Join the Global Pioneer of Predictive Demand Intelligence

At PredictHQ, we’re redefining how businesses forecast demand by eliminating blind spots caused by unforeseen, event-driven disruptions. As the leader in predictive demand intelligence, our AI-powered platform helps companies master predictability - empowering them to optimize inventory, staffing, pricing, and marketing by understanding not just what events are happening, but why they matter.

From concerts and sports games to unexpected weather events and airport disruptions, we track and forecast the impact of millions of real-world events across the world. Our platform leverages cutting-edge machine learning to create high-quality, forecast-grade data to deliver actionable insights via powerful APIs and an intuitive web app. The result? Businesses can anticipate demand spikes and dips with unmatched accuracy and agility.

Our dynamic models adapt to changing conditions in real time, allowing customers to make smarter, faster decisions. That’s why industry giants like Domino’s, Uber, Expedia, and IHG rely on PredictHQ to stay ahead of demand and turn unpredictability into opportunity.

Founded in 2016 and backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Aspect Ventures, PredictHQ has offices in Auckland and San Francisco.

About the Role ✍️
We're looking for a Product Owner to join our R&D team - the engine behind how PredictHQ delivers real-world context, helping the world's leading businesses act on what matters, at the moment it counts. Working in structured 6-week cycles alongside data scientists and engineers, you'll sit at the operational heart of how we take product from idea to shipped to adopted.

You'll work in close daily partnership with both our co-founder CTO, and our CDO, who own product direction. Your job is to bring that direction to life - owning the release process end-to-end, bridging R&D and GTM, running internal training when features go live, and making sure our sales, marketing, and solutions teams can confidently talk about what's being built before it ships. This includes reviewing or joining sales calls as needed, helping our customers succeed and finding those insights that ensure we’re building the right thing. Closing that gap is a core reason this role exists.

This is a high-trust, visible role - we've found our market, and we're scaling what works, with no shortage of problems worth solving. You'll be in the room where product decisions are made, working directly alongside the people who shape the direction of PredictHQ's platform and its global impact.

What You'll Do 👇

• End-to-end project management across each 6-week cycle - from scoping and preparation through to delivery

• Own the release process for new features: internal documentation, communication timelines, and ensuring every relevant team is informed and ready before anything ships

• Act as the connective tissue between R&D and GTM - translating what's been built into clear language that sales, marketing, and solutions engineering teams can actually use

• Run internal training sessions when features go live, helping teams across the business get up to speed quickly and effectively

• Work closely with the CTO and CDO to maintain alignment on the roadmap and what's coming next

• Drive alignment across R&D and GTM to ensure a consistent understanding of what's been shipped, what it means, and how to position it

• Keep cycle documentation organised and accurate - capturing progress, outcomes and key notes in a way everyone can follow

What You'll Bring 🎯

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager - you've done this before, and you know what good looks like

• A track record of owning feature releases and driving the internal communication around them

• Experience working on a technical product, with the ability to understand complex functionality and explain it to non-technical audiences

• Demonstrated ability to work across engineering, data, and GTM teams - keeping everyone aligned and nothing falling through the gaps

• Strong communication skills - written and verbal - that land equally well in a stand-up with engineers, a briefing with the sales team and in front of our customers

• Comfortable in customer-facing settings - able to join a sales or discovery call and bring back the right insights

• Comfortable working in close partnership with a strong technical leader - you don't need to own the vision to do excellent work, and you find clarity, not constraint, in that dynamic

Bonus Points

• Experience in data, AI, or intelligence products

• Familiarity with structured sprint or cycle-based delivery frameworks

• Background that spans product and product marketing or enablement

This role may also suit someone coming from a Product Operations, Technical Programme Management, or Delivery Management background who wants to work hands-on in a focused, high-calibre team.

General 🤝

• Applicants for this position must have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work visa.

• Ensure that all activities are conducted in accordance with internal policies and procedures, applicable legislation, rules and standards, including relevant Acts, Advertising Standards Authority rules and regulations, and industry body requirements.

• Based in Auckland, this role follows our hybrid approach - combining the flexibility of working from home with one to two days a week in the office to foster team connection and collaboration.

Benefits 💛

• Health insurance through UniMed

• Birthday leave - a paid day off on your birthday

• Family & Friends Day - an extra annual paid day for the people who matter most

• 10 weeks of fully paid parental leave

• Flexible, hybrid working as standard

• Company options - equity in a backed, fast-growing company

• $500 annual WFH stipend to set up your home workspace properly

• A genuine investment in your learning and development

Our Values

PredictHQ is about teamwork to achieve huge things. We are building innovative and complex products, so our empathetic, hard-working culture is key to our success. We are proactive in helping our teammates grow and thrive in their careers, as well as making sure everyone can put their family and friends first.