Head of Data Products and Technology
Our client are a leading user-generated video marketplace, with an extensive video library of unique content.
As demand for high-quality AI training data accelerates, they're uniquely positioned to transform this library into valuable datasets, metadata, and annotation products for AI companies, and they need someone who can build that from the ground up, not just direct it from above.
This is a hands-on role. There is no data analytics team to hand work off to, you are the data function, as well as its strategic owner.
We're looking for someone with strong, recent hands on experience building data products who's ready for a step-up to own strategy end-to-end. If you're a capable people or product manager but haven't personally built a dataset, defined a taxonomy, or got hands-on with annotation and data pipelines recently, this isn't the right fit.
The opportunity
Reporting to the CEO, you will own the vision, strategy, and execution of the AI data product roadmap.
You'll work at the intersection of product, engineering, AI, operations, and commercial teams to transform their collection of user-generated video into scalable, commercially valuable data products. As a scale-up with no dedicated data analytics resource, the role combines genuine strategic ownership with hands-on work to create datasets, shape annotation taxonomies and define metadata schemas.
This is a rare combination: the strategic scope of a senior leadership role, using the hands-on experience you'll have gained as an individual contributor. It's an ideal next step for someone with strong, current hands-on data product or data analytics experience who hasn't yet had the chance to own strategy.
What you’ll be doing
Data Product Strategy & Development
- Personally analyse the video library and usage data to identify the most commercially attractive areas to focus on
- Hands on work to build metadata schemas, taxonomies, and annotation frameworks aligned with customer needs
- Define and own the AI data product strategy and roadmap, driving product-market fit through customer engagement and continuous product improvement
- Query and manipulate data directly to answer commercial and product questions as they arise.
Technology & Product Leadership
- Lead the technology and data functions, ensuring resources are aligned to strategic priorities.
- Shape technology investment and architecture to support future growth.
- Own product prioritisation, roadmap planning, and delivery execution
Customer & Market Engagement
- Act as the primary product-facing representative to AI customers.
- Conduct customer discovery sessions to understand training data requirements and emerging market opportunities.
- Monitor developments across AI, machine learning, computer vision, robotics, and multimodal AI and update the wider business.
What we’re looking for
- Recent hands-on experience building data products
- Strong hands-on data analytics skills
- A track record of delivering data-driven products from concept through launch and growth.
- Experience working closely with engineering and technical teams.
- Strong stakeholder management and commercial decision-making skills.
- Experience defining product strategy, managing roadmaps, and balancing competing priorities.
- Ability to translate customer requirements into scalable product solutions.
It's not essential to have worked in an AI focussed role or environment previously.
What’s on offer
- A unique opportunity to shape and delivery the data product strategy in this ambitious scale-up business.
- Work at the intersection of AI, data, technology, and media.
- Create products with significant long-term commercial impact.
- Influence overall company strategy alongside the executive team.
Our client offer a competitive salary, hybrid working and a comprehensive benefits package.
Apply now to learn more.
Our client are committed to building a team where everyone feels welcome and supported, regardless of race, gender, age, religion, identity, or background. If you need accommodations during the process, just let us know.