Job Description: Technical Product Manager / Designer - AI and Data Products
Please note - Technical experience in the listed domains, with experience leading teams from start up to growth stage is an absolute Must Have for this role.
Company: Cantine Limited / Phiona AI
Location: UK based, remote working but easily able to travel to London for bi-weekly team sessions
Salary: Dependent on experience
To apply: Email us on contact@thecantineco.com with your CV, telling us why you believe you are an excellent fit for this key role in our team.
Applicants must possess a valid UK passport or a valid work permit. We are looking for direct applications only and will not be engaging with recruitment agencies at this time.
About
Cantine is developing Phiona AI. Phiona is a behavioral intelligence system that aligns recommendations with user intent in music, gaming, and wellness. It enables platforms and rights holders to optimize user engagement by analyzing interaction patterns, contextual signals, and psychographic markers. This results in intelligent content flows that enhance user satisfaction and ROI. When people thrive, so does business.
Phiona AI is science-backed by empirically driven research led by experts in analytics, engineering, psychology and music. Our commercial leadership team has global enterprise experience.
About the Role: Technical Product Manager
We’re looking for an experienced, hands-on Technical Product Manager to help shape, test and deliver innovative features across the Phiona product suite. You’ll work closely with product, science and engineering functions to transform complex ideas into clear customer value. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in an entrepreneurial environment and is excited by the challenge of building something new from the ground up. This role reports to the CEO, CTO and works closely with the Science Lead and Commercial Director.
Key Responsibilities
* Own end-to-end product delivery from idea to prototype, to delivery and client activation
* Conduct product research and gather feedback from customers
* Lead demos, wireframes and rapid prototyping
* Help prioritise features and track progress with the team
* Support project management and day-to-day coordination across the technical team
* Translate scientific research and data insights into real product decisions
* Ensure fast feedback loops between customer needs and development efforts
What We’re Looking For
* Strong background in science, engineering or a relevant technical field in our GTM space
* Familiarity with APIs, data pipelines or signal processing workflows is a plus
* Experience working on complex digital products, ideally in health, AI, gaming or music-tech
* Skilled in discovery interviews, insight synthesis and feature mapping.
* Successful experience working in a start up environment, taking a product from MVP to revenues.
* Comfortable working in a startup or fast-paced environment with ambiguity and ambition
* Confident leading cross-functional, collaborative teams and pushing towards MVPs.