VP, Product

Board Intelligence is a technology and advisory firm that supercharges boards with the science of board effectiveness. We build better businesses and benefit society.    

Through a suite of AI-powered software tools, evaluation frameworks, and advisory services that distil twenty years of boardroom experience, we improve the efficiency of board processes and the effectiveness of boards.    

We work with over 80,000 leaders and 3,000 organisations across the world, with clients across the Fortune 500, FTSE 100, and OMX 30. In 2024 we received substantial backing from K1 Investment Management – the leading B2B Enterprise SaaS investors. We are at the beginning of significant growth, and we’re looking for superb talent to join us on this journey.    

As we grow, we’re fiercely protective of our culture and values. Many of us, including our founders, have families and other priorities, so we know the value of a supportive company.    

The team is diverse and friendly. We value fun: most days you’ll find a social event or learning opportunity to get involved with, including company socials, away days, and philanthropic activities.   

Our Mission  

We unleash the potential of organisations through the science of board effectiveness, building better businesses and benefiting society. 

The Role  

Board Intelligence is entering its most ambitious phase of product development. With a proven platform, a growing base of enterprise clients, including organisations from the Fortune 500 and FTSE 100, and the backing of K1 Investment Management, we have the conditions to build something genuinely distinctive in governance technology. What we need now is a Vice President (VP) of Product who can bring the discipline, commercial rigour, and leadership depth to match that ambition.  

This is a role with a simple but demanding mandate: are we building the right things? Are we building them fast enough and well enough? And is the organisation set up to make the most of what we build? You will own the answers to those questions; not just as a strategic observer, but as the person accountable for the commercial success of the product portfolio.  

You will work closely with the Chief Product Officer and as a senior partner to Engineering, Revenue, Product Marketing, and Customer Success. You will spend meaningful time with clients, translating what you hear into clear product requirements and operational solutions. And you will be equally visible internally, building the understanding and belief in product value that allows the wider organisation to sell, support, and champion what we build.  

The Context  

Product at Board Intelligence is maturing. We have strong foundations, a capable team, and a clear commercial direction, and as the business scales, the function is expanding to match. The Chief Product Officer is looking for a VP of Product who can build structure without adding bureaucracy, raise the bar on discovery and delivery, and drive a product roadmap that anticipates where the market and our clients are heading; not just where they are today.  

AI is also reshaping what product development looks like at speed, this role will be expected to lead the team’s thinking on how AI transforms both what we build and how we build it. If you thrive in environments where the work is consequential, but the playbook is still being written, this will suit you. 

Main Responsibilities  

• Own the commercial success of the portfolio. You are accountable for whether we are building the right things, whether we are building them at the right pace and quality, and whether the wider organisation is set up to convert product investment into revenue, retention, and expansion. You will build and execute 12-month roadmaps that anticipate mission and market needs — not just respond to them — and make the trade-offs behind those decisions clear and defensible.  

• Drive go-to-market strategy and execution. Lead cross-functional product launch activities from the product side; ensuring Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success are equipped with the positioning, enablement, and confidence to drive adoption and revenue from every significant release. The work does not end when the feature ships; you are accountable for whether the organisation can make the most of it.  

• Evangelise product value internally. Build genuine understanding and belief in what we are building across the leadership population and the wider business. Work with senior leaders and the Leadership Forum to keep product vision visible, credible, and energising, and present clearly and confidently to C-suite stakeholders when the moment calls for it.  

• Turn client insight into product reality. Invest significant time with clients; in discovery conversations, R&D partnerships, and strategic account relationships, and translating what you learn into sharp product requirements and operational solutions. Client insight is not something that gets filtered to you; it is something you go and find, and something you know how to act on.  

• Establish clear metrics and drive visible progress. Define the success metrics that matter; across adoption, engagement, retention, and revenue impact, and ensure every release delivers visible, measurable progress toward closing gaps and maturing capabilities. Create the rhythms and reporting that make product performance legible to the CPO, the ELT, and the board.  

• Lead and develop the Product team. Take direct responsibility for the performance, development, and wellbeing of the product managers and teams in your remit. Set clear expectations, create the conditions for people to do their best work, and build a team culture defined by ownership, curiosity, and accountability. You will be the leader your team looks to for clarity on direction, support through ambiguity, and honest feedback that helps them grow.  

• Professionalise the function. Evolve our product operating model: sharpen decision rights, prioritisation governance, and outcome measurement. Develop the team’s craft; in discovery, experimentation, and delivery, and build the processes that allow a growing product organisation to stay coherent and high-performing as it scales.  

• Lead the AI transformation of the Product function. Execute the CPO’s strategic direction on AI adoption; translating vision into the conditions, habits, and culture that make it real. Build the forums, rituals, and psychological safety that allow ideas to surface from within the team; support individuals to find their role identity in a fast-evolving landscape; and foster the kind of bottom-up, organic AI innovation that cannot be mandated from the top. Your job is to build confidence — helping every member of the Product team understand not just how the landscape is changing, but how to thrive within it, developing the fluency and adaptability to do their best work in a world that looks different every year. 

Required Skills and Experience  

Must-have 

• Significant senior product leadership experience in B2B SaaS or technology-enabled services businesses. 

• Proven experience building and executing 12-month roadmaps that anticipate market and client needs, not just track them. 

• A track record of gathering and transforming customer insight into clearly articulated product requirements and operational solutions. 

• Demonstrated involvement in go-to-market execution for product launches; you understand what it takes to equip a commercial organisation to drive adoption and revenue, and you take accountability for that outcome. 

• Experience presenting product strategy and performance to C-suite executives, with the credibility and clarity to hold the room. 

• Confidence operating in a PE-backed or high-growth scale-up environment, where pace and accountability are non-negotiable. 

Advantageous 

• Hands-on experience with AI-enabled or data-driven products, and a view on how AI is changing the product development discipline itself. 

• Prior exposure to enterprise governance, procurement-heavy sales cycles, or complex stakeholder environments. 

We pride ourselves on our great working environment and package. Here’s some of what’s on offer:   

• Pension scheme   

• Personal performance bonus   

• 26 days holiday each calendar year   

• Bupa health & dental cover  

• Group life insurance  

• EAP  

• Cycle to work scheme