Safeguard Global
Vice President of Product – Digital Platform
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Vice President of Product – Digital Platform
Ready to join the future of work? Become part of a remote and hybrid-first*, global company spanning across the Americas, Europe, and Asia for A Job That Works for You. You will become among 2000+ Guardians worldwide, embracing YOUR unique approach to work.
🌎 Our vision of the future of work is “Work in Any Way”—offering flexibility for where you work, empowering you to define your ideal work environment, unbound by traditional notions of work.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Vice President of Product to lead our digital platform product teams, ensuring they deliver high-quality, measurable outcomes for our customers and the business.
Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, you will be responsible for:
- The performance of 10 product teams
- Leading Product Managers across levels
- Collaborating closely with Product Directors, Design, Engineering, and business stakeholders
This role is focused on execution, outcomes, and team performance, translating strategy into priorities, ensuring delivery remains on track, and holding teams accountable for impact.
Responsibilities
You’ll be expected to:
- Lead and develop a team of Product Managers
- Foster a high-performing environment built on autonomy, accountability, and coaching
- Own delivery and outcomes
- Oversee product teams from discovery through value realisation
- Translate product strategy into clear priorities and measurable outcomes
- Guide prioritisation decisions to align teams on the highest-impact work
- Partner with Product Directors to:
- Align priorities
- Manage trade-offs -Maintain coherence across domains
- Establish:
- Clear ways of working
- Governance and planning processes that enable effective delivery
- Monitor and drive progress, stepping in strategically to:
- Keep delivery on track
- Avoid becoming a single point of failure
- Work with Design and Engineering
- Balance customer experience, technical constraints, and speed to market
- Optimise delivery by:
- Managing dependencies
- Sequencing work
- Driving consistency
- Drive continuous improvement—investigate and implement AI and tooling enhancements
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What Success Looks Like
We’ll measure success by:
✅ On-time, predictable delivery
- Majority of committed work delivered within agreed timelines (with acceptable variance)
✅ Business outcomes achieved
- Product initiatives meet objectives and deliver measurable value
✅ High-quality execution
- Delivered work is accurate, well-aligned with customer and business needs
✅ Strong team performance
- Product teams are engaged, effective, and continuously improving
✅ Increased efficiency
- Ongoing enhancements in speed, quality, and productivity
Requirements
We’re looking for candidates with:
- Proven experience leading multiple product teams in a complex, high-stakes environment
- Strong product judgement: Ability to prioritise and make clear trade-off decisions
- Ability to translate strategy into execution and measurable outcomes
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Leadership that balances autonomy and accountability, with a focus on coaching and development
- Commercial awareness, ensuring solutions drive measurable business impact
- Solid understanding of how product, design, and engineering collaborate to deliver results
- Experience partnering across domains and levels
Compensation (located in Europe/Union requirements):
- Base salaries begin from €160,000 (Spain)
- Salaries vary by country
Why This Role?
This is a critical position within Safeguard Global’s product organisation, essential for ensuring teams deliver consistently, effectively, and with measurable impact.
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As a VP of Product, you’ll drive improvements in:
- How we operate
- How we deliver
- Strategy-to-outcome translation
About Safeguard Global
- Global business with 1500+ partner companies in 170+ countries
- A mission to help businesses hire, manage, and pay employees globally
- welcome new cultures and international expertise
Guardian Benefits
✈️ Work in Any Way (Remote & Flexibility)
- Balance work with school runs, gym sessions, etc.—scratch that to-do list while meeting expectations
👶 Bonding Leave – Paid time off to connect with your newest family addition
🌍 2 Charitable Days – Contribute meaningful time to causes you support
🏆 Reward & Recognition – Celebration and compensation tied to excellence
💰 Corporate Bonus / SIP – All Guardians are eligible for our annual bonus incentive
🏢 Coworking Space – Onsite spaces in key locations for meetings, admin support, or a change of scenery
Culture & Belonging
- Global Environment: International collaboration for a diverse, rich work experience
- Inclusive Culture: People-centric environment where voices are heard at all levels
- Learning & Growth: 2 platforms to master new skills at YOUR pace
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LI: Equal Employment Opportunity Safeguard Global builds adaptive solutions for organizations navigating the global economy.
Workforce management innovations across hiring, payroll, onboarding, expense management, and more—creating platforms for smarter, smarter global employee management.
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