Chief Product and Innovation Officer

PEOPLElogy Berhad; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

PEOPLElogy Berhad is seeking a senior product and innovation leader to build and govern a scalable product engine across enterprise, consumer, community and industry markets. You will own the product vision, roadmap, and investment priorities while driving monetisation and recurring revenue with data-driven, AI-enabled solutions.

Lead a high-performance team spanning product, technology, design, data, consulting and delivery, embedding responsible AI, privacy and governance into the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 12–15+ years in product, innovation, digital platforms, SaaS, edtech, HR technology, AI solutions or adjacent sectors, including senior leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated success taking products from customer insight and concept through launch, adoption, monetisation and scale.
• Strong product strategy, product discovery, roadmap, user experience, agile delivery and portfolio-management capability.

Responsibilities

• Own the Group product vision, portfolio strategy, innovation agenda, roadmap and investment priorities.
• Lead the commercial development of PEOPLEAPS, SKILLSTURE and future digital, AI-enabled and data-driven products.
• Translate customer, market and business problems into clear product propositions, user journeys, requirements and release plans.

Skills

Product leadership

SaaS

AI & data

Roadmap planning

Stakeholder alignment

Portfolio management

Agile delivery

Tools

Cloud platforms

APIs

Data governance

Job description

We are not looking for a technology caretaker or an innovation evangelist. We want a product business builder who can turn customer problems, proprietary know-how and emerging technology into scalable products that people adopt, value and pay for.

The Role and Job Purpose

Build and lead PEOPLElogy's product and innovation engine, converting the 6D transformation framework, intellectual property, data and AI capabilities into differentiated, commercially viable and scalable products for Enterprise, Consumer, Community and Industry markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Group product vision, portfolio strategy, innovation agenda, roadmap and investment priorities.
• Lead the commercial development of PEOPLEAPS, SKILLSTURE and future digital, AI-enabled and data-driven products.
• Translate customer, market and business problems into clear product propositions, user journeys, requirements and release plans.
• Drive product-market fit through disciplined discovery, rapid experimentation, user validation and evidence-based prioritisation.
• Build a repeatable product operating model across Product, Technology, Design, Data, Consulting, Delivery, Growth and Commercial teams.
• Own product adoption, engagement, retention, recurring revenue, gross margin and portfolio return on investment—not merely feature delivery.
• Embed responsible AI, cybersecurity, privacy, data governance, quality and reliability into the product lifecycle.
• Develop intellectual property, platform capabilities, partnerships and new ventures that strengthen PEOPLElogy's competitive advantage.
• Establish product governance, stage gates, resource allocation and stop-scale-invest decisions across the portfolio.
• Build, coach and retain a high-performance product and innovation team with strong customer and commercial discipline.

Candidate Requirements

• 12–15+ years in product, innovation, digital platforms, SaaS, edtech, HR technology, AI solutions or adjacent sectors, including senior leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated success taking products from customer insight and concept through launch, adoption, monetisation and scale.
• Strong product strategy, product discovery, roadmap, user experience, agile delivery and portfolio-management capability.
• Commercially astute, with experience owning product revenue, recurring revenue, unit economics, investment cases or product P&L.
• Practical understanding of AI, data, APIs, cloud platforms, cybersecurity and modern product architecture; coding is not required.
• Able to align technical and non-technical stakeholders, make difficult prioritisation decisions and operate effectively in a listed-company environment.
• Entrepreneurial, customer-obsessed and evidence-driven, with the discipline to stop weak ideas and scale validated ones.

How Success Will Be Measured

Product revenue and recurring revenue 25% Adoption, activation and engagement 20% Retention and customer value 15% Product delivery and roadmap reliability 15% Product economics and portfolio ROI 10% Innovation pipeline and validated launches 10% Platform quality, security and governance 5%

First 12 Month Mandate

• First 90 days: complete a portfolio, customer, technology and capability audit; identify which products to invest in, fix, partner, reposition or stop.
• By month 6: establish one product operating model, prioritised roadmap, product scorecard and cross-functional release rhythm.
• By month 12: demonstrate measurable improvement in adoption and retention, launch at least one validated AI-enabled proposition, and build a credible pathway to scalable recurring revenue.

What Will Make You Stand Out

You can show a product or platform you personally helped build and scale—including the customer problem, choices made, adoption metrics, commercial model, failed assumptions and measurable business result.

Why PEOPLElogy

PEOPLElogy Berhad is evolving into a Digital Workforce Transformation company—bringing together consulting, learning, technology, AI, platforms and community through our 6D framework. We are looking for builders who want to reshape how people work, learn and grow, and who are prepared to be measured by outcomes.

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PEOPLElogy Berhadis an award-winning People Development Solution Provider committed to transforming the digital workforce. We reshape how people work, learn, and grow—preparing them for the future of work.

PEOPLElogy Berhadis an award-winning People Development Solution Provider committed to transforming the digital workforce. We reshape how people work, learn, and grow—preparing them for the future of work.

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