Working for an enterprise software scaleup, the Interim Head of Product / Contract Product Director role involves leading a product team of 8 during a period of maternity leave. The overall strategy has been set, this role involves focusing on delivery, leading & coaching the team and managing stakeholder relationships internally and externally.
They have both mature products with growing ARR and early-stage products under experimentation. Their software is business critical.
This is a 7-month contract and is OUTSIDE IR35. It’s a hybrid (mostly-remote) role with one day per week (Wednesday) at their central London offices.
The Interim Head of Product / Contract Product Director will:
- Lead a product and design team of 8, including objective setting, coaching, performance management (with HR support), etc.
- Ensure the overall product strategy and sub-streams of work are planned and delivered.
- Help to introduce product best practice, systems and processes to support the delivery of high quality products.
- Manage stakeholder relationships with leadership, technology, commercial teams, customers and external partners.
- Contribute to quarterly planning sessions.
Candidates for the Interim Head of Product / Contract Product Director role must have:
- Product leadership experience with a SAAS enterprise software vendor, from any industry sector.
- Strong people management experience of teams of 5+ people.
- Comfort in a founder-led, business critical software environment, where keeping a calm head to resolve any problems affecting customers quickly is required.
- Comfort focusing on execution as opposed to shaping a product strategy.
- Experience implementing product management structure, processes and best-practice, and evangelising product management to the business.
- Ability to quickly acclimatise to new environments, build relationships and add value as a product leader.
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