Head of Product (m/f/d)
About the job
We are hiring a Head of Product for our client, a world-class mobility innovator shaping the future of transportation. Join our client’s Rider Team in Hamburg or Berlin.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the product strategy for our client’s Rider team.
- Collaborate with engineering, design, analytics, and data science to define an ambitious product strategy, develop and maintain a prioritised product backlog, and execute on delivering great user experiences.
- Build and mentor a team of competent junior and senior product managers.
- Be extremely customer-centric and able to empathise with customer pain points.
- Have a very first principle problem-solving mindset, always challenging the status quo of doing things, and have the ability to break a complex problem into smaller problems that can be solved efficiently.
- Launch minimum-loveable products based on quantitative and qualitative data on user behaviour and experimentation, as well as being able to continuously iterate your product to enable a more delightful customer experience.
- Oversee product launches, product marketing, and other go-to-market activities for all marketplace products.
- Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring that the team’s work is well-understood and well-supported.
- Able to use data to drive decisions, measure product performance, communicate impact and get buy-in from senior executives.
Skills
Qualifications
- Minimum 3+ years experience as a Head of Product/Director of Product and managed a team of at least 3-5 product managers.
- Previous experience in Internet consumer-facing industries such as eCommerce or any multi-sided marketplace is required.
- Previous marketplace experience or a good understanding of balancing supply and demand is preferred, though not necessary.
- Excellent analytical skills and creative problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Empathy for users and a drive to discover and resolve their pain points.
- Excellent business acumen, customer-centric, team and results-oriented.