Product Owner - AI
| Posting date: | 24 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 December 2025 |
| Location: | Paddington or Howden |
| Company: | PA Media Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1593 |
Summary
Job Advert
THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN PA MEDIA GROUP'S NEW AI ENABLEMENT TEAM AS A FOUNDING TRANSFORMATION CONSULTANT WHO HAPPENS TO
UNDERSTAND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. YOU'RE NOT HERE TO MAINTAIN BACKLOGS AND RUN SPRINTS - YOU'RE HERE TO HUNT FOR BUSINESS PROCESSES
RIPE FOR AI DISRUPTION, RAPIDLY PROTOTYPE NEW WAYS OF WORKING, AND FACILITATE ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE AT PACE.
You'll work across our PA Media, Alamy, Podium, StreamAMG, and Press Release & Marketing Services businesses, mapping current
processes, identifying inefficiencies, and designing AI-enabled alternatives that deliver outcomes faster, cheaper, or better.
Think management consultant meets product innovator - you'll facilitate workshops, build business cases, prototype solutions, and
drive adoption of new ways of working.
This role suits an enlightened Product Owner who's delivered AI transformation, or a sharp consultant with hands-on AI
implementation experience - someone who can read a room as well as they can engineer a prompt, who builds enthusiasm through
demonstration rather than presentation, and who has the commercial acuity to speak the language of different stakeholders.
THE OPPORTUNITY.
PA Media Group stands at a pivotal moment. For 150+ years, we've been the authoritative voice of the UK & Ireland news sector,
building unmatched trust and accuracy. Now, we're building a new AI Enablement team to fundamentally transform how our business
operates.
This is a founding team member role - you'll help establish the culture, processes, and ways of working for this new unit. We're
deliberately keeping the team small and agile, working with minimal bureaucracy and maximum autonomy. You'll operate with the
freedom to experiment, fail fast, and scale successes without navigating layers of approval.
Our diverse portfolio gives you rare breadth for impact and intellectual variety - from breaking news that moves markets (PA
Media) to visual content licensing at massive scale (Alamy), from sports data powering betting decisions (Podium) to streaming
platforms serving millions (StreamAMG) and press release distribution connecting organisations with audiences (Press Release &
Marketing Services). Each business presents unique opportunities where your rapid prototyping can unlock immediate value.
The challenges you'll tackle matter beyond quarterly results: helping society distinguish truth from fabrication, empowering
journalists with AI augmentation rather than replacement, and proving that heritage institutions can lead transformation rather
than merely survive it. You'll work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and enduring values, where success means
delighting internal stakeholders, driving operational excellence, and rapidly validating new product opportunities that strengthen
our competitive position.
OUR VALUES.
As a key member of the PA Media Group team, your daily work, interactions, and decision-making should reflect and uphold our core
company values:
* Integrity: Acting with trustworthiness, fairness, and accountability in everything we do.
* Ambition: Setting bold goals, striving for excellence, and inspiring progress.
* Innovation: Being curious, solving problems, and embracing a creative future. We constantly ask, 'how might we?' to reimagine
what's possible.
* Collaboration: Building meaningful connections, valuing diverse perspectives, and achieving more together.
These values are at the heart of our culture and guide us in delivering exceptional products, services, and experiences for our
customers and partners.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Core Responsibilities
* Hunt and map transformation opportunities across our business units through continuous stakeholder engagement and process
analysis - identifying where current workflows create friction, waste time, or limit capability, then designing AI-enabled
alternatives that deliver measurably better outcomes.
* Facilitate rapid discovery and ideation using structured workshop techniques to extract deep process knowledge from business
teams, challenge assumptions about "how things must be done," and co-create AI-enabled solutions that stakeholders believe in
because they helped design them.
* Move at pace through rapid proof-of-concept cycles - prototype AI-enabled process improvements in days, validate with actual
users in their working environment within weeks, and scale successes quickly using lean approaches that eliminate unnecessary
friction.
* Build compelling business cases that secure commitment by quantifying expected value across efficiency gains, quality
improvements, and new capabilities unlocked - speaking the language of different stakeholders from operational leaders to
commercial directors.
* Drive adoption through change management - you're not just delivering prototypes, you're facilitating organisational
transformation, ensuring new AI-enabled ways of working actually get adopted and deliver the promised value.
