Job description
About Newsflare
Newsflare is a leading user-generated video marketplace, helping creators monetise their content while supplying video to publishers, broadcasters, brands, and digital platforms worldwide.
As demand for high-quality AI training data accelerates, we're uniquely positioned to transform our extensive video library into valuable datasets, metadata, and annotation products for AI companies.
We're looking for a commercially-minded technology leader to build the data products and platforms that will drive this next stage of growth
🎯 The Role
As Head of Data Products & Technology, you will own the vision, strategy, and execution of Newsflare's AI data product roadmap.
Leading both our technology and data functions, you'll work at the intersection of product, engineering, AI, operations, and commercial teams to transform one of the world's largest collections of user-generated video into scalable, commercially valuable data products.
This is a highly strategic role that combines product development, data strategy, and technology leadership.
Job requirements
🛠 Key Responsibilities
Data Product Strategy & Development
Define and own Newsflare's AI data product strategy and roadmap.
Identify opportunities to transform Newsflare's video library into differentiated AI training products.
Develop scalable metadata, annotation, taxonomy, and dataset solutions aligned with customer needs.
Drive product-market fit through customer engagement, market validation, and continuous product improvement.
Technology & Product Leadership
Lead Newsflare's technology and data functions, ensuring resources are aligned to strategic priorities.
Partner with engineering teams to deliver scalable and reliable data products.
Shape technology investment, architecture, automation, and delivery capabilities to support future growth.
Own product prioritisation, roadmap planning, and delivery execution
Customer & Market Engagement
Act as the primary product-facing representative to AI customers.
Conduct customer discovery sessions to understand training data requirements and emerging market opportunities.
Translate customer challenges into scalable product solutions.
Monitor developments across AI, machine learning, computer vision, robotics, and multimodal AI and update the wider business.
🎯 What Success Looks Like
Within your first 12 months, you will have:
Implemented a clear AI data product vision and roadmap.
Launched new metadata and dataset products aligned with customer demand.
Improved the quality, discoverability, and commercial value of Newsflare's data assets.
Built scalable workflows for dataset creation, enrichment, and delivery.
🏆 What We're Looking For
Essential Experience
Proven experience in Product Management, Product Ownership, Data Products, Technology Leadership, or a related field.
A track record of delivering data-driven products from concept through launch and growth.
Experience working closely with engineering and technical teams.
Strong stakeholder management and commercial decision-making skills.
Experience defining product strategy, managing roadmaps, and balancing competing priorities.
Ability to translate customer requirements into scalable product solutions.
Highly Desirable
Experience with data licensing, training datasets, annotation platforms, or data marketplaces.
Understanding of computer vision, multimodal AI, robotics, foundation models, or related AI technologies.
🎁 Why Join Newsflare?
This is a rare opportunity to help shape a new growth engine within an established business.
You'll have the opportunity to:
Define the future of Newsflare's AI data business.
Build category-defining data products for leading AI companies.
Work at the intersection of AI, data, technology, and media.
Influence company strategy alongside the executive team.
Create products with significant long-term commercial impact.
Alongside a competitive salary, hybrid working, and a comprehensive benefits package, you'll play a key role in shaping Newsflare's next chapter of growth.
🌈 Our Commitment to Inclusion
We’re committed to building a team where everyone feels welcome and supported, regardless of race, gender, age, religion, identity, or background. If you need accommodations during the process, just let us know.
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