Head of Product, Vestd Services Limited

• This is a builder role - ideal for someone who thrives in high-growth environments and wants to own the full product lifecycle end-to-end
• 6 or more years in Product Management, with at least 3-4 years in a senior product leadership role
• Experience in B2B SaaS, preferably with complex workflows, multi-stakeholder products, or financial/operational tools
• A track record of shipping high-quality software at pace
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on product execution
• Very strong collaboration and communication skills across engineering, design, and commercial teams
• Data-driven decision-making with excellent analytical and research skills
• Experience leading and developing Product Managers
• Shows that while men are likely to apply when they meet 60% of a job’s requirements, women and individuals from underrepresented groups often apply only when they meet every criterion
• We understand the value of transferable skills and the unique perspectives that diversity brings. That’s why we encourage applications from candidates with unique strengths and experiences

Desirable

• Role: Head of Product
• Reports to: Head of Technology
• Hours: Full-Time 37.5 hours per week
• We’re looking for an experienced, strategic, and hands-on Head of Product to lead the continued development of our equity management platform
• You will own the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and execution - ensuring we build a category-leading experience for founders, finance teams, employees, advisors, and investors
• This is a critical role in our next stage of growth
• Your work will shape how companies manage cap tables, share schemes, valuations, equity operations, reporting, and compliance
• You will bring clarity and direction to the product function, working closely with Engineering & Design, Revenue, and Customer Success operations to help us scale
• We cannot provide an exhaustive list of duties; additional duties will arise, but the following will be core elements of this role:
• You'll define and articulate a compelling long-term product vision aligned with company goals
• Translate a vision into a clear, customer-centric product strategy and roadmap
• Identify new commercial opportunities across equity management (EMI/CSOP, valuations, cap tables, investor reporting, scenario modelling, data integrations)
• Understand emerging market trends in FinTech, equity operations, and compliance
• Prioritise product initiatives based on customer value, business impact, and feasibility
• Ensure roadmaps are realistic, well-communicated, and tightly aligned with GTM teams
• Drive strong delivery discipline across the product teams
• Own the full product lifecycle: discovery → validation → design → delivery → iteration
• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of Product Managers
• Introduce best practices in product process, frameworks, documentation and decision-making
• Deeply understand user needs across founders, CFOs, legal teams, HR, employees, investors and advisors
• Regularly run discovery interviews, usability sessions and validation workshops
• Translate insights into actionable product opportunities
• Align with Revenue, Partnerships, Marketing and CS on positioning, launches and adoption
• Collaborate with RevOps and Data teams to measure product usage, behavioural signals, and feature impact
• Lead product training for internal teams
• Use product analytics tools and dashboards to monitor adoption, retention, churn signals and feature utilisation
• Measure and improve key product metrics
• Establish a product decision-making framework that balances speed with rigour
• Develop a strong understanding of company equity structures, cap table logic, share schemes (EMI/CSOP), valuations, tax rules, and investor compliance
• Work with subject-matter experts to translate complex topics into simple, intuitive product experiences
• What does success look like in this role?
• Within 3-6 months, you will have:
• Delivered a clear, customer-aligned product strategy and roadmap
• Introduced a comprehensive metric system, increasing adoption, and time-to-value
• Delivered new capabilities that strengthen our equity management offering
• Introduced strong product discovery and research practices
• Built trust and alignment with Revenue, CS, Sales, and Partnerships teams
• Developed a strong, empowered product team with clear responsibilities
• Positioned the platform competitively in the market with meaningful differentiation

• A typical selection process might be:
• Apply online,
• 20-minute screening call,
• 45-minute interview with the hiring manager and team member,
• Task-based assignment,
• 45-minute team, cultural interview,
• 30-minute interview with the CEO