AI Platform Product Lead: Data, Semantics & Distribution

Talent Octopusventures; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ICIS is building the AI capability that will define how chemical markets get intelligence, and this role owns the platform foundations that make it possible. You will define the AI-ready data strategy, semantics layer, and MCP-first distribution approach that powers internal product teams, partner integrations, and AI-native customer experiences.

This is a highly influential individual contributor role where you will shape platform standards, drive adoption, and help establish how ICIS delivers

Qualifications

• Shipping platform capabilities (APIs, data products, semantic layers)
• Experience owning platform strategy, roadmap and delivery outcomes
• Technical credibility for architecture discussions (RAG, agents, MCP)
• Hands-on experience with AI tooling through prototypes/integrations
• Ability to influence decisions in a matrixed organisation and work with senior stakeholders across teams
• Strong product judgement translating feedback into scalable platform direction
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and driving platform adoption at scale
• Experience with AI platform integrations or data distribution ecosystems is beneficial

Responsibilities

• Own the platform mission and roadmap for AI-ready data, semantics, and MCP-first distribution
• Define standards, data contracts, schemas, versioning and quality measures for AI-ready data
• Evaluate customer signals and decide which workflows become platform primitives
• Drive adoption of platform primitives across internal product teams
• Shape AI-native distribution strategy including protocols, channels, integrations, and commercial approaches
• Lead the AI-ready data/content operations platform squad without direct people management
• Co-author operating model for scalable AI platforms including evaluation, lineage, and responsible AI
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to accelerate adoption and integrations

Skills

Platform strategy

Roadmap delivery

AI tooling experience

Matrixed organisation influence

Product judgement

Ambiguity navigation

Semantic technologies

Tools

APIs

Semantic layers

Data platforms

Evaluation frameworks

Job description

ICIS is building the AI capability that will define how chemical markets get intelligence, and this role owns the platform foundations that make it possible. You will define the AI-ready data strategy, semantics layer, and MCP-first distribution approach that powers internal product teams, partner integrations, and AI-native customer experiences.

This is a highly influential individual contributor role where you will shape platform standards, drive adoption, and help establish how ICIS delivers