At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead product strategy and drive growth across multiple business-critical domains.
- Company: Ambitious, product-led business undergoing significant transformation.
- Benefits: High levels of autonomy, hybrid working, and direct partnership with the CPO.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for international travel.
- Why this job: Shape the future of a growing organisation and influence business strategy.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in senior product leadership and strong background in digital products.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
We're looking for an experienced Product Director to join an ambitious, product-led business undergoing significant transformation. Reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer (CPO) and sitting on the Product & Technology Leadership Team, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping product strategy across multiple business-critical domains. This is an opportunity to lead a high-performing product organisation while driving commercial growth, operational excellence and customer value at scale.
The Opportunity:
- You'll own the product strategy across several key business areas, leading teams responsible for consumer products, marketplace capabilities, pricing, operational platforms and data products.
- This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution. We're looking for someone who can define long-term direction while helping teams make fast, high-quality decisions that deliver measurable outcomes.
What You'll Be Doing
- Define and communicate a clear product strategy aligned to business objectives.
- Lead the growth agenda across digital consumer products, identifying opportunities to improve acquisition, conversion and customer retention.
- Partner closely with Engineering to improve delivery velocity and product quality.
- Champion the use of AI throughout the product development lifecycle, embedding modern tooling and best practices across the team.
- Lead, coach and develop a team of Product Managers, creating a high-performance culture built on accountability and continuous improvement.
- Translate business strategy into clear product roadmaps that balance short-term impact with long-term value creation.
- Drive smart prioritisation, simplifying complexity and making effective build vs. buy decisions.
- Collaborate with commercial, operations, engineering and data teams to ensure products deliver meaningful business outcomes.
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience in senior product leadership roles (Head of Product, Product Director or VP Product).
- Strong background building and scaling consumer-facing digital products, ideally within eCommerce, marketplaces or other high-growth digital businesses - B2C heavy.
- Experience operating internationally, with exposure to the US market highly desirable.
- A strategic thinker who is equally comfortable rolling up their sleeves to solve complex product challenges.
- Demonstrated success leading and developing high-performing product teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across technical and commercial functions.
- Strong commercial acumen and a data-led approach to decision making.
- Practical experience using AI tools to enhance product management and delivery.
- Outstanding communication skills with the ability to align teams around a shared vision.
Why Join?
- A genuine opportunity to shape the future direction of a growing, product-led organisation.
- Direct partnership with the Chief Product Officer (CPO) and significant influence over business strategy.
- High levels of autonomy, ownership and accountability.
- A collaborative environment where Product, Engineering and Commercial teams work closely together.
- Hybrid working with occasional travel to UK and international locations.
Product Director in City of London employer: Pulse Group
Join a dynamic and innovative product-led organisation in London, where you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of our product strategy while working in a collaborative and high-performing environment. We offer a culture that values autonomy, accountability, and continuous improvement, alongside significant opportunities for professional growth and development. With hybrid working arrangements and the chance to influence business strategy directly, this role is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in a thriving industry.
