Director of Product, EMEA

Director of Product, EMEA

Department: Product

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London - Paddington

Description We are seeking a strategic product leadership professional to drive our product vision, strategy, and execution across the entire EMEA region. This pivotal role will be responsible for defining and delivering transformative legal technology solutions that expand our market leadership and drive significant business growth.
Key Responsibilities Product Strategy and Vision

• Develop and execute a comprehensive multi-year product strategy for the EMEA region
• Translate global product vision into regionally-specific strategic roadmaps
• Conduct deep market research and competitive analysis to identify growth opportunities
• Define product portfolio investment and divestment strategies
• Establish and maintain a robust product innovation framework

Leadership and Organizational Development

• Build, mentor, and develop high-performance product management teams across EMEA
• Create and implement product management best practices and standardized processes
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and data-driven decision-making
• Establish cross-functional collaboration models between product, engineering, sales, and marketing teams

Business and Commercial Leadership

• Drive product revenue growth and market expansion strategies
• Develop comprehensive business cases for major product investments
• Manage complex product portfolios with multi-million pound revenue implications
• Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for product lines
• Engage with executive leadership to align product strategy with overall business objectives

Technical and Market Innovation

• Oversee the architectural direction and technological evolution of product lines
• Identify and integrate emerging technologies relevant to legal tech ecosystems
• Manage complex product ecosystems with multiple interdependent platforms
• Drive standardization and platform consolidation efforts across regional product lines
• Develop thought leadership in legal technology innovation

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary product executive for EMEA region stakeholders
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key customers, partners, and internal teams
• Represent the EMEA product organization in global product leadership forums

Team Collaboration and Leadership

• Work closely with Product Owners to:
  • Create and prioritize the product roadmap
  • Support strategic objectives
  • Facilitate agile delivery
• Coordinate with Software Engineering managers to:
  • Establish development capacity
  • Align technical priorities
• Collaborate with UI/UX team to design exceptional user experiences

Analytics and Continuous Improvement

• Collect and analyze product and user analytics
• Drive data-informed decision-making
• Facilitate continuous learning and product enhancement
• Provide routine updates to management with updates on tracked goals and initiatives

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Coordinate with Marketing, Sales, Support, and Customer Success teams
• Develop and execute Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies
• Ensure cross-departmental readiness for customer-facing initiatives

Product Lifecycle Management

• Manage the entire product lifecycle from inception through retirement

Reporting Structure

• This role reports to the Chief Product Officer
• Manage one or more Product Owners
• Work collaboratively with other Product Managers of other products

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise Professional Experience

• 10+ years of Product Management experience in B2B SaaS environments
• Proven track record of delivering measurable business results
• Demonstrated ability to effectively align and lead distributed teams across multiple time zones

Key Competencies

• Technical depth in integrated technology ecosystems
• Strong business and commercial orientation
• Exceptional leadership and storytelling skills
• Ability to balance user experience with commercial objectives

Job Benefits Why Join Dye & Durham?

• Lead critical due diligence products in the EMEA market
• High-visibility role with significant impact
• Part of a global product team driving innovative legal technology solutions
• Opportunity to shape the future of legal technologies
• Dynamic, internationally expanding technology company
• Opportunity to work with major law firms, financial institutions, and government organizations

At Dye & Durham we strive to be visionaries! As a leader in our field, we ensure our employees are ready for the next challenge in their journey with us by offering internal and external training opportunities. We offer competitive salaries and a whole host of benefits including healthcare, pension, company discounts, wellness programs, and paid days off to move house or volunteer for your favourite charity. Do you share our DNA?

• We ask how tomorrow can be better than today
• We are passionate about solving our customer's challenges
• Our ideas break boundaries
• We value different perspectives and encourage dialogue
• We take ownership and celebrate together