Senior Product Manager (Data Collector)

Prolific is not just another player in the AI space – we are the architects of the human data infrastructure that reshapes the landscape of AI development. In a world where foundational AI technologies are increasingly commoditized, it is the quality and diversity of human-generated data that truly differentiates products and models.

The Role

As our new Senior Product Manager at Prolific, you will take your place as one of the movers and shakers of Prolific's Product, Research, and Design Group.

Impact: You will be the Product person responsible for the impact and outcomes of one of the teams building our core data collector experience. This is a career-defining moment to shape how some of the world’s biggest technology companies are building AI. You will report into the Product Lead for the Data Collector Product Group and will work cross-functionally while accountable for a stream-aligned team.

Domain: You will bring experience building AI systems or helping others build AI systems. You will be able to quickly absorb and synthesize large complex business systems and naturally spot ways to simplify them. This domain is at the heart of what Prolific does best, and therefore the time and energy of this team are worth their weight in gold – we are looking for someone who prioritizes both intuitively and systematically, and is a master at the elegant art of trade-offs.

Responsibilities: You will be responsible for product managing a stream-aligned team of your own. This means you will be accountable for the outcomes and impact of that team.

Culture: Building on our Prolific Principles, we expect colleagues in the Product, Research, and Design Group to demonstrate reliability, grit, diplomacy, a bias for action, and a dogged focus on value – you will be a champion of these behaviours yourself, and in the culture of your team. Accountability and autonomy are two sides of the same coin, and we expect you to demonstrate both.

What you will be doing: You will bring your varied Product career experience to bear to solve customer problems and create new opportunities for users to fall in love with Prolific. You will raise the bar of our product - and Product team - by making bets and building products that customers love and which drive commercial value for our business. You will be an unblocker and simplifier of complexity: colleagues will bring you problems, and emerge optimistic, with solutions. You will partner productively with Product Design, User Research, Analytics, and Engineering to find ways to deliver products in a test-learn-iterate fashion.

What you will bring:

• An extensive and varied track record working embedded in technology teams alongside engineers and designers.
• An understanding, ideally via demonstrable experience, of the different needs businesses and enterprises have when it comes to their software products and contracts (B2B) vs what individual consumers expect (B2C).
• Competence or expertise in most or all of: The industry's prevailing Product tools, models, and methodologies, hands-on experience of Agile frameworks, Continuous Discovery, CI/CD, JTBD frameworks, thin or vertical slicing, self-organizing teams, Team Topologies, advocacy of 'thinking in bets,' test-learn-iterate loops, and Growth loops / Growth hacking.
• Strong data literacy and true data-driven decision-making.
• A storyteller's flair, a model team player, belief in 'strong opinions weakly held', personal accountability, and a relentless can-do attitude.
• Even better if you have Scale-up or startup experience.
• A track record of giving back to your Product community.

Why Prolific is a great place to work: We have built a unique platform that connects researchers and companies with a global pool of participants, enabling the collection of high-quality, ethically sourced human behavioural data and feedback. This data is the cornerstone of developing more accurate, nuanced, and aligned AI systems. We believe that the next leap in AI capabilities won’t come solely from scaling existing models, but from integrating diverse human perspectives and behaviours into AI development. By providing this crucial human data infrastructure, Prolific is positioning itself at the forefront of the next wave of AI innovation – one that reflects the breadth and the best of humanity. Working for us will place you at the forefront of AI innovation, providing access to our unique human data platform and opportunities for groundbreaking research. Join us to enjoy a competitive salary, benefits, and remote working within our impactful, mission-driven culture.