Head of Product, AI Enablement (f/m/d)

<p><strong>Purpose of Position</strong></p> <p>Own the product agenda for how AI creates real, measurable value across Awin — translating AI capability into shipped product outcomes, not experiments. </p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Context</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Thousands of advertisers and publishers who stay on Awin platform because of the people and product behind the service. The next chapter of Awin's product strategy is defined by how deliberately we put AI to work — not as a slogan, but as a set of practical capabilities embedded into what we build and how the business runs.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Most companies treat AI as a layer bolted onto existing product thinking. We want the opposite: a Head of Product who treats AI as core to the product strategy itself — where it belongs, what it should never touch, and how it compounds value over time rather than producing one-off wins.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What you'll own</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Product strategy for AI-driven value.</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> Define where AI genuinely changes the economics or experience of our product — and where it doesn't. Prioritise like a product leader: value creation and value capture, not novelty.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Translate capability into roadmap.</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> Convert what AI can practically do today into a prioritised, sequenced product agenda with clear outcomes — not a lab of disconnected pilots.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Own outcomes, not outputs.</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> Every initiative under your remit is judged on measurable business impact — adoption, efficiency, revenue, or customer outcome — not on whether something "uses AI."</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Partner at exec level.</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> Work directly with leadership to align AI investment with company priorities, and defend that investment in commercial terms.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Lead a product team.</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> Hire and develop the product talent needed to execute — with real ownership over people and budget.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Set the standard for build vs. buy.</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> Make disciplined calls on when to adopt existing AI tooling versus build proprietary capability, with opportunity cost as the deciding factor.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Champion practical adoption over theatre.</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> Internal and external users are your test of success — if a capability isn't used, it isn't done.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"335559685":720,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Who you are</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Product leader with technical fluency.</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> You've run product organisations and you understand, in practical terms, where AI creates leverage versus where it's a distraction.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Outcome-obsessed.</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> You think in business impact first, technology second.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Commercially sharp.</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> You can defend a roadmap in P&L terms as comfortably as in a product review.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Credible with engineering.</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> You can go deep enough on data, APIs, and model capability to make good calls, without needing to be the one building it.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">A builder of teams,</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> not just plans — you know how to hire and develop product talent that ships.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What success looks like</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">A clear, prioritised AI product agenda in place; first initiatives shipped with measurable adoption.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">A functioning product team; multiple AI-enabled capabilities live and driving demonstrable business outcomes.</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">AI is a defining, differentiated part of Awin's product experience — not a side initiative, but core to how the product wins in market.<span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What this role is not</span></strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Not an automation function. Not a central bureaucracy that runs projects for other teams. Not a lab for AI experimentation without a business case. This is a product leadership role — where AI is the primary lens, not a side interest.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Our Offer</strong></p> <ul class="RichTextList-bulleted"> <li> <div class="TypographyPresentation TypographyPresentation--medium RichText3-paragraph--withVSpacingNormal RichText3-paragraph HighlightSol HighlightSol--buildingBlock"><strong>Flexi-Week</strong>: We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing by offering you a four-day Flexi-Week (with one lighter or completely disconnected day per week) at full pay, with no reduction to your annual holiday allowance.</div> </li> <li> <div class="TypographyPresentation TypographyPresentation--medium RichText3-paragraph--withVSpacingNormal RichText3-paragraph HighlightSol HighlightSol--buildingBlock"><strong>Flexi-office</strong>: We offer an international culture and flexibility through our hybrid/remote working scheme which is designed to foster a culture of mutual trust and working flexibility.</div> </li> <li> <div class="TypographyPresentation TypographyPresentation--medium RichText3-paragraph--withVSpacingNormal RichText3-paragraph HighlightSol HighlightSol--buildingBlock"><strong>Work Expense Contribution & Remote Working Furniture</strong>: You will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of your running costs, as well as a furniture package to support you in setting up a comfortable workspace when working from home.</div> </li> <li> <div class="TypographyPresentation TypographyPresentation--medium RichText3-paragraph--withVSpacingNormal RichText3-paragraph HighlightSol HighlightSol--buildingBlock"><strong>Health and Wellbeing</strong>: With our support and access to various initiatives and sports offers, you can focus on your mental and physical wellbeing.</div> </li> <li> <div class="TypographyPresentation TypographyPresentation--medium RichText3-paragraph--withVSpacingNormal RichText3-paragraph HighlightSol HighlightSol--buildingBlock"><strong>Development</strong>: We’ve built our extensive training suite, Awin Academy, to cover a wide range of skills that support your professional and personal growth, with trainings conveniently packaged to help your overall development.</div> </li> <li> <div class="TypographyPresentation TypographyPresentation--medium RichText3-paragraph--withVSpacingNormal RichText3-paragraph HighlightSol HighlightSol--buildingBlock"><strong>Appreciation</strong>: Thank and reward colleagues by sending them a voucher through our peer-to-peer recognition programme.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="TypographyPresentation TypographyPresentation--medium RichText3-paragraph--withVSpacingNormal RichText3-paragraph HighlightSol HighlightSol--buildingBlock"><em>We are hiring in multiple countries for this role. Additional benefits, including health and wellbeing offerings, will be discussed during the initial interview.</em></div> <p> </p> <p>Established in 2000, Awin is proud of our dynamic, social and inclusive culture.</p> <p>Like all businesses, we’ve had to adapt and nurture our culture in a virtual environment. Our virtual ‘Life @ Awin’ hub brings our colleagues from across the globe together for various social activities.</p> <p>Diversity & Inclusion are paramount to us, and we proudly pursue and hire diverse team members. We champion uniqueness and authenticity; this is who we are at our core. Our network of affiliate partnerships are diverse and transparent, as are the employees powering our vision to build the world’s leading open partner ecosystem. We welcome all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. If you need support at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.</p> <p><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW55218471 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW55218471 BCX0">Awin is part of the Axel Springer group.</span></span> <span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW55218471 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW55218471 BCX0">Learn more at </span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW55218471 BCX0" href="https://www.axelspringer.com/en/" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Highlight Underlined SCXW55218471 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW55218471 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">axelspringer.com/</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW55218471 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">en</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW55218471 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">/</span></span></a><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW55218471 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW55218471 BCX0">, and explore the Axel Springer Essentials here:</span></span> <a class="Hyperlink SCXW55218471 BCX0" href="https://www.axelspringer.com/en/inside/the-essentials-what-we-have-adapted-and-why" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Highlight Underlined SCXW55218471 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW55218471 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">axelspringer.com/en/inside/the-essentials-what-we-have-adapted-and-why</span></span></a><span class="TextRun SCXW55218471 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW55218471 BCX0"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW55218471 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p>Apply now to begin the next stage of your career at a progressive company that supports both your professional and personal development.</p> <p> </p>

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