Copy of Head of Product

Head of Product
Location: Auckland/Wellington/Christchurch
Full-time | Permanent | Yoobee Campus

About the role

We are seeking a visionary and commercially-minded Head of Product to join our Executive Leadership Team at Yoobee Colleges. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, this role holds ultimate responsibility for the strategic oversight, quality, relevance, and delivery of all Yoobee programmes.

The Head of Product leads the product strategy and roadmap, ensuring that programmes are engaging, innovative, and aligned to industry needs, government priorities, and organisational goals. You will oversee programme development from ideation through to delivery, providing final approval for all products while ensuring compliance with NZQA and TEC requirements.

This is a highly strategic role requiring an innovative, big-picture approach balanced with operational execution. Success will be measured through educational performance indicators, learner engagement, financial sustainability, and strong graduate outcomes.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Lead the strategic development, positioning, and delivery of Yoobee’s programmes.

• Ensure programmes are innovative, engaging, and aligned with industry, government, and learner needs.

• Build and maintain strong partnerships with industry, iwi, and community organisations.

• Oversee review and maintenance systems to ensure continuous improvement and national consistency.

• Provide creative and strategic oversight of content, resources, and assessment development.

• Drive adoption of new learning platforms and manage complex programme rollouts.

• Use learner analytics to measure impact and refine product design.

• Champion compliance with NZQA, TEC, and quality assurance frameworks.

• Coach, mentor, and develop teams to build capability and effectiveness.

• Contribute to Yoobee’s executive strategy, culture, and investment planning.