Head of Product (Ecosystem)

• Salary £93,130 + benefits (including 4.5 day week and 11% employer pension)
• Team Product
• Seniority Senior
• Closing 11:59pm, 26th Jul 2026 BST

Perks and benefits

• Work from home option
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Additional parental leave
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Paid emergency leave
• Mentoring/coaching
• Payroll giving
• Team social events

About the role

The Head of Product (Ecosystem) reports to the Director of Product and works alongside the Head of Product (Schools and Teachers), leading our Quality Assurance discipline.

This role leads our Product squads responsible for expanding the reach and impact of Oak's curriculum beyond direct-to-teacher and school products, as well as our Quality Assurance discipline.

You will be responsible for a portfolio of Ecosystem products and technical capabilities that make it easier for others to build innovative, safe and pedagogically robust tools using Oak's curriculum, data and code.

You will also ensure that the way we create and structure our curriculum content works well for both Oak and others, maximising the long‑term reach and impact of our curriculum across products, platforms, and AI‑powered learning environments.

You will play a key role on Oak's leadership team, working closely with colleagues across Engineering, Education and School Support, and help shape how Oak uses AI and emerging technologies to maximise reach and impact across the education and technology sectors.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and manage a high‑performing department across Product squads and Quality Assurance, supporting colleagues to grow and building relationships across Oak and beyond.
• Shape and deliver the product strategy for the Ecosystem, ensuring cross‑functional squads work effectively to achieve strategic priorities and continuously improve how they operate.
• Develop Oak's Ecosystem product portfolio, exploring opportunities for wider integrations such as MCPs and APIs within the sector, and build relationships to support this work.
• Represent Quality Assurance at a leadership level, line‑managing the discipline and supporting its evolution in a world of AI.
• Ensure every product delivers high‑quality, accessible, safe, pedagogically rigorous experiences, including through our Ecosystem product portfolio, enabling us to scale for reach and impact.
• Develop our use of AI, ensuring it stays safe, pedagogically robust and aligned with Oak's curriculum principles.
• Maintain deep expertise in digital product management, product strategy, open content and data and emerging technologies, and be the authority across Oak and more widely within the Ecosystem.
• As a member of the leadership team, contribute to Oak's strategy and planning, and model our culture across the organisation.
• Manage the Product budget (six figures), sharing the Product Management budget with the Head of Product (Schools and Teachers) and owning the Quality Assurance budget.
• Deputise for the Director of Product, and take on other duties as needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product development, including at least 2 years setting product strategy across multiple teams/squads in a product‑centric organisation.
• Experience of recruiting, managing and leading high‑performing teams.
• Experience of managing a significant budget.
• Demonstrable experience of designing, implementing and continuously improving agile ways of working.
• Demonstrable experience of supporting high‑performing teams outside of your own areas of expertise.
• Proven success in understanding and articulating challenging technical concepts, including the use of generative AI in products, to senior stakeholders.

Benefits

11% employer pension contribution; 25 days annual leave, plus one extra day for each year of service (up to 28); additional Oak closure days over Christmas/New Year; 36‑hour working week with half‑days on Fridays or every other Friday off; fully remote working with coworking options; twice‑yearly in‑person whole Oak offsites.

Closing date: We’ll be reviewing applications as they come in and may close the role early.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

We are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

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