Head of Product Strategy- Data & Analytics

Vortexa was founded to solve the immense information gap that exists in the energy industry. By using massive amounts of new satellite data and pioneering work in artificial intelligence, Vortexa creates an unprecedented view on the global seaborne energy flows in real-time, bringing transparency and efficiency to the energy markets and society as a whole.

http://www.vortexa.com/

The Challenge: 

Ingesting thousands of rich data points per second from multiple external vastly different data sources, moving terabytes of data while processing it in real-time, running complex and complicated prediction and forecasting AI models while coupling their output into a hybrid human-machine data refinement process and presenting the result through a nimble low-latency SaaS platform used by customers around the globe is no small feat of science and engineering. 

As answering the most fundamental and intricate questions posed by traders, analysts, charterers, hedge funds and other global oil trade market participants involves an unprecedented amount of sophistication and effort, the job of ensuring that the right questions are asked and answered in the right order, to the utmost customer delight comes to the forefront. 

Vortexa delivers top-notch high-quality data and market predictions through a frictionless analytics platform, consisting of intuitive front-end applications, an API and SDK. The Product Management department is responsible for leading collaborative product discovery and delivery to ensure the products we build are valuable and usable by customers, technically feasible and commercially viable. For each product, the team ensures alignment with stakeholders on the vision, strategy and roadmap, leading the company to focus its efforts on the right functionality at the right time with clarity over the scope and KPIs. 

You will join our Product Management team as a key individual contributor reporting to the VP of Product, with multiple interfaces inside, and outside of R&D. Together with the wider Product Management and Design team, by having a detailed view and plan for the Vortexa data and modelling estate both now and into the future, you will work to ensure we continue to provide a market leading analytics platform and build an intelligent energy market. 

You’ll Be: 

• Developing a prioritised, actionable, customer-first product strategy in partnership with the wider product team and other functions for the Core Vortexa products, notably energy flows, which delights customers and delivers business impact 

• Working with Product Managers to help identify areas of commercial growth for the Vortexa core Products, define both short (<6 months) and long term (>2 years) opportunities , and help align with commercial teams the priorities and strategies for delivering business impact from Vortexa products 

• Accountable for the delivery of pragmatic business cases for the proposed investments, working with product managers, wider R&D and the broader organisation to ensure alignment 

• Developing alongside the product manager(s) rolling, multi quarter ‘roadmaps’ which link to overall business & product goals  

• Responsible for defining and tracking short and long term metrics and KPIs which demonstrate impact from investments, including ARR analysis, ROI impact and other product metrics  

• Supporting Product Managers by conducting ongoing secondary and primary market research to further understand market sizing across segments and personas, competitive trends and impact on product strategies and enhance Vortexa wide understanding of the market landscape 

• Working with product managers to prioritize product discovery bets based on effort vs value 

• Working across functions to support, assess and prioritise partnership opportunities for the core assets 

You Are: 

• Data driven decision maker in both short and long term strategic planning 
• Expert in cross functional leadership, with proven experience of influencing stakeholder groups to create alignment and collaborative approach to achieving complex goals
• Fast moving and exhibiting a customer first product mindset  

• Experienced in product management frameworks and tools 

• Driven by impact and outcomes and not output 

• A critical and analytical thinker who is comfortable switching between the big picture and fine details 

• Experienced in working with complex, high volume, high speed DaaS and SaaS businesses 

• Ideally possessing  strong knowledge of energy commodities markets, or similar trading or financial markets with proven learning track record 

• Passionate about delivering value to Vortexa customers and striving every day to help them be more effective in their roles through the use of Vortexa products 

• Always learning with a self-driven “can-do” attitude; you’re not afraid to roll up your sleeves and learn new skills to unblock a team. “It’s not my job” has no place at Vortexa. 

• A vibrant, diverse company pushing ourselves and the technology to deliver beyond the cutting edge. 
• A team of motivated characters and top minds striving to be the best at what we do at all times. 
• Constantly learning and exploring new tools and technologies. 
• Acting as company owners (all Vortexa staff have equity options)– in a business-savvy and responsible way. 
• Motivated by being collaborative, working and achieving together. 
• A flexible working policy- accommodating both remote & home working, with regular staff events. 
• Workplace Pension Scheme via The People’s Pension. 
• Private Health Insurance offered via Vitality to help you look after your physical health. 
• Global Volunteering Policy to help you ‘do good’ and feel better.