Head of Product Management in City of London

About DDRE Global

DDRE Global delivers the ultimate property experience for ultra-high net worth individuals. We have built our reputation on quality, integrity and exceptional service in the luxury real estate market. Our business combines high-touch advisory with a strong digital platform, content, media and technology-led operations. Founded by Daniel Daggers, DDRE has grown into one of the most recognised brands in luxury property. We are ambitious, fast-moving and building for scale. We operate with the pace and ambiguity of a start-up. Priorities move quickly. Standards are high. We work hard and support each other. We want people who take ownership, think clearly and care about building something meaningful.

The role

We are hiring a Head of Product and Technology to lead product, design and engineering across DDRE Global. This is a senior role reporting to the COO and CEO. You will lead the function, set direction and drive delivery across multiple work streams, ensuring the roadmap stays aligned to business priorities. Your primary focus will be the delivery of our core platform initiative. You will own the path to launch, including scope, sequencing, resourcing, risk and stakeholder alignment. Alongside this, you will oversee a smaller portfolio of internal products and systems, including dashboarding, reporting, automation and operational improvements. These remain important, but are secondary to the core platform initiative. This role needs a strong department leader who can contribute at senior level while driving high-quality execution through product, design and engineering day to day. Strong judgement in platform security, data protection and AI product development is essential, particularly in the practical application of LLMs.

What you will be responsible for

• Own the product and technology strategy across DDRE Global.
• Lead delivery of the core platform initiative as the company’s highest-priority technology project.
• Manage a multidisciplinary team across product, engineering and design, based in London, New Zealand and the Philippines.
• Set priorities across concurrent initiatives, making clear decisions on sequencing, resourcing and trade-offs.
• Maintain a clear roadmap, strong delivery discipline, clear ownership and regular reporting.
• Work closely with the COO, CEO and wider leadership team to turn business priorities into execution plans.
• Ensure the team has the right structure, standards and ways of working to deliver at pace.
• Oversee secondary systems and side projects, including dashboarding, reporting, CRM improvement and automation, without losing focus on the core priority.
• Make clear decisions on what should be built in-house, integrated or deferred.
• Raise the standard of product thinking, delivery management, stakeholder communication and accountability across the function.
• Maintain high standards in platform security, access control, data governance and risk management.
• Ensure security is built into product design, technical architecture and delivery processes.
• Identify where LLMs and AI can create practical value across the business, and turn those opportunities into clear product direction and prioritised use cases.
• Guide the responsible use of AI, balancing pace, reliability, data sensitivity and commercial value.
• Present strategy, roadmap updates and key recommendations clearly to senior leadership and other stakeholders.

What success looks like

• The core platform initiative is delivered at pace, with clear ownership and sound decision-making.
• Product, design and engineering operate as one aligned department.
• Multiple work streams are managed well, with the core platform initiative protected as the top priority.
• Senior leadership has confidence in the roadmap, the team and the quality of delivery.
• Secondary systems continue to improve in a structured and proportionate way.
• Security is treated as a core leadership responsibility.
• AI and LLM opportunities are turned into practical, high-value product decisions.
• The department becomes more focused, accountable and effective.

About you

You are an experienced functional leader who has run product and technology in a fast-moving business. You have led multiple products or major initiatives at the same time and know how to prioritise, protect focus and keep teams moving. You are comfortable managing through others and know how to get the best from product managers, engineers and designers. You are credible with senior leadership. You communicate clearly, make sound recommendations and handle complexity with confidence. You combine strategic judgement with execution discipline. You turn priorities into plans, and plans into results. You are structured, commercially aware and calm under pressure. You bring strong judgment on security, risk and data protection, and know how to embed these into product and technology leadership. You have strong expertise in LLMs and AI, and know how to apply this in a practical business and product context. You are confident in presenting to senior stakeholders and explaining complex decisions clearly. You care about quality, pace and business impact.

Skills and experience

Essential

• Significant experience in product leadership, technology leadership, or a combined product and technology role.
• Strong experience leading end-to-end product delivery, from concept through to launch and iteration.
• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent projects, products or work streams.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams across product, engineering and design.
• Strong experience owning roadmap strategy, prioritisation and trade-off decisions.
• Experience operating as part of a senior leadership team.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills.
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to connect product decisions to business outcomes.
• Experience improving systems, workflows, automation and internal operational tooling.
• A solid understanding of modern web products, integrations and scalable delivery environments.
• Strong experience in product security, platform security, data protection and risk management.
• Strong expertise in LLMs and AI, including identifying use cases, shaping product direction and working through implementation considerations.
• Experience in presenting product strategy, delivery progress and recommendations to senior leadership and other stakeholders.

Desirable

• Engineering experience or a strong technical background.
• Experience in a start-up or scale-up environment.
• Experience with internal business systems, dashboarding, reporting and CRM improvement.
• Experience working with distributed teams across multiple locations.
• Knowledge of modern application architecture, cloud infrastructure and integration design.