Director of AI Platform & Connectivity (Hybrid)

SAGE; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, dental andVision

Work away scheme for up to 10 weeks a^

Job summary

Sage is actively seeking a Director of Product Management for Small Business Platform Intelligence & Connectivity in the United Kingdom. The role owns the strategy, roadmap and delivery of shared AI-enabled capabilities spanning data, systems and agents to power scalable experiences across Sage and its ecosystem.

You will lead a team of product managers and product owners, collaborating with Engineers, Architects and UX Designers to craft reusable platform capabilities, while balancing ambition

Qualifications

• Senior product leadership: Experience owning strategy, roadmap and outcomes for a complex platform or technical product portfolio at Director level or equivalent.
• Production AI delivery: A track record of launching and scaling AI capabilities, including generative AI or agentic experiences, with measurable improvements in quality, adoption and cost.
• Platform product management: Experience building shared capabilities that multiple teams or partners adopt to deliver valuable customer experiences.
• Technical fluency: Confidence working with engineers and architects on AI systems, APIs, integrations, data access and cloud platforms to assess feasibility and make informed trade-offs.
• People leadership: Experience developing product managers or product owners, strengthening their judgement and accountability for outcomes.
• Customer and commercial judgement: The ability to connect platform investment to customer needs, build credible business cases and prioritise competing opportunities.
• Leadership across boundaries: A record of resolving complex trade-offs and securing commitment across teams and senior stakeholders.
• Practical AI fluency: Hands-on use of AI tools for discovery, prototyping and analysis, with sound judgement about their outputs and limitations.

Skills

Senior product leadership

Production AI delivery

Platform product management

Technical fluency

People leadership

Customer and commercial judgement

Leadership across boundaries

Practical AI fluency

Job description

Sage is actively seeking a Director of Product Management for Small Business Platform Intelligence & Connectivity in the United Kingdom. The role owns the strategy, roadmap and delivery of shared AI-enabled capabilities spanning data, systems and agents to power scalable experiences across Sage and its ecosystem.

You will lead a team of product managers and product owners, collaborating with Engineers, Architects and UX Designers to craft reusable platform capabilities, while balancing ambition