Chief Product Officer

We are seeking an interim Chief Product Officer (d/f/m) for 6 months based in Amsterdam to become a key leader in our Product & Technology Team. You and your team will shape how millions of users and professional dealers sell and buy online. Enabling everyone to trade goods in a good way - you can craft how this translates into products our users love.

We want you to inspire the whole company with a bold and remarkable story for our product's future, based on that clear vision and strategy.

Responsibilities

Be a key member of the Management Team, reporting into the General Manager (GM) of Marktplaats
Be responsible for our full product portfolio and its UX, spanning across products for professional dealers, consumers and advertisers, including classifieds and transactional offerings
Develop and inspire our product and user experience strategy by aligning with key business leaders and global innovations in the classified and online marketplaces industry
Work closely with cross-functional teams navigating diverse interests, users needs and functional requirements. You understand yourself as the link between teams and departments and are a bridge-builder by heart
Lead an organisation of around 15 individuals, covering product management, UX design and UX research. You will be a mentor and coach to the respective leaders of these fields
Support a diverse team that seeks to constantly improve
Drive further continuous improvement for agile methodologies and for fast, iterative experimentation-based product development

Qualifications

A true team player, growth oriented and a faced paced thinker with a keen business sense
You have 15+ years related experience in Product Management, 8+ years supervisory experience
Demonstrated ability to drive customer impact through product and growth in customer satisfaction metrics (e.g. NPS, CES)
Proven record in building strong teams based on trust
Bringing products from a vague idea, to MVP to Product Market Fit and finally to a scaled product is something you have done before. You can craft a product vision and are able to realize it together with your team(s).
You are a product authority with experience in sophisticated and agile business environments
Coaching and mentoring abilities come natural to you
Great collaborator, ability to build strong relationships cross functionally and collaborate closely with global teams across the group.
Excellent communication: you are able to handle complex business relationships and priorities and share strategies and visions in an inspiring manner with your teams, internal and external stakeholders (e.g. board and investors)

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Start Date: ASAP
12 Months
Hybrid Setting (36 hours)

Michael Bailey International is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.