Insight about our Client:
Our client is building the next generation operation system for retailers. Their technology and machine learning helps grocery stores become the go-to destination for customer’ shopping needs while opening additional revenue streams for retailers. Our client is investing heavily in building a world class advertising business and they are responsible for defining and delivering a collection of self-service performance advertising products that drive discovery and sales. Their product is strategically important to Brick and Mortar retailers looking to drive long term ad revenue growth. They are highly motivated, collaborative, and fun-loving with an entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action. They are a Pre-A Series startup with revenue, real customers, and ready for explosive growth.
About the position:
You will be the internal and external brand ambassador for product vision and strategy. You will be an inspirational ambassador of the Advertising Technology product suite, current and future. You are happy to run a roadshow for internal and external stakeholder, visitor, and investors. You will set the bar in terms of excellence, vision and clarity of thinking.
Main Responsibilities:
People Leadership - Ready to build a product team from the ground up.
Delivery Roadmap - transparent and up-to-date view of all product and engineering workstreams underway
Product Vision & Strategy - with the leaders, own the vision for our suite of products, and the strategy with which we will execute for the greatest impact and growth.
Thought Leadership - be the foremost product thinker, across the latest developments, trends and megatrends and able to aim a launch for where the market will be once development has been completed.
Return on Investment- strive to ensure that we have the greatest of all possible ROIs, delivering appropriately sized launches and where needed utilizing the full spectrum of capabilities and strengths that has at its disposal, including marketing, PR, client management and sales.
Project Measurement & Tracking- Project tracking and monitoring. Work with the team to see that all projects are delivered on time, within the scope for the project and within planned expenditure for the project
Stakeholder Management - Meet with and include stakeholders from other teams to ensure that E&P is helping other teams and the business meet wider objectives.
Dependency Management - reduce and mitigate inter workstream dependencies, removing blockers and escalating or resolving problems
Risk Management & Mitigation - Navigate risks, taking those that make sense and avoiding those that would mean recklessness.
Essential Requirements:
Product leadership and successful delivery of major growth for a AdTech/FinTech company.
Experience with AdTech and app product teams focused on growth of users at scale to ship world class products globally and at pace.
World class people leadership and demonstrable passion for crew development, building high-performing teams and scaling teams.
An inspirational and empathetic leadership style that builds rapport and strong, effective and honest relationships.
Demonstrable employment of different product management approaches for different scales of investment and different maturity of products (e.g. MVP versus iteration and more versus better).
Excellence in working with objective data, OKRs, KPIs and a deep understanding of how product changes impact the delivery of our strategy.
Proven ability to quickly bring yourself up-to-speed in a new company and new domain.
Strong ability to quickly and effectively see key trends and opportunities in complex systems.
Technical strength and knowledge to allow you to best understand the art of the possible and where to trade off.
A passion for UX and building the best possible UI, combined with the knowledge and understanding of the metrics required to measure it.
Belief in our mission to help our members make better financial decisions every day and full bloodied drive in our execution of it
Product and Feature management and prioritization frameworks and techniques
Demonstrable excellence in strong stakeholder management at all levels with visible and enlightened commercial acumen
Nice To Have:
Machine Learning and Data Science