Skills

Leadership Go Sales Research Marketing

Job Specifications

Head of Product Innovation | Professional Membership Body | £85–90k + bonus (up to 15%)

We’re working with a well-established UK professional membership body to hire a Head of Product Innovation.

The organisation turns over c. £30m and has grown consistently over the past few years. They’re now at a point where they need transform and use design thinking to ship faster, customer centric solutions. Part of the existing portfolio is exposed to funding changes, so there’s a real focus on developing new product lines and modernising how products are built and taken to market.

This role sits on the senior leadership team and has a clear brief: bring pace, ship new propositions, and create visible commercial impact.

The role

That means working closely with marketing, sales, policy and digital teams to bring together customer insight, turn it into strong business cases, and move quickly from idea through to launch.

There’s a strong appetite internally, from the C-suite to work in a more iterative way and to use AI tools sensibly to speed up research, prototyping and testing. They want someone who can embed that mindset, not just talk about it.

You’ll lead a small team but will be hands on. This is not a pure strategy role.

What you’ll be doing

Identifying new product opportunities that open up revenue growth
Building clear commercial cases with defined KPIs
Turning customer and employer insight into practical product structures and pathways
Leading rapid development cycles and getting products to market quickly
Working closely with marketing and sales to shape go to market from the start
Using data to track performance and refine offers
Embedding a more experimental, delivery focused product culture

What they’re looking for

Strong end to end product leadership experience
A track record of launching revenue generating products
Experience in education, skills, membership, professional development or a related regulated environment
Comfort using AI tools to speed up development and insight
Confidence operating at senior level while staying close to delivery
Commercial judgement and the ability to prioritise what really matters

Package

£85,000–£90,000 base
Up to 15% bonus
Private medical for you and your partner
25 days holiday plus Christmas closure
Hybrid working, two days per week in the office

3 stage interview process – no take home tasks.

About the Company

Specialist digital recruitment consultancy with over 20 years of experience in hiring digital teams, across the UK. Zebra People partner with companies to embark on digital transformation in start-up and scale-up businesses. In 2019, we partnered up with leading UK executive search firm HW Global Talent Partner. The partnership has enabled us to offer clients an end-to-end talent solution, from appointing C-Suite Executives to the essential teams that sit underneath them. We offer clients a flexible recruitment solution from... Know more