Head of Product

DROOL; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Share options

Flexible working

25 days holiday + extra days

Monthly health & wellness budget

Company retreat

Learning budget

60-75% employee discount

Job summary

A fast-growing e-commerce startup in Greater London seeks a Head of Product to define and implement the product strategy for their art catalogue. This pivotal role includes analyzing market trends, managing artist partnerships, and developing product offerings that drive growth and profitability. Ideal candidates will possess strategic consulting experience, strong quantitative skills, and the ability to communicate effectively across teams. Flexible work arrangements and competitive perks are offered.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in management consulting or similar strategy roles.
• Organised and delivery focused with excellent prioritisation.
• Learns fast in new domains and converts analysis into action.
• Clear communicator across teams.
• Ambitious, curious and able to handle ambiguity.
• Organised and delivery focused with strong project management.

Responsibilities

• Own the long-term strategy for artwork supply and catalogue architecture.
• Build and execute a data-driven portfolio strategy.
• Structure artist and/or partnership deals to maximise long-term value.
• Determine and test opportunities to use both digital and physical products to unlock new growth.

Skills

Problem solving

Quantitative skills

Project management

Communication

Problem solving

Job description

About DROOL DROOL is a fast‑growing e‑commerce startup that has become one of the world's leading platforms for contemporary art prints. Over the last 3 years we have seen exceptional year‑on‑year profitable revenue growth, have been featured in leading publications (GQ, Architectural Digest, Vogue), and have amassed a community of 1M+ IG followers along the way. Our growth is supported by the backing of a US VC firm with considerable domain expertise scaling startups like Ruggable, Dr Squatch and Fabletics into e‑commerce powerhouses.

Job Summary We are looking for a commercially minded Head of Product to own our catalogue and physical product strategy end‑to‑end. You'll build the strategy, systems, and processes that determine what we bring to market, how we grow our supply, and how we reach new audiences through category expansion and exclusive IP. Your remit will cover analysing merchandising trends to shape the catalogue, identifying and converting high‑potential artists into DROOL partners, structuring artist agreements (incl. IP), determining, and finding creative ways to leverage both physical and digital product experiences to hit ambitious growth and margin targets. If you love combining data, taste and execution, and get energy from building and executing a product strategy to be used as an expansion engine, with direct impact on revenue, defensibility, and long‑term brand value, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Own the long‑term strategy for DROOL's artwork supply and catalogue architecture
• Build and execute a data‑driven portfolio strategy that balances performance, trend forecasting, margin optimisation, and brand differentiation
• Identify and convert pipeline of new artists to support catalogue expansion, reach new audiences and drive higher repeat purchase
• Determine and test opportunities to use both digital and physical products to unlock new growth (e.g., bundling, limited editions, new framing offers, etc.)

Merchandising

• Leverage data and analytics to determine key merchandising decisions across owned and paid channels (e.g., packaging, on‑site merchandising, product selection to be featured across marketing channels) to increase AOV, conversion and repeat purchase

Commercial Ownership

• Structure artist and/or partnership deals that maximise long‑term commercial value and margin
• Lead strategy on IP acquisition, licensing structures, exclusivity, and rights management

Requirements

• 3+ years in management consulting or similar strategy roles
• Strong problem solving and quantitative skills
• Organised and delivery focused with excellent prioritisation
• Clear communicator who can influence across teams and levels
• Learns fast in new domains and converts analysis into action
• Ambitious, curious, and comfortable with ambiguity
• Organised and delivery focused, with excellent prioritisation and project management skills

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Share options in a high‑growth profitable start‑up
• Flexible working (3 office days per week in Shoreditch, London)
• 25 days holiday + your birthday + a duvet day + bank holidays
• Work a week from abroad
• Monthly health & wellness budget (for fitness class, gym, meditation, therapy)
• Company retreat: trip once a year
• Learning budget: for courses, books etc
• 60‑75% employee discount for you + friends & family

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• IT Services and IT Consulting