Head of Product - Digital Public Platforms

The Head of Product role is an exciting new leadership tier within the Digital & Technology Senior Management Team, which will enable us to move away from a technology-first approach, to building the design, development, and delivery of services around our users and their needs.

As Head of Product: Digital Public Platforms, you will work in partnership with a range of senior stakeholders to lead the development, vision and strategy for a wide range of public-facing digital products, which include our website, public engagement channels, student and graduate showcases, and public-facing research and archive platforms, ensuring alignment to UAL's student recruitment and public engagement strategy.

The successful candidate will take responsibility for defining the successful outcomes, as well as driving delivery of the development roadmap, ensuring we have the right capacity, capability, and culture to deliver the best digital experience.

About you

Candidate requirements

1. A background of developing digital products for varied audiences and defining road-maps
2. Experience in using data to make decisions and applying a 'test, iterate & learn' mindset
3. Extensive experience of working with a diverse range of stakeholders and external partners to deliver and develop digital products and services.
4. Substantial experience of operating at a strategic level
5. Knowledge of effective product life-cycle management across a large, complex environment
6. Significant experience of leading high-performing multi-disciplinary product teams delivering at pace
7. Experience of Agile, as well as other software and product development and delivery methodologies, for both transformational change and ongoing development taking a user-centric approach

Working at UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.