Director of Product Portfolio & Investment
6 Month Contract
Location: Home / London
Rate: £800 - £900 per day (Inside IR35)
We are looking to recruit a Director of Product Portfolio & Investment for a leading software company on an initial 6 month contract. The role will focus on bringing financial discipline, strategic clarity and structured governance to its product investment landscape.
Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, this is a high-visibility leadership role responsible for ensuring product capital allocation decisions are analytically robust, commercially sound and aligned to long-term value creation.
This role sits at the intersection of Product, Finance and Corporate Development - shaping how investment decisions are evaluated, prioritised and governed across a complex, multi-vertical portfolio.
This is a remote role with some travel into London when required.
The Role
This position is fundamentally about financial rigour and portfolio optimisation.
You will:
Portfolio Investment & Financial Modelling
Build and own product P&L business cases across the portfolio
Develop robust financial models including ROI, IRR, payback period, revenue forecasting and churn analysis
Lead market sizing, unit economics modelling and scenario planning
Ensure investment cases meet defined financial modelling standards
Provide credible challenge and validation of assumptions
Capital Allocation & Prioritisation
Create a unified view of product investments across business lines
Establish structured prioritisation frameworks to maximise portfolio impact
Identify interdependencies, conflicts and trade-offs across roadmaps
Guide investment decisions based on financial and strategic return
M&A Business Case Support
Partner with Corporate Development to build acquisition P&Ls
Contribute financial modelling and portfolio analysis during due diligence
Assess product and technology alignment from an investment perspective
Portfolio Governance & Planning
Design scalable portfolio governance frameworks
Establish consistent planning cycles and investment gates
Embed performance tracking across all product lines
Ensure investment decisions align with broader corporate objectives
Executive Advisory
Provide portfolio performance insights and investment recommendations to the CPO and executive team
Translate complex portfolio dynamics into clear, decision-ready narratives
Represent investment rationale confidently in cross-functional forums
About You
You will bring a strong financial foundation combined with strategic systems thinking.
You likely come from:
FP&A
Corporate Strategy
Product Operations within a SaaS environment
Portfolio management in a PE-backed software business
You will have:
Demonstrable experience building and defending P&L models
Deep understanding of IRR, ROI, payback period and churn analysis
Strong commercial judgement and financial credibility
Experience working across multi-product B2B software portfolios
Confidence influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority
Exceptional executive communication skills
Highly Desirable
Experience in a PE-backed or high-growth SaaS organisation
Exposure to M&A evaluation and due diligence processes
Track record establishing portfolio governance frameworks
Experience operating across competing product priorities