Chief Product Officer

• The product strategy, identifying the target market, customer segments, customer needs and unique selling points that our product suite needs to deliver in order to succeed. You would also identify opportunities and risks for delivering the company’s services as an app-based business, including identification of competitive services, opportunities for innovation, and assessment of marketplace obstacles and technical hurdles to the business success.
• Full P&L responsibility for the product.
• Management of team and or outsourced partners.
• To lead and coach a high-performing product & design team to run effective products that deliver customer and business value. You will also be expected to help build and grow this team.
• Lead across the entire product and experience, including Product Owners, Product Design (UI/ UX), Product Marketing, Product Research, Product Operations. Will design and align team capabilities to the Product functional role requirements.
• Setting of OKRs and success metrics for the product org.
• Identify technology trends and evolving ways of working that may support the success of the business.
  

Key Requirements

• Have led products across all stages of the product life cycle, and have ideally worked in a fast paced, high-growth environment.
• Have experience in the B2C and B2B sectors, ideally specifically something finance-related (challenger banks, payments, fintech, etc.).
• Proven Ability to understand technical architecture and modern best practices across all stages of software development.
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership capabilities wiring across cross functional teams including engineering, design, product, marketing.
• Have grown product teams from a small number to double figures.
• Be happy with a "hands-on" role in the early days, until the team has been built out further.
• Whilst being hands-on, be able to step back and be involved with the CEO and Founders on the highest level of strategy for the business.
• At least 12-15 years of experience in Product development roles.