Head of Product Management

About DDRE Global

DDRE Global delivers the ultimate property experience for ultra-high net worth individuals.

We have built our reputation on quality, integrity and exceptional service in the luxury real estate market. Our business combines high-touch advisory with a strong digital platform, content, media and technology-led operations.

Founded by Daniel Daggers, DDRE has grown into one of the most recognised brands in luxury property. We are ambitious, fast-moving and building for scale.

• We operate with the pace and ambiguity of a start-up.
• Priorities move quickly. Standards are high. We work hard and support each other.
• We want people who take ownership, think clearly and care about building something meaningful.

The role

• We are hiring a Head of Product and Technology to lead product, design and engineering across DDRE Global.
• This is a senior role reporting to the COO and CEO. You will lead the function, set direction and drive delivery across multiple work streams, ensuring the roadmap stays aligned to business priorities.
• Your primary focus will be the delivery of our core platform initiative. You will own the path to launch, including scope, sequencing, resourcing, risk and stakeholder alignment.
• Alongside this, you will oversee a smaller portfolio of internal products and systems, including dashboarding, reporting, automation and operational improvements. These remain important, but are secondary to the core platform initiative.
• This role needs a strong department leader who can contribute at senior level while driving high-quality execution through product, design and engineering day to day.
• Strong judgement in platform security, data protection and AI product development is essential, particularly in the practical application of LLMs.
• What you will be responsible for
• Own the product and technology strategy across DDRE Global.
• Lead delivery of the core platform initiative as the company’s highest-priority technology project.
• Manage a multidisciplinary team across product, engineering and design, based in London, New Zealand and the Philippines.
• Set priorities across concurrent initiatives, making clear decisions on sequencing, resourcing and trade-offs.
• Maintain a clear roadmap, strong delivery discipline, clear ownership and regular reporting.
• Work closely with the COO, CEO and wider leadership team to turn business priorities into execution plans.
• Ensure the team has the right structure, standards and ways of working to deliver at pace.
• Oversee secondary systems and side projects, including dashboarding, reporting, CRM improvement and automation, without losing focus on the core priority.
• Make clear decisions on what should be built in-house, integrated or deferred.
• Raise the standard of product thinking, delivery management, stakeholder communication and accountability across the function.
• Maintain high standards in platform security, access control, data governance and risk management.
• Ensure security is built into product design, technical architecture and delivery processes.
• Identify where LLMs and AI can create practical value across the business, and turn those opportunities into clear product direction and prioritised use cases.
• Guide the responsible use of AI, balancing pace, reliability, data sensitivity and commercial value.
• Present strategy, roadmap updates and key recommendations clearly to senior leadership and other stakeholders.

What success looks like

• The core platform initiative is delivered at pace, with clear ownership and sound decision-making.
• Product, design and engineering operate as one aligned department.
• Multiple work streams are managed well, with the core platform initiative protected as the top priority.
• Senior leadership has confidence in the roadmap, the team and the quality of delivery.
• Secondary systems continue to improve in a structured and proportionate way.
• Security is treated as a core leadership responsibility.
• AI and LLM opportunities are turned into practical, high-value product decisions.
• The department becomes more focused, accountable and effective.

About you

• You are an experienced functional leader who has run product and technology in a fast-moving business.
• You have led multiple products or major initiatives at the same time and know how to prioritise, protect focus and keep teams moving.
• You are comfortable managing through others and know how to get the best from product managers, engineers and designers.
• You are credible with senior leadership. You communicate clearly, make sound recommendations and handle complexity with confidence.
• You combine strategic judgement with execution discipline. You turn priorities into plans, and plans into results.
• You are structured, commercially aware and calm under pressure.
• You bring strong judgment on security, risk and data protection, and know how to embed these into product and technology leadership.
• You have strong expertise in LLMs and AI, and know how to apply this in a practical business and product context.
• You are confident in presenting to senior stakeholders and explaining complex decisions clearly.
• You care about quality, pace and business impact.

Skills and experience

Essential

• Significant experience in product leadership, technology leadership, or a combined product and technology role.
• Strong experience leading end-to-end product delivery, from concept through to launch and iteration.
• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent projects, products or work streams.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams across product, engineering and design.
• Strong experience owning roadmap strategy, prioritisation and trade-off decisions.
• Experience operating as part of a senior leadership team.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills.
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to connect product decisions to business outcomes.
• Experience improving systems, workflows, automation and internal operational tooling.
• A solid understanding of modern web products, integrations and scalable delivery environments.
• Strong experience in product security, platform security, data protection and risk management.
• Strong expertise in LLMs and AI, including identifying use cases, shaping product direction and working through implementation considerations.
• Experience in presenting product strategy, delivery progress and recommendations to senior leadership and other stakeholders.

Desirable

• Engineering experience or a strong technical background.
• Experience in a start-up or scale-up environment.
• Experience with internal business systems, dashboarding, reporting and CRM improvement.
• Experience working with distributed teams across multiple locations.
• Knowledge of modern application architecture, cloud infrastructure and integration design.