Director, Product Management (Platform)

TL;DR

Director, Product Management (Platform): Leading the product strategy and capabilities for hirify.global's audience-facing digital experiences, with an accent on accelerating the transition to a platform-first product organisation. Focus on solving complex challenges in delivering transformational product strategies and enabling teams to innovate and scale best-in-class platform capabilities.

Location: Hybrid in Salford, London, Glasgow, Birmingham, Cardiff, Newcastle (United Kingdom)

Company

hirify.global is a public service broadcaster committed to informing, educating, and entertaining audiences through various platforms.

What you will do

• Lead product strategy, outcome-driven product roadmaps, and data-informed prioritisation for the Platform organisation.
• Ensure buy-in and visibility of the Platform product direction and priorities across product teams and wider hirify.global.
• Work closely with the Experiences product leadership team to ensure alignment of roadmaps and goals.
• Deliver results through user-centric experimentation and data-informed build/buy/partner product decisions.
• Lead change to establish a best-in-class product management organization and enable the wider community to thrive.
• Engage senior stakeholders and drive collaboration to build alignment on strategic direction and priorities.

Requirements

• Experienced senior product leader with proven ability to lead large product management teams through transformational change.
• Demonstrated track record of leading Platform-first product teams and delivering successful Platform products and capabilities.
• Practitioner of modern product management practices and Agile ways of working, championing product operating model principles.
• Highly capable of working effectively with technical and business leaders, partnering on technical architecture and business/user needs.
• Strong platform product leadership and change leadership experience, able to build and motivate high-performing teams.
• Adept at managing numerous, diverse senior and executive-level stakeholders, often under tight timescales and competing priorities.

Culture & Benefits

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package.
• Flexible 35-hour working week and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days.
• Defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working.
• Inclusive environment where every individual's unique contribution is valued and respected.

Hiring process

• Employment screening checks include Reference checks and Eligibility to work checks.
• If applicable, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks will be conducted.
• Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.