Head of Product & Engineering

Head of Product & Engineering focuses on end-to-end delivery: own the product development lifecycle from ideation and specification through to high-velocity release and iteration.

What the role involves

• End-to-End Delivery: Own the product development lifecycle from ideation and specification through to high-velocity release and iteration.
• Partner with the CEO and SLT to align product and engineering strategies with commercial goals, maintaining a sharply prioritized, evidence-based roadmap.
• Lead a modern organizational model featuring small cross-functional teams, AI-assisted coding, automated QA, and rapid experimentation.
• Regularly engage with enterprise customers to build confidence in the roadmap, while translating complex technical trade-offs into clear insights for non-technical stakeholders.

Skills and requirements

• Proven experience scaling both Product and Engineering functions in a fast-paced scale-up.
• Hands-on experience building AI products and embedding AI-native tools into delivery workflows.
• Strong background in cloud-native architecture with the ability to make tough, pragmatic systems design decisions.
• Sharp product judgment that connects technical choices directly to revenue and customer ROI.

Confirmed role details

• Brighton (Hybrid – Minimum 2 days per week in-office).
• Our client is an innovative, high-growth tech business currently transitioning to a fully AI-native operating model.
• Having established themselves as a disruptive force in their sector, they are entering a critical next stage of commercial growth.
• They are looking for a visionary, hands-on leader to unify and scale their combined Product and Engineering functions.