Head of Product (Parental Leave Cover) - UK Remote

Spotted Zebra; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Spotted Zebra is seeking a Head of Product for a parental leave cover role, focusing on product delivery and team leadership. The role involves managing a talented product team, delivering client success, and aligning customer needs with product strategy. Join a fast-paced, innovative environment revolutionizing hiring with AI.

Benefits

Meaningful share options

Health insurance

Enhanced pension

25 days holiday

Remote-first working

L&D budget

Wellbeing allowance

Travel insurance

Qualifications

• Proven track record of taking products from concept to launch.
• Deep understanding of startup dynamics and experience in fast-paced environments.
• Empowers remote teams and drives growth with empathy and optimism.

Responsibilities

• Lead product and design team, ensuring alignment on objectives.
• Own end-to-end product delivery process and maintain quality.
• Act as key interface for customer alignment and delivery.

Skills

Leadership excellence

End-to-end product delivery

Critical thinking

User-centred approach

AI fluency

Startup experience

Job description

Head of Product (Parental Leave Cover) - UK Remote

Head of Product (Parental Leave Cover) - UK Remote

At Spotted Zebra, we're revolutionising how the world's leading organisations build future-ready teams. We're an award-winning Series A company whose Interview Intelligence and Assessment platform combines cutting-edge skills science with responsible AI to help enterprises make better, more objective hiring decisions with confidence every time.

What we do: We're redefining how great teams are built, helping organisations identify, evaluate, and secure the right talent with precision and speed. Our comprehensive platform features AI-powered interview tools, validated blended assessments, and industry-leading skills science that transforms conversations into meaningful insights and empowers data-driven decisions that drive real impact.

The numbers that matter:

25% faster time to hire

20% improved speed to competence

8x return on investment

Who's already on board: Forward-thinking teams at Virgin Media O2, Lidl, Merlin Entertainments, AWE, and Paramount trust us to help them spot the right hire every time and deliver hiring magic.

Why this matters: We're not just another HR tech company. We're solving one of the biggest challenges facing every growing business: finding and hiring exceptional people, fast. Our platform doesn't just assess candidates - it predicts success and empowers talent teams with AI tools they love.

Our dazzle (that's our team!)

Fun fact: A group of zebras is called a dazzle - and ours truly is dazzling!

We create a culture in which our team thrives and gallops ahead.

As we roam free and empower our dazzle, we gallop ahead on the journey to achieving our goals. We understand this journey will pose challenges along the way, yet we brighten the trail with our positive mindset and encouragement of others. The dazzle continuously moves, gaining knowledge and skills so that we can graze new grounds.

What You'll Be Doing

Our parental leave cover role is about more than just holding down the fort - you'll be taking good care of our product, customers, and amazing team during a pivotal period. As Head of Product, you'll keep the team energised and focused, ensuring everyone continues galloping ahead together toward shared goals while maintaining the quality and impact of our work.

Core focus areas

• Team leadership & development - Provide line management and daily leadership for our six-person product and design team. You'll coach, mentor, and be a trusted thinking partner, keeping the team energised, focused, and aligned towards shared objectives
• Product delivery excellence - Own the end-to-end product delivery process from ideation to release. This includes maintaining delivery schedules, removing blockers, and sustaining momentum while collaborating with engineering and stakeholders to balance quality with speed
• Customer alignment - Act as a key interface between the product team and our customers, supporting successful client rollouts through close collaboration with Customer Success and Sales. You'll help guide implementation and delivery, thoughtfully manage stakeholder expectations, and act as a key point of alignment between customer needs and our product strategy
  
  

Additional Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth role transition and supportive handover process
• Champion team members' career growth and development, including leading performance review process in April 2026
• Foster cross-functional collaboration across Product, Design, Engineering, Customer Success, Sales, and the leadership team
• Optimise product development processes for efficient, predictable delivery
• Track progress against roadmap goals, working closely with the CEO and squad leads to plan effectively and proactively address risks or blockers
• Bring the voice of our customers into product discussions, helping to shape thoughtful, customer-informed decisions that drive long-term value
• Partner with the CEO on strategic alignment between long-term vision and immediate execution
  
  

Requirements

Must-haves

• End-to-end product delivery: Proven track record of taking products from initial concept through to launch and adoption, with a focus on user impact and iteration
• Startup experience: Deep understanding of startup dynamics, with a history of thriving in fast-paced, early-stage environments
• Leadership excellence: Proven ability to empower remote teams (led by a trio of product, design and engineering), drive growth, and lead with empathy and optimism—experienced in guiding cross-functional squads to deliver aligned, high-impact outcomes efficiently
• Product development expertise: Strong foundation in product development methodologies (Agile, design thinking, etc.)
• B2B SaaS background: Experience developing and scaling software-as-a-service products for business customers
• Customer co-innovation: Demonstrated success engaging customers collaboratively, identifying novel use cases, and solving complex business problems
• Critical thinking: Known for rigorously challenging ideas and assumptions rather than accepting them at face value
• User-centred: Strong advocate for design thinking, consistently championing user needs across the business
• AI fluency: Enthusiastic about AI applications with solid understanding of core principles, benefits, and limitations
  
  

Nice-to-haves

• Experience within HR technology, particularly interview intelligence and/or assessment platforms
• Background building products for enterprise clients
  
  

Benefits

Meaningful share options

Health insurance

Enhanced pension

Nursery salary sacrifice scheme

️ 25 days holiday

Remote-first

Work from home budget

L&D budget

Dental cover

Eyes care support

Co-working space

Wellbeing allowance

️ Travel insurance

Electric car scheme

Our commitment to diversity & inclusion

At Spotted Zebra, we welcome people of all stripes. We are committed to providing equal opportunities and an inclusive and diverse culture.

We believe that each and every one of us possesses an extraordinary set of skills and abilities, waiting to be discovered, nurtured, and harnessed for the benefit of all.

We are a team. And no matter your race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, or disability, we will empower you to unleash your superpower to help us create a world where everyone is able to utilise their unique blend of skills and abilities to contribute to the greater good.

Everyone is unique and we encourage you to let us know in your application, or share with your recruiter directly, if there is anything we can do to make your interview experience with us more comfortable and positive.

At Spotted Zebra, everyone is welcome. So even if you don't meet all the requirements, we would still love to hear from you. We are always keen to speak with people who are passionate about our mission.

Ready to gallop ahead with us? We're a team that moves fast, thinks big, and isn't afraid to challenge how things have always been done. If you're excited about using AI and skills science to transform how the world hires, apply now and a member of our dazzle will be in touch!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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