Fractional Head of Product

StoryTerrace 1-2 days/week, fractional Reports to CEO London

StoryTerrace is looking for a hands-on Fractional Head of Product with experience scaling B2C platforms.

You'll set product direction across two live products - one established, one new to market - and direct the developer(s) who build(s) them. This is a judgment role where you'll be the person making the call on strategy, roadmap trade-offs and shaping what growing editorial products become. You'll also advise on hiring needs.

StoryTerrace is on a mission to ensure that every life story is captured and passed on in a meaningful way. We're the leader in the ghostwritten life story market, having created more than 4,000 books with a network of 500 writers. At our core, we blend human storytelling with technology, using our proprietary platforms to create seamless digital experiences for clients and produce high-quality, beautifully crafted books at scale. We've recently launched a self-serve app, opening up a new way for people to tell their story.

• Own the roadmap for both products; sequencing, trade-offs, and the case for what does or doesn't get built this quarter
• Set technical direction and review architecture decisions, aligned with long-term platform vision
• Oversee AI-assisted content-creation features, ensuring quality standards evolve alongside the roadmap
• Coach and mentor our Full Stack Developer and bring in extra freelance capacity if the roadmap needs it
• Build a support ticket framework and the feedback loop back into the roadmap
• Step into the codebase yourself when it's genuinely the fastest way to unblock something
• Conducting thorough market research, gathering user insights, and staying informed about the competitive landscape

• Proven B2C product leadership; consumer mobile app, marketplace, subscription, or social/community products
• A real coding background; you've shipped production code yourself, even if you're not doing it daily now
• Fluent in our stack: JavaScript, Node.js, Express, React, MongoDB/ Mongoose
• Experience directing developers and evaluating their output critically
• Comfort with genuine ambiguity and lean resourcing

• Opportunity steer the scaling journey for an early stage unique, global consumer platform
• Genuinely meaningful products with societal impact
• High trust, collaborative leadership team

Contract, duration, and day rate / salary will be discussed based on experience and availability.