Remote Senior Director of Product | Remote (UK) in Watford

About Spotted Zebra

At Spotted Zebra, we're building something we genuinely believe in: an AI-native end-to-end hiring platform that helps the world's leading organisations find the right people, faster and fairer than ever before. In short, we're making hiring something everyone loves again - both talent teams and candidates alike. We're a multi-award-winning Series A company giving talent leaders the solution they've always needed.

What we do

Spotted Zebra brings Interview Intelligence, Skills Assessments, and AI Interview Agent together in one powerful platform, designed for intelligence and action. One powerful agent and assistant: Spot. Working the way talent teams need it to, always with humans in control. The result is talent teams get the insight to predict who will succeed, the speed to move before competitors, the governance to defend every hiring decision, and the capacity to focus on the human moments that matter most.

But our product is only part of the story. Spotted Zebra isn’t just building an AI-native product; we’re building an AI-native company. AI is changing how we build, sell, support customers and make decisions. We use it to move faster, stay closer to customers, reduce unnecessary processes, and give talented people more leverage in their roles. That means joining Spotted Zebra isn’t just a chance to work on the future of hiring. It’s a chance to help shape what the future of work looks like inside a scaling company: compact, ambitious teams using AI to collaborate better, make decisions quickly, and deliver meaningful impact at speed.

The FTSE100 and Fortune500 companies trusting us include British Airways, NIQ, Domino's, Lidl, Merlin Entertainments, AWE, United Utilities, and Paramount. We've been named Personnel Today's Talent Acquisition Supplier of the Year 2025, secured gold across multiple industry awards, and were recently named on the UK Top 100 Startups List. But what we’re most proud of is the team. People join Spotted Zebra because the mission is real, the product is genuinely exciting, and the opportunity to shape the future of hiring is huge.

What makes it special is the way we work: smart, committed people in compact teams where trust is high, decisions happen quickly, and everyone has the chance to make a visible impact. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to do your best work - read on.

Our Dazzle (That's Our Team!)

Fun fact: A group of zebras is called a dazzle – and ours truly is dazzling! We create a culture in which our team thrives and gallops ahead. As we roam free and empower our dazzle, we gallop ahead on the journey to achieving our goals. We understand this journey will pose challenges along the way, yet we brighten the trail with our positive mindset and encouragement of others. The dazzle continuously moves, gaining knowledge and skills so that we can graze new grounds.

What you'll be doing

You’ll join Spotted Zebra at a defining moment, with the opportunity to turn an ambitious product vision into the company that defines AI-native hiring. As Senior Director of Product, you’ll work closely with the CEO to set the direction across Product and Design, shape the priorities of the wider Product, Design and Engineering organisation, and translate rapid advances in AI, deep customer insight and commercial opportunity into a focused strategy that wins. You’ll influence the company’s biggest bets, help take our product into new global markets, and tell a compelling product story to enterprise customers, partners, investors and the board. You’ll also build the organisation and operating model capable of delivering that ambition.

Key responsibilities:

• Product & Design organisation leadership: Own and lead both the Product and Design function, providing strategic direction, clear priorities, and a high-performance culture across all teams.
• Engineering influence & collaboration: Act as a senior cross-functional partner who shapes how Product, Design, and Engineering work together.
• AI Augmented Delivery (AAD): Set the standard for AI-Augmented Delivery across Product and Design.
• Talent attraction through personal brand: Use your own professional profile and reputation to attract exceptional talent to Spotted Zebra.
• Global product strategy: Define and champion the long-term product vision across all markets.
• Executive leadership & CEO partnership: Serve as a true strategic partner to the CEO.
• Cross-functional ownership beyond Product & Design: Take accountability for functions that sit at the boundary of product and go-to-market.
• Scaling through fundraising & growth stages: Bring proven experience of navigating and shaping businesses through funding rounds.

Requirements

Must-Haves:

• Product & Design leadership at scale.
• Engineering partnership at senior level.
• AI-native delivery.
• AI tooling fluency.
• IC management & coaching.
• Hands-on capability.
• Scaling through funding rounds.
• Global product experience.
• Executive presence & investor readiness.
• Cross-functional ownership.
• B2B SaaS at enterprise scale.
• Strategic product thinking.
• Customer co-creation at executive level.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience in HR technology, talent assessment, or adjacent people-tech markets.
• Track record of building products that serve both enterprise and mid-market customer segments simultaneously.
• Experience establishing or scaling a product presence in the United States.
• Background operating as or alongside a Chief Product Officer or VP of Product in a high-growth environment.

Benefits

• Meaningful share options.
• Health insurance.
• Enhanced pension.
• Nursery salary sacrifice scheme.
• 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays).