Head of Product (Maternity Cover)

At Vixio, we’re disrupting and building the future of regulatory intelligence. We are a pioneering RegTech SaaS company helping global organisations turn regulatory complexity into competitive advantage. Our platforms combine automation, AI-enhanced insights and deep regulatory expertise to deliver real-time regulatory intelligence and foresight. Through powerful tools, intelligent alerts and workflow automation, Vixio enables compliance teams to move beyond manual research and spreadsheets - empowering them to anticipate change, act faster and make confident strategic decisions.

Trusted by some of the world’s leading brands, across Payments, Banking and Gambling, our solutions provide actionable regulatory intelligence across more than 180 jurisdictions, helping organisations navigate risk, unlock new markets and stay ahead in rapidly evolving industries.

About the role: The Head of Product will input into the Product vision, strategy, and lead the Product execution across Vixio’s Customer facing platform areas: Gaming Compliance, Payments Compliance, Financial Services and our AI powered workflow management tools. This role is critical in aligning the product portfolio to Vixio’s unified platform ambition and ensuring scalable delivery of high-value, high-quality features that meet user needs and support commercial growth. They will lead a growing team of Product Managers and work cross-functionally with Engineering, Regulatory Intelligence, Commercial, and Marketing teams.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Own and clearly articulate product vision, strategy, and road‑map across all four verticals.
• Align product planning with strategic goals, customer insights, and commercial priorities.
• Translate business objectives into prioritised, executable delivery outcomes.
• Lead product governance: road‑map reviews, OKR planning, go‑to‑market readiness, and executive reporting.

AI-Native Delivery – Core Expectation:

• Use AI tooling across the full product development life‑cycle as standard working practice.
• Structure and write user stories and acceptance criteria optimised for coding agents (not just human developers).
• Drive rapid prototyping cycles using AI‑assisted tools to validate feature hypotheses before engineering commitment.
• Automate feedback synthesis: use AI tooling to process customer interviews, support tickets, usage data, and NPS signals into structured insight at pace.
• Champion a faster release cadence – weekly or continuous delivery where feasible.
• Maintain a product environment where testing is embedded in the build cycle.
• Champion the voice of the customer through research, interviews, and behavioural data analysis.
• Develop customer personas, journey maps, and use case documentation.
• Ensure product‑market fit across compliance, payments, financial services, and gambling verticals.

Cross‑Functional Execution:

• Work closely with Engineering, Regulatory Intelligence, Commercial, and Marketing to drive aligned delivery.
• Drive a data‑informed culture: usage, adoption, feedback, and revenue insights steer priorities.
• Champion One Vixio as the integrated experience layer across modules.
• Manage the migration path of customers onto the unified platform.
• Drive evolution of Workspace and unified platform navigation and UX.

People:

• Manage, coach, and develop direct‑report Product Managers and Product Specialists.
• Build and maintain a high‑performing product team capable of operating at pace.

Knowledge & Experience Required:

• Proven B2B SaaS product leadership – multiple products or modules within a unified platform.
• Experience in regulated markets: RegTech, FinTech, LegalTech, or Compliance strongly preferred.
• Deep platform thinking: UX, systems integration, unified data models.
• Strong stakeholder management up to exec level.
• Familiarity with RAG architectures, LLM‑powered product features, or agentic workflow tooling.
• Experience with regulatory change management, obligation tracking, or GRC platforms.
• Exposure to PE‑backed or exit‑stage SaaS environments.
• Demonstrable experience using AI tools in the product development lifecycle.
• Experience writing stories, epics, or specifications structured for AI coding agents.
• Experience building or managing products in a high‑cadence, continuous delivery environment.
• Proven ability to synthesise large volumes of qualitative and quantitative customer feedback rapidly.

Leadership Behaviours:

• Goal orientated – Sets goals and objectives for yourself and your team that align with Vixio’s vision.
• Accountability through to completion – Acknowledging shortcomings, and taking accountability.
• Communication – Communicates clearly, concisely, and transparently.
• Empathy – Demonstrates empathy by understanding and connecting with others’ feelings.
• Continuous feedback – Provides fair, balanced, and timely feedback that supports growth.
• Active listening – Gives full attention to the speaker, actively observing body language and tone.

What We Offer:

• A pivotal role in shaping the execution of strategic priorities at an ambitious, fast‑growing company.
• Collaborative culture and opportunity to work closely with senior leadership.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Hybrid Working (2/3 days in the office a week).