Vice President of Products

Zest Search; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Zest Search is confidentially seeking a senior product leader to join an AI-native consumer business in London. You will shape product strategy with the founders, build the product team, and stay close to customers, decisions and execution.

This hands-on role requires deep consumer product judgment and a track record of 0→1 growth in early-stage ventures. Equity is meaningful and accompanies a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Experience building consumer products from zero to scale.
• Direct experience working with founders or as a founder.
• Strong commercial judgement balancing speed with complexity.
• Leadership of high-performing product teams from zero.
• Ability to move between strategic and hands-on execution.
• Experience with AI products is useful but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Shape product strategy in collaboration with the founders.
• Build and lead the product team around the vision.
• Stay close to customers, decisions and execution, not a remote governance role.

Skills

Consumer products

0→1 experience

Worked with founders

Commercial judgement

Product team leadership

Strategy to execution

Job description

I'm working on a confidential search for a senior product leader to join a fast-growing, AI-native consumer business in London.

Business Profile

The company is building AI agents that make decisions and carry out real-world tasks for consumers.

They're seen exponential growth, secured substantial funding and are now entering the next stage of product development and scale.

The business operates in a regulated environment, so product judgement, trust and the ability to balance speed with complexity really matter.

Two of the three founders have previously built and sold businesses, and this role will work directly with the CEO.

The Challenge

This is a hands-on product leadership role with significant ownership.

You'll help shape what gets built next, define product strategy alongside the founders and build the product team around you.

This is not a role for someone looking to manage from a distance. You'll be expected to stay close to customers, product decisions and execution.

About You

We're particularly interested in people who have:

• Built and scaled consumer products
• Strong 0→1 experience, ideally from an early-stage business
• Worked directly with founders or operated as a founder themselves
• Strong commercial judgement, not just product delivery experience
• Experience building or leading high-performing product teams from zero
• The ability to move between strategy and hands-on execution

Experience working with AI products is useful, but deep consumer product judgement and early-stage experience are more important.

Competitive salary + meaningful equity