Product Manager ( AI )
| Posting date: | 21 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £49,500 to £56,500 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 February 2026 |
| Location: | Brentwood, Essex |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | SSOVEREIGN SOFTWARE SERVICES LTD |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SSSL_PrimePD01 |
Summary
Job Summary:
We are seeking a strategic and highly analytical Product Manager to lead the development and delivery of Product, an enterprise-grade, AI-powered commodities trading platform. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between complex global commodity markets and advanced Artificial Intelligence/Natural Language Machine (NLM) technologies. This role requires a visionary leader who can translate the needs of traders, analysts, and executives into a scalable intelligence layer that provides predictive insights, margin optimization, and explainable AI outputs for GCC-centric and global operations
Key Responsibilities:
• Product Strategy & Vision: Define and execute the product roadmap for AI Product, ensuring it evolves from a reporting tool into a comprehensive intelligence layer for commodities trading.
• AI-NLM Feature Development: Lead the requirements gathering and feature definition for the Conversational AI interface, enabling users to interact with complex trading data using natural language.
• Predictive Intelligence Management: Oversee the development of predictive modeling for commodity price forecasting (short/long term), margin optimization, and scenario stress testing.
• Stakeholder & Phase Management: Manage the 24-month phased delivery plan, transitioning the platform from Core Engineering (Phase 1) to Advanced Predictive Intelligence and Global Expansion (Phase 2).
• Risk & Compliance Oversight: Ensure the platform integrates geopolitical, logistical, and market sentiment analysis while adhering to UAE and international regulatory environments.
• Explainable AI (XAI) Governance: Define standards for explainable AI outputs to ensure trust, governance, and auditability for executive-level decision support.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of AI/ML engineers, Solution Architects, and Business Analysts to ensure technical feasibility and commercial alignment.
• Data Ingestion Strategy: Coordinate the integration of diverse data streams, including market feeds, logistics, ERP, FX, and global news, into a unified Data Ingestion Layer.
Key Skills and Qualifications:
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field; specialized training in Fintech or AI Product Management is a plus.
• Experience: Minimum 7–10+ years of experience in Product Management, with a focus on commodities trading, financial platforms, or AI-driven SaaS products.
• Core Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of global commodity trade lifecycles, risk exposure modelling, and counterparty/credit analysis.
• Technical Proficiency: Familiarity with AI/ML workflows, NLP/LLM orchestration, and cloud-native modular architectures.
• Methodology & Tools: Proven experience working within Agile + Stage-Gate methodologies to manage complex, multi-year project lifecycles.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Knowledge of GCC-market operations and data protection standards relevant to the UAE and international trading hubs.
• Professional Attributes: Exceptional strategic thinking and the ability to mitigate risks related to data quality, AI explainability, and user adoption.
• Communication: Strong ability to communicate "Explainable Intelligence" to non-technical stakeholders and transform human-readable insights into actionable trading strategies.
We are seeking a strategic and highly analytical Product Manager to lead the development and delivery of Product, an enterprise-grade, AI-powered commodities trading platform. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between complex global commodity markets and advanced Artificial Intelligence/Natural Language Machine (NLM) technologies. This role requires a visionary leader who can translate the needs of traders, analysts, and executives into a scalable intelligence layer that provides predictive insights, margin optimization, and explainable AI outputs for GCC-centric and global operations
Key Responsibilities:
• Product Strategy & Vision: Define and execute the product roadmap for AI Product, ensuring it evolves from a reporting tool into a comprehensive intelligence layer for commodities trading.
• AI-NLM Feature Development: Lead the requirements gathering and feature definition for the Conversational AI interface, enabling users to interact with complex trading data using natural language.
• Predictive Intelligence Management: Oversee the development of predictive modeling for commodity price forecasting (short/long term), margin optimization, and scenario stress testing.
• Stakeholder & Phase Management: Manage the 24-month phased delivery plan, transitioning the platform from Core Engineering (Phase 1) to Advanced Predictive Intelligence and Global Expansion (Phase 2).
• Risk & Compliance Oversight: Ensure the platform integrates geopolitical, logistical, and market sentiment analysis while adhering to UAE and international regulatory environments.
• Explainable AI (XAI) Governance: Define standards for explainable AI outputs to ensure trust, governance, and auditability for executive-level decision support.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of AI/ML engineers, Solution Architects, and Business Analysts to ensure technical feasibility and commercial alignment.
• Data Ingestion Strategy: Coordinate the integration of diverse data streams, including market feeds, logistics, ERP, FX, and global news, into a unified Data Ingestion Layer.
Key Skills and Qualifications:
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field; specialized training in Fintech or AI Product Management is a plus.
• Experience: Minimum 7–10+ years of experience in Product Management, with a focus on commodities trading, financial platforms, or AI-driven SaaS products.
• Core Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of global commodity trade lifecycles, risk exposure modelling, and counterparty/credit analysis.
• Technical Proficiency: Familiarity with AI/ML workflows, NLP/LLM orchestration, and cloud-native modular architectures.
• Methodology & Tools: Proven experience working within Agile + Stage-Gate methodologies to manage complex, multi-year project lifecycles.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Knowledge of GCC-market operations and data protection standards relevant to the UAE and international trading hubs.
• Professional Attributes: Exceptional strategic thinking and the ability to mitigate risks related to data quality, AI explainability, and user adoption.
• Communication: Strong ability to communicate "Explainable Intelligence" to non-technical stakeholders and transform human-readable insights into actionable trading strategies.