scheme, • Enhanced family leave benefits, • Insurance benefits including life assurance, • Office in a fantastic location, with countless bars, restaurants and theatres right on the doorstep