Head of Product

Requirements

• Product management experience: 6+ years in product management, ideally in AI/ML, data science or intelligence-related fields, with a proven track record of shipping complex products from concept through to delivery.
• Industry expertise: Experience in threat intelligence, risk analysis or geopolitical intelligence, or in other highly regulated / security-sensitive environments (e.g. government, defence).
• Product leadership: Demonstrated experience leading product development in a startup or growth-stage company, with a proven ability to build and scale products and processes effectively.
• Advanced technical skills: A foundation in machine learning, data analytics or AI product management, particularly integrating complex ML models into user-facing products.
• Analytical and strategic thinking: Able to translate complex technical solutions into strategic product decisions, judging when user research should lead and when expertise-led conviction should, using data and analytics as inputs rather than the whole answer.
• Agile product management: Familiarity with agile methodologies and experience establishing agile processes in a startup or high-growth environment.
• Technical and AI/ML fluency: Comfortable working hand-in-hand with engineering and ML teams, with a good understanding of how complex ML models are integrated into user-facing products, alongside data processing and analytics.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Skilled at working with engineering, ML, design and customer success, and at synthesising input from multiple disciplines into a coherent product direction in a collaborative, agile environment.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to present complex information clearly to executives, clients and internal teams.

What the job involves

We're looking for a Head of Product to own and lead product management at ExTrac. You’ll own our AI-driven products end-to-end – strategy, roadmap, discovery, research, requirements and delivery – and build the product function that supports them. Reporting directly to the CEO, and working closely with the design, engineering, research & analysis and wider leadership teams, you’ll synthesise input from across the company into a clear product direction, agree it with the founders, and make sure the team is always working on the right things at the right time.

• Product strategy and roadmap: Working closely with the CEO, develop, refine and execute the product roadmap, aligning it with ExTrac’s strategic objectives and client needs.
• Discovery, definition and delivery: Lead products end-to-end, from concept and planning through to delivery. Translate visions, feature requests and ideas into fully developed product briefs – leading discovery, pushing for clarity and further discussion where needed, and writing and maintaining clear, actionable PRDs.
• Technical and data leadership: Apply technical judgement to guide product development, especially around AI/ML model integration, data processing and analytics.
• Research, validation and data: Establish usage analytics and behavioural data to track adoption and surface friction, and build workflows to analyse and act on it.
• Working with AI: Partner closely with the AI team to ensure AI features are genuinely useful, understandable and aligned with what our users need.
• Building and leading the product function: Build and formalise the product function – its agile processes, road-mapping systems and prioritisation frameworks.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Act as the primary link between product, engineering, machine learning, design, customer success and research, ensuring cohesive development cycles and smooth delivery.