Principal Product Manager

Job Purpose

To provide product and organisational leadership for the Logistics and Delivery systems product team comprised of Product Managers and Senior Product Managers. This role partners directly with the Head of Engineering sharing accountability for key decisions, achieving commitments to the delivery plan and providing constructive challenge to focus effort on the missions that are important for Ocado Technology and its stakeholders.

Roles & Responsibilities

Leadership

In partnership with the Head of Product, build a Product organisation that is both capable of delivering upon today’s commitments and needs of years to come
Partner with the Head of Engineering to inspire and lead your product area to success
Develop a high performing team of product people, supporting individuals to thrive and the organisation to succeed
Evangelize the product vision so all stakeholders are aligned, have context, and understand where we are going

Product Knowledge

See your product through the eyes of your customer, deeply understanding the customer problem and how users experience the whole platform end to end
Collaborate with stakeholders to create a roadmap that meets the customer needs while being technically implementable, testable, and maintainable
Use a strong understanding of the current market forces and potential future trends to influence product strategy

Prioritisation & Validation

Balance competing priorities to maximise value delivered over time
Establish appropriate processes for feedback gathering and sharing of information with key business leaders and customer representatives
Spot future risks, mitigating against them or escalating as necessary
Accountable for tracking, reporting and forecasting for their area and communicating this to senior leadership

Stakeholder Management

Communicate with large audiences and senior stakeholders, discerning appropriate detail and cadence
Facilitate effectively to achieve agreement with groups of external and/or senior stakeholders who may have different goals or motivations
Put in place processes and practices to enable effective communication with stakeholders

Problem Solving

Use fast feedback loops and experimentation to find fit for purpose solutions
Create opportunities for your product team to grow their skills in gaining customer insight
Provide clarity to product teams to focus them on the most important problems that deliver value against the key business metrics in their product area

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

Strong understanding of product management and product leadership
Experience of leading a product team within a large Technology organisation
Ability to communicate confidently with senior stakeholders
Demonstrable experience of working in an agile environment
Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, leadership and influencing skills
Ability to see the big picture, without losing sight of the product details
Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
Fluency in English and Polish, both spoken and written

Desirable

Experience in building high performing teams
Experience taking ownership of multiple products at one time
A strong track record in delivering high quality products in the e-commerce space
Experience of building disruptive B2B SaaS platforms

BENEFITS

Multisport card

Life insurance and medical care (also for your family)

Training Budget

Employee stock options

Modern, well equipped office located  in a center of Cracow (High5ive)

Team budget

Lunching options, fresh fruit 

Meetups, tech talks

Foosball table, table tennis, board games

Family and social events

Possibility of international travels