Product Director, Storio group

• We’re looking for a data leader who has come through the ranks of a career in product data roles, both technical and now strategic consumer facing ones
• Experience working in a product leadership and strategy role providing data solutions
• Proven ability in developing a visionary data platform and managing it in a product oriented manner
• The ability to operate at all levels within the organisation (Business, Operations, and Technology) to maintain and explain the data vision
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to manage in a dynamic and consumer facing environment
• A strong background in the fields of data products, data governance, AI innovation, data warehousing and business intelligence
• Proven experience with modern data techniques using cloud technologies
• For the last decade, you will have embraced modern data technology and techniques and will now be a fully rounded data evangelist who is as credible to an operationally focused finance team as they are to a data scientist
• Understanding of recent practices including Agile methods, Continuous Delivery, DevOps, Artificial intelligence & Security
• Experience with Snowflake, AWS, Looker

• You will be part of the Product leadership team, working closely with fellow product leaders in other domains
• Given the broad reach of data across the whole organisation, your network will also incorporate the broader Senior Leadership team across the business
• We are currently defining our next phase of the Storio group Strategy (as we near the end of an integration/migration chapter post-merger, 2 years ago)
• We are now defining how we transition to growth - with ambitions that this can be to double-digit. We believe data, AI and ML should be front and centre of that vision - a key enabler for competitive advantage
• We are therefore embarking on an acceleration initiative to improve the underlying technology. We have significant data science and research capabilities alongside continual commercial requirements for data accuracy and excellence in all we do
• The Product Director AI and Data is responsible for the development, build and execution of the Group’s Data strategy
• Collaborating with our colleagues in our Marketing, Commercial, Manufacturing, and other Product teams you will bring together all data requirements both operational and analytical to help define the data vision and path for Storio group over the next 3 years
• Design, set, deliver, and evangelise a Product strategy for our group-wide Data & AI/ML products
• This needs to deliver in year value, whilst moving us in the strategic direction of simplifying our current data platform and AI/ML estate
• Create product KPIs and goals - and Objectives and Key Results - for cascading & cross functional alignment
• Partnerships with Engineering (for Technical Data Platform) and Analytics (for Business representation) will enable key input to the Strategy Collaborate and partner extensively with Technology, Marketing (in particular Analytics and Mar Tech), Commercial, Finance, Customer Care, Manufacturing and other cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and feasibility
• Develop a close relationship with stakeholders across the business
• Lead, manage and coach a high performing team of Product Managers
• Ensure that we have the right teams in place to execute upon our strategy
• Ensure those teams are focused on the most impactful opportunities
• Coach your Product Managers through difficult problems on a regular basis, with an emphasis on developing them as professionals

• 8 weeks out of the year to work working remotely abroad
• Referral bonus when you bring your friends to join the team
• Annual Performance bonus (Discretionary)
• 25 days of holiday a year (excluding public holidays) increasing by 1 day each year up to 30 days after 5 years continuous service
• Healthcare, dental and life assurance
• Pension scheme with employer/employee contributions
• Cycle to work scheme

Storio group is a personalised photo company that creates photo books, wall decor, calendars, and gifts that are tailored to the individual.