Product Director

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the product strategy for core platform components and shared services, ensuring they meet the needs of various internal consumer teams and contribute to enterprise-grade solutions.
• Lead the development of scalable, reusable functionality and domain-specific engineering solutions that can be leveraged across multiple products and touchpoints.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and data teams on technical features, infrastructure, and developer experience initiatives, ensuring a deep understanding of technical considerations.
• Foster strong relationships with internal product teams, understanding their needs and advocating for platform capabilities that accelerate their development velocity and product quality.
• Establish clear metrics and success criteria for platform products, continuously monitoring performance and identifying areas for improvement and expansion.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across the organization to align the platform roadmap with overall business objectives and enterprise requirements.
• Champion a culture of internal product excellence, focusing on usability, documentation, and adoption for technical users.

Qualification & Requirements

About you

• Significant experience leading product strategy for platforms or shared services in a dynamic environment where priorities evolve and innovation is valued.
• A demonstrable track record of building scalable solutions for complex software platforms
• Experience in designing and delivering shared functionality or “domain engineering” solutions used across multiple product lines and teams.
• Comfortable operating in a platform team <> consumer team dynamic, with a focus on internal enablement rather than solely external customer features.
• Understanding of developer experience (Dx) and infrastructure concepts, with the ability to engage in technical discussions and drive technical product initiatives.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, capable of influencing and collaborating effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Familiarity with modern microservices architectures, event-driven architecture, and API-first product development.

Bonus Points For

• Experience with specific enterprise-level compliance or security requirements.
• A background in engineering or a technical discipline.
• Experience leading and mentoring a team of product managers focused on platform or internal tools.
• Built products, services, or solutions where the primary end-users are technical audiences or developers, both internal and customer-facing (APIs, SDKs, etc)

Benefits

• Time off – 27 days holiday, plus 5 additional days off: 1 life event day, 2 volunteer days, 2 company-wide wellbeing days (M-Powered Weekend) and 8 bank holidays per year
• Health & Wellness– private medical Insurance with Bupa, a medical cashback scheme, life insurance, gym membership & wellness resources through Wellhub and access to Spill – all in one mental health support
• Hybrid work offering – we collaborate in the office 3 days per week
• Work-from-anywhere scheme – you’ll have the opportunity to work from anywhere, up to 10 days per year
• Team fun – weekly socials, company-wide events and office snacks!