Product Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain.

📋 Description

• Define and take ownership of the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Horizontal in collaboration with the CPO and the wider leadership team.

• Foster customer-focused product innovation aimed at growth, retention, and monetization throughout the buyer and seller experiences.

• Spearhead AI transformation initiatives within the horizontal domain.

• Oversee the incubation, development, and transition to a fully autonomous horizontal marketplace.

• Manage a product organization consisting of approximately 15 individuals, prioritizing experimentation, documentation, and the discovery of upstream opportunities.

• Work in partnership with engineering and commercial teams across various markets to ensure product development aligns with business objectives.

• Identify and implement strategic opportunities, including innovative monetization strategies, enhancements across markets, and long-term category positioning.

• Establish and promote product thinking and execution best practices across teams.

• Recruit, mentor, and cultivate product managers and product leaders.

• Collaborate with senior stakeholders in finance, commercial, and other departments to achieve consensus on strategy and priorities.

• Act as a thought partner and advisor to product and business leaders in shaping OLX's future direction.

• Report directly to Michael Bullion, Chief Product Officer.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in leading product teams within online B2C/B2B2C environments, particularly in marketplaces, e-commerce, or classifieds.

• Experience working within two-sided marketplaces that involve consumer buyers and sellers.

• Strong practical background in product management, including product development and close collaboration with engineers and commercial stakeholders.

• Several years of experience in hiring, developing, and directly managing Product Managers at various career stages.

• Ideally, experience in leading teams of a similar size, around 15 individuals.

• Comfort in working within cross-functional, multicultural teams across multiple markets.

• Capability to balance long-term vision with immediate and medium-term objectives.

• Experience in both the 0-to-1 and scaling phases of product development.

• Proven ability to transition between different domains and sectors successfully.

• Capacity to learn rapidly.

• Experience in developing and managing AI-driven products.

🏝️ Benefits

• OLX's commitment to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

• Remote work arrangement.