Platform Product Owner

Platform Product Owner

Team: Engineering, Platform

  Prolific

Prolific is not just another player in the AI space – we are the architects of the human data infrastructure that's reshaping the landscape of AI development. In a world where foundational AI technologies are increasingly commoditized, it's the quality and diversity of human-generated data that truly differentiates products and models.

The role

Our engineers rely on a strong, reliable, and scalable platform to build and run their work efficiently.

We need a Platform Product Owner to help evolve developer experience at Prolific. You won’t be short of things to do—you’ll need an understanding of developer engagement and enablement, a strong grasp of cloud platform providers, a passion for experimentation, and a deep appreciation for security and compliance. Most of all, you’ll be focused on ensuring Prolific teams can deliver high-quality products at scale—easily, quickly, and seamlessly—while meeting the highest standards for performance and compliance.

You’ll work closely with our Cloud Platform, Developer Experience, and TechOps teams to align platform capabilities with Prolific’s business strategy.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take the lead on critical platform initiatives and help shape the technical foundation that underpins all of Prolific.

What you’ll bring to the role

• You are comfortable making decisions with uncertain outcomes.
• You demonstrate reliability, grit, diplomacy, care, a bias for action, and a focus on value.
• You express “strong opinions, weakly held”, adapting your perspective when presented with new evidence.
• You are—or would love to become—a powerful storyteller.
• You’ve led empowered, cross-functional teams as a Product Manager or Senior Product Manager in fast-growing startups or businesses (ideally in a Platform space).
• You have a strong analytical mindset, with an obsessive focus on data and using rapid experimentation to achieve valuable outcomes.
• You’re a trusted partner to engineers, invested in the health, quality, and operations of our platform and its codebase.
• You are always ready to roll up your sleeves.
• You have strong written and verbal communication skills, and can be relied upon to keep your collaborators feeling involved and empowered.

    What you’ll be doing in the role 

• You’ll help us apply a product mindset to Platform Engineering, contributing to the future vision of our platform and defining team priorities aligned to company strategy.
• You’ll test, learn, and iterate rapidly within a continuous discovery and delivery cycle.
• Using a combination of data, user research (our Prolificos), and our mission and strategy, you’ll identify and deliver high-value improvements for our users.
• You’ll regularly engage with Prolific engineers and teams, learning about their needs, pain points, and ‘aha’ moments to ensure our platform is as valuable as possible.
• You’ll collaborate in a flat environment with all teams at Prolific, as well as with technology partners beyond. You’ll work closely with our executive team and engineers, ensuring they are deeply invested throughout the entire process of product discovery and delivery.

Why Prolific is a great place to work

We've built a unique platform that connects researchers and companies with a global pool of participants, enabling the collection of high-quality, ethically sourced human behavioral data and feedback. This data is the cornerstone of developing more accurate, nuanced, and aligned AI systems.

We believe that the next leap in AI capabilities won't come solely from scaling existing models, but from integrating diverse human perspectives and behaviors into AI development. By providing this crucial human data infrastructure, Prolific is positioning itself at the forefront of the next wave of AI innovation – one that reflects the breath and the best of humanity.

Working for us will place you at the forefront of AI innovation, providing access to our unique human data platform and opportunities for groundbreaking research. Join us to enjoy a competitive salary, benefits, and remote working within our impactful, mission-driven culture.

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