* Own the opportunity backlog with ruthless prioritisation focused on rapid value delivery, making pragmatic trade-offs that
balance quick wins against strategic transformation initiatives, killing experiments that don't demonstrate value.
* Drive initiatives from concept through to [OD1] production using rapid delivery approaches that enable fast learning, pivot
quickly when assumptions prove wrong, and scale aggressively when solutions demonstrate clear value.
* Educate and engage business stakeholders on AI potential and risks, building informed enthusiasm whilst establishing
appropriate governance that enables innovation without compromising our commitment to trust and integrity.
Strategic Contributions
* Rapidly prototype breakthrough solutions using agentic AI tools, proving value through working demonstrations that stakeholders
can experience directly - turning scepticism into excitement through tangible results rather than theoretical discussions.
* Create self-service AI capabilities that democratise access across the organisation - building prompt libraries, configuration
templates, and low-code solutions that enable teams to solve their own challenges without waiting for engineering resources.
* Establish lightweight frameworks for responsible and ethical [OD2] [OD3] AI deployment that protect against risks without
creating bureaucratic overhead - enabling teams to experiment safely whilst maintaining the trust our customers depend upon.
* Champion AI adoption through compelling workshops and facilitation - you're exceptional at reading a room, building consensus,
navigating organisational politics, and maintaining momentum even when stakeholders have competing priorities or resist change.
* Continuously scan the AI horizon for emerging capabilities, experimenting with new tools and techniques to identify
opportunities before competitors recognise them.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS
* Sharp intellect and commercial acuity that enables you to quickly grasp complex business processes, identify leverage points
for transformation, and articulate value in language that resonates with diverse stakeholders - from operational efficiency
with operations leaders to revenue opportunities with commercial directors.
* Exceptional facilitation and communication skills that build enthusiasm and drive consensus - you run workshops that energise
participants, navigate organisational dynamics with political savvy, maintain momentum through inevitable obstacles, and secure
commitment from stakeholders who initially resist change.
* Process analysis and redesign expertise - you can map current-state processes with forensic detail, identify inefficiencies and
bottlenecks with fresh eyes, and design future-state workflows that leverage AI capabilities to achieve dramatically better
outcomes. You ask "why do we do it this way?" until you understand the real constraints versus inherited assumptions.
* Hands-on AI implementation experience delivering business transformation - you've moved beyond theory to actually deploy AI
solutions that changed how organisations work, learned from failures quickly, and scaled successes aggressively. You understand
what works in practice versus what sounds good in presentations.
* Strong AI literacy with practical prototyping capability - you're fluent with modern AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.), can
engineer effective prompts, understand capabilities and limitations well enough to identify opportunities, and can build quick
prototypes that prove concepts (though the FDE handles sophisticated implementation).
* Comfort with ambiguity and pace in a newly formed team - you thrive in environments with minimal process, create structure
where needed without adding unnecessary friction, and maintain momentum when the path forward isn't immediately clear. You make
confident decisions with incomplete information.
* Proven stakeholder influence without relying on positional authority - you build enthusiasm through demonstration rather than
presentation, secure commitment through rapid value delivery, and maintain trust even when experiments fail. You understand
that transformation is about people, not just technology.
* Commercial judgment about prioritisation - you instinctively understand the difference between impressive innovations and
value-creating transformations, making pragmatic trade-offs that balance business impact against implementation complexity and
organisational readiness for change.
DESIRABLE SKILLS
* Experience working within media, content, or data-intensive industries where you've seen the challenges of scale, quality, and
trust firsthand.
* Background in management consulting, business process reengineering, or operational transformation that gives you structured
frameworks for analysing and redesigning workflows.
* Understanding of change management methodologies and organisational psychology that informs how you drive adoption of new ways
of working.
* Experience navigating matrix organisations or working across multiple business units with distinct cultures, priorities, and
commercial models.
* Proficiency with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Miro, or similar platforms for process mapping, workshop facilitation, and
knowledge management.
* Background in journalism, content operations, or related fields that gives you intuition for editorial workflows and content
quality challenges.
Working Arrangement: This role requires 10 days per month in our London or Yorkshire offices to maintain close collaboration with
business stakeholders, facilitate workshops, and build the relationships essential for driving transformation across our diverse
portfolio.
THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN PA MEDIA GROUP'S NEW AI ENABLEMENT TEAM AS A FOUNDING TRANSFORMATION CONSULTANT WHO HAPPENS TO
UNDERSTAND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. YOU'RE NOT HERE TO MAINTAIN BACKLOGS AND RUN SPRINTS - YOU'RE HERE TO HUNT FOR BUSINESS PROCESSES
RIPE FOR AI DISRUPTION, RAPIDLY PROTOTYPE NEW WAYS OF WORKING, AND FACILITATE ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE AT PACE.
You'll work across our PA Media, Alamy, Podium, StreamAMG, and Press Release & Marketing Services businesses, mapping current
processes, identifying inefficiencies, and designing AI-enabled alternatives that deliver outcomes faster, cheaper, or better.
Think management consultant meets product innovator - you'll facilitate workshops, build business cases, prototype solutions, and
drive adoption of new ways of working.
This role suits an enlightened Product Owner who's delivered AI transformation, or a sharp consultant with hands-on AI
implementation experience - someone who can read a room as well as they can engineer a prompt, who builds enthusiasm through
demonstration rather than presentation, and who has the commercial acuity to speak the language of different stakeholders.
THE OPPORTUNITY.
PA Media Group stands at a pivotal moment. For 150+ years, we've been the authoritative voice of the UK & Ireland news sector,
building unmatched trust and accuracy. Now, we're building a new AI Enablement team to fundamentally transform how our business
operates.
This is a founding team member role - you'll help establish the culture, processes, and ways of working for this new unit. We're
deliberately keeping the team small and agile, working with minimal bureaucracy and maximum autonomy. You'll operate with the
freedom to experiment, fail fast, and scale successes without navigating layers of approval.
Our diverse portfolio gives you rare breadth for impact and intellectual variety - from breaking news that moves markets (PA
Media) to visual content licensing at massive scale (Alamy), from sports data powering betting decisions (Podium) to streaming
platforms serving millions (StreamAMG) and press release distribution connecting organisations with audiences (Press Release &
Marketing Services). Each business presents unique opportunities where your rapid prototyping can unlock immediate value.
The challenges you'll tackle matter beyond quarterly results: helping society distinguish truth from fabrication, empowering
journalists with AI augmentation rather than replacement, and proving that heritage institutions can lead transformation rather
than merely survive it. You'll work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and enduring values, where success means
delighting internal stakeholders, driving operational excellence, and rapidly validating new product opportunities that strengthen
our competitive position.
OUR VALUES.
As a key member of the PA Media Group team, your daily work, interactions, and decision-making should reflect and uphold our core
company values:
* Integrity: Acting with trustworthiness, fairness, and accountability in everything we do.
* Ambition: Setting bold goals, striving for excellence, and inspiring progress.
* Innovation: Being curious, solving problems, and embracing a creative future. We constantly ask, 'how might we?' to reimagine
what's possible.
* Collaboration: Building meaningful connections, valuing diverse perspectives, and achieving more together.
These values are at the heart of our culture and guide us in delivering exceptional products, services, and experiences for our
customers and partners.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Core Responsibilities
* Hunt and map transformation opportunities across our business units through continuous stakeholder engagement and process
analysis - identifying where current workflows create friction, waste time, or limit capability, then designing AI-enabled
alternatives that deliver measurably better outcomes.
* Facilitate rapid discovery and ideation using structured workshop techniques to extract deep process knowledge from business
teams, challenge assumptions about "how things must be done," and co-create AI-enabled solutions that stakeholders believe in
because they helped design them.
* Move at pace through rapid proof-of-concept cycles - prototype AI-enabled process improvements in days, validate with actual
users in their working environment within weeks, and scale successes quickly using lean approaches that eliminate unnecessary
friction.
* Build compelling business cases that secure commitment by quantifying expected value across efficiency gains, quality
improvements, and new capabilities unlocked - speaking the language of different stakeholders from operational leaders to
commercial directors.
* Drive adoption through change management - you're not just delivering prototypes, you're facilitating organisational
transformation, ensuring new AI-enabled ways of working actually get adopted and deliver the promised value.
