Head of Product, Nature Research Assistant

• Set the long-term product vision and strategy for Nature Research Assistant in collaboration with key stakeholders.

• Align product goals with Springer Natures wider strategic priorities.

• Champion user/customer-centric design and data-driven decision-making.

Product Development

• Collaborate with the AI/ML team front and back-end development team domain experts and external partners to ensure ethical scalable and impactful product development.

• Define and evolve the roadmap in collaboration with key stakeholders and in line with the strategy and available resources.

• Set and review sprint goals.

• Set monitor and report on OKRs.

Cross-functional Leadership

• Collaborate closely with engineering ML design domain experts legal marketing and sales teams to deliver impactful product experiences.

• In time manage and mentor a growing product team fostering a culture of innovation and accountability.

• Champion the product internally and externally; pursue valuable opportunities for synergies.

• Deputise for the Director of Product as required.

User Engagement & Insights

• Obsess about the needs of users and customers. Conduct user research with researchers and customers to identify pain points and opportunities.

• Translate insights into actionable product features and enhancements.

Operational Excellence

• Own product KPIs and performance metrics ensuring continuous improvement and measurable impact.

• Oversee product lifecycle management from ideation to launch and iteration.

Experience Skills and Qualifications
Essential

• Proven success in launching and scaling digital commercial products. Ideally with experience in incubation stage/startups or in fast-paced environments with fast loops of product iteration with customers.

• Ideally a PhD in a natural science.

• Solid experience in lean product development and lean agile delivery methodologies (such as kanban).

• Excellent leadership communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Solid familiarity with agile methodologies UX principles and data analytics.

• Strong commercial competency skills.

• Confident working with complexity and uncertainty.

Desirable

• Experience with AI/ML technologies.

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