Head of Product Innovation, Quantexa
+ Company bonus
Decision intelligence platform
Job no longer available
Decision intelligence platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
+ Company bonus
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower every organization with the right data to make the right decisions.
Role
Who you are
- Demonstrated success, over multiple years, in leading disruptive “zero to one” product innovation initiatives, preferably within B2B SaaS or data platforms
- Deep understanding of Artificial Intelligence and GenAI—comfortable separating hype from value
- Strategic thinker with the ability to frame and evaluate bold ideas through commercial, technical, and user lenses
- Comfortable working with lean resources; thrives in ambiguity and complexity
- Proven leadership experience managing cross-functional teams and coaching high-performing individuals
- Excellent storytelling and stakeholder communication skills, both technical and non-technical
- Successful execution in evolving innovative experimentation into commercial impact
Desirable
- Hands-on technical background, comfortable building early prototypes or experimenting with new tools and frameworks
- Experience in highly regulated environments such as financial services, public sector, or healthcare
- Background as a founder, intrapreneur, or “entrepreneur-in-residence”
- Knowledge of LLMs, generative AI tools, and decision intelligence frameworks
- Familiarity with the startup and venture ecosystem
- Excellent executive presence and demonstrated ability to build consensus over ambiguity
What the job involves
- As Head of Product Innovation, you’ll set the vision and execution strategy for innovation at Quantexa. Reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer, you’ll lead a high-impact team focused on building the future of Decision Intelligence
- This is a hands-on leadership role that blends strategic thinking, customer empathy, technical awareness, and execution under ambiguity
- You’ll scout emerging technologies, teaming with R&D, GTM, academia, and willing co-innovation customers/partners. You’ll drive the creation of new products that could reshape Quantexa’s platform and positioning in the years ahead. You'll need to bring clarity to chaos, rigor to experimentation, and inspiration to your peers
- Define and lead the innovation strategy, processes, and pipelines within Quantexa
- Identify new technologies, market trends, and customer pain points to fuel disruptive product ideas
- Guide ideation, prototyping, and validation cycles—turning ideas into tangible and meaningful experiments
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional squads including engineers, product managers, and GTM stakeholders
- Lead and coach a growing innovation team
- Drive co-innovation programs with customers & ecosystem partners and establish academic/strategic partnerships
- Represent Quantexa at industry events as a thought leader in applied innovation and GenAI
- Drive market eminence to elevate external awareness of Quantexa as a leader in innovation
- Maintain a culture of curiosity, rigor, and entrepreneurial ownership within the team
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Quantexa specialises in data connectivity, offering companies a vital tool to streamline their information. By bringing together diverse data sets and enhancing internal information with external resources, it enables organisations to generate valuable insights, facilitating more informed decision-making processes.
Since its inception in 2016, Quantexa has experienced exponential growth, establishing a global presence with offices spanning various continents. Its clientele includes prestigious names such as HSBC and Shell, underscoring its reputation as a trusted partner in the realm of data analysis and interpretation.
Enterprises today recognise the untapped potential within their data repositories, and Quantexa is there to help them leverage this resource. One notable partnership has been with the British government's Public Sector Fraud Authority, where its technology helps combat fraud by applying its advanced analytics to identify and address fraudulent activity.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Mar 2025
$175m
SERIES F
Apr 2023
$129m
SERIES E
Total funding: $545m
Company benefits
- Pension Scheme with a company contribution of 6% (if you contribute 3%)
- 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy up to 5 days) + birthday off!
- Health & Wellbeing: Private Healthcare, EAP, Well-being Days, Calm App, Gym Discounts
- Tech & Cycle-to-Work Schemes
Company HQ
Waterloo, London, UK
Leadership
Vishal Marria
(CEO & Founder)Previously an Executive Director at EY, and Director of Financial Services at BAE.
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