* Own the opportunity backlog with ruthless prioritisation focused on rapid value delivery, making pragmatic trade-offs that
balance quick wins against strategic transformation initiatives, killing experiments that don't demonstrate value.
* Drive initiatives from concept through to [OD1] production using rapid delivery approaches that enable fast learning, pivot
quickly when assumptions prove wrong, and scale aggressively when solutions demonstrate clear value.
* Educate and engage business stakeholders on AI potential and risks, building informed enthusiasm whilst establishing
appropriate governance that enables innovation without compromising our commitment to trust and integrity.
Strategic Contributions
* Rapidly prototype breakthrough solutions using agentic AI tools, proving value through working demonstrations that stakeholders
can experience directly - turning scepticism into excitement through tangible results rather than theoretical discussions.
* Create self-service AI capabilities that democratise access across the organisation - building prompt libraries, configuration
templates, and low-code solutions that enable teams to solve their own challenges without waiting for engineering resources.
* Establish lightweight frameworks for responsible and ethical [OD2] [OD3] AI deployment that protect against risks without
creating bureaucratic overhead - enabling teams to experiment safely whilst maintaining the trust our customers depend upon.
* Champion AI adoption through compelling workshops and facilitation - you're exceptional at reading a room, building consensus,
navigating organisational politics, and maintaining momentum even when stakeholders have competing priorities or resist change.
* Continuously scan the AI horizon for emerging capabilities, experimenting with new tools and techniques to identify
opportunities before competitors recognise them.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS
* Sharp intellect and commercial acuity that enables you to quickly grasp complex business processes, identify leverage points
for transformation, and articulate value in language that resonates with diverse stakeholders - from operational efficiency
with operations leaders to revenue opportunities with commercial directors.
* Exceptional facilitation and communication skills that build enthusiasm and drive consensus - you run workshops that energise
participants, navigate organisational dynamics with political savvy, maintain momentum through inevitable obstacles, and secure
commitment from stakeholders who initially resist change.
* Process analysis and redesign expertise - you can map current-state processes with forensic detail, identify inefficiencies and
bottlenecks with fresh eyes, and design future-state workflows that leverage AI capabilities to achieve dramatically better
outcomes. You ask "why do we do it this way?" until you understand the real constraints versus inherited assumptions.
* Hands-on AI implementation experience delivering business transformation - you've moved beyond theory to actually deploy AI
solutions that changed how organisations work, learned from failures quickly, and scaled successes aggressively. You understand
what works in practice versus what sounds good in presentations.
* Strong AI literacy with practical prototyping capability - you're fluent with modern AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.), can
engineer effective prompts, understand capabilities and limitations well enough to identify opportunities, and can build quick
prototypes that prove concepts (though the FDE handles sophisticated implementation).
* Comfort with ambiguity and pace in a newly formed team - you thrive in environments with minimal process, create structure
where needed without adding unnecessary friction, and maintain momentum when the path forward isn't immediately clear. You make
confident decisions with incomplete information.
* Proven stakeholder influence without relying on positional authority - you build enthusiasm through demonstration rather than
presentation, secure commitment through rapid value delivery, and maintain trust even when experiments fail. You understand
that transformation is about people, not just technology.
* Commercial judgment about prioritisation - you instinctively understand the difference between impressive innovations and
value-creating transformations, making pragmatic trade-offs that balance business impact against implementation complexity and
organisational readiness for change.
DESIRABLE SKILLS
* Experience working within media, content, or data-intensive industries where you've seen the challenges of scale, quality, and
trust firsthand.
* Background in management consulting, business process reengineering, or operational transformation that gives you structured
frameworks for analysing and redesigning workflows.
* Understanding of change management methodologies and organisational psychology that informs how you drive adoption of new ways
of working.
* Experience navigating matrix organisations or working across multiple business units with distinct cultures, priorities, and
commercial models.
* Proficiency with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Miro, or similar platforms for process mapping, workshop facilitation, and
knowledge management.
* Background in journalism, content operations, or related fields that gives you intuition for editorial workflows and content
quality challenges.
Working Arrangement: This role requires 10 days per month in our London or Yorkshire offices to maintain close collaboration with
business stakeholders, facilitate workshops, and build the relationships essential for driving transformation across our diverse
portfolio.