Director of Product - London, United Kingdom - Intelligent People Ltd

Intelligent People Ltd

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We have a brand new opportunity for a Director of Product/ VP Product / Group Product Manager to lead a team of 20 at one of the UK's largest online customer-centric goods and services marketplaces.

Although they're a very established brand, this role involves taking them into a new exciting phase of growth, into new product areas and by leading the build of a new tech stack to vastly improve their ability to delight mobile-first customers.

This is a remote/hybrid role based in West London 2 days per week.
The Director of Product / VP Product / Group Product Manager will:

Define and evangelise the product vision, strategy and strategic roadmap, driving alignment across stakeholder groups
Create formal processes with key decision makers across the company to help share, prioritise and manage their needs as stakeholders
Create Product experiences that customers love, driving the customer experience across several touchpoints
Define technical Product execution, build roadmaps and highlight resource needs that support areas where improvement is needed
Capitalise on unmet opportunities that align with the team's long-term vision
Employ a speed wins attitude: adapt and accelerate creative solutions that demonstrate value quickly in a fast-paced work environment
Embed industry best practices in product management, from an end to end product development lifecycle, to an effective approach to discovery
Deliver strategic commercial value by delivering innovative digital solutions
Manage budgets and return on investment, constantly balancing short term return against long term strategic value
Team leadership of Product org, including product management, UX design and research, and Product Analytics
Form deep partnerships with technology teams to establish ways of working that create high quality customer outcomes
Hire, mentor and develop Product talent
Establish principles and implement best practices to create Products that customers love at scale via modern and agile practices
Accountable for key strategic partnerships and external relationships, including point of contact for major external partners, representing at speaking events, etc
Product leadership experience in a mass consumer transactional environment, such as marketplaces, retail, travel, holidays, price comparison, media, entertainment, etc.
Some experience in a scaleup or startup environment would be an advantage.
Existing Product experience working with a C-Level or Director-level role
A data-driven individual with outstanding leadership skills and clarity of vision
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills; ability to frame problems, collect data, perform analysis, arrive at valid conclusions and present data and insights to influence others
Capable of operating in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, across multiple teams and balancing multiple priorities
Experience with Agile methodologies and different measures of product discovery, including quantitative (e.g. A/B-testing) and qualitative (e.g. usability testing) methods
Senior stakeholder management experience
Good business judgement with a strong customer focus
Be willing and able to be hands on when needed
Open and honest communication style
Natural consensus-builder and collaborative decision-making style across partners, commercial, design and engineering teams
Experience in digital media, technology, eCommerce or marketplaces preferred
Strong sense of fun, operating with humour and a positive demeanour to enthuse and engage people

Intelligent People is a specialist product recruitment agency.