The Role
As the Head of Product, you will establish a clear product vision, manage the product strategy from inception to delivery, build and prioritize the product backlog, ensure customer-oriented design, and lead cross-functional teams through Agile methodologies. You will communicate effectively with stakeholders and possess strong leadership skills to influence diverse groups while driving innovative solutions.
Summary Generated by Built In
- Set ambitious and clear product vision and communicate ‘the story’ effectively to key stakeholders and the team
- Own the end-to-end product strategy from inception and determine business value once solution enters production
- Build Backlog of product features, i.e. write user Stories and acceptance criteria together with the work-cell team
- Continuously improve Backlog ensuring all items are clearly described, estimated and prioritized
- Ensure customer-driven design considering user pain points and usability test results, while using market and industry knowledge to deliver a well-positioned product
- Approve each Feature and provide valuable feedback for the team
- Drive Sprint- and release plans together with the Scrum Master
- Exercise strong decision making mandate from executive group to own product end-to-end
- Work with Solution Architect to build a modular and reusable solution
- Deep knowledge of relevant domains/products/journeys
- Solid knowledge of industry trends pain points to be able to create a high value product vision and user demands and
- Comfortable with technology/IT to be enable engagement and discussion with tech team to understand risks
- Experience in Agile Development, with specific Product Design (UX/UI) and Product Owner (or similar) experience, should be confident in building and managing the Backlog of work
- Strong communication skills with ability to communicate complex messages and trade-offs and tell a compelling story
- Sufficient authority to make real time decisions in the lab (should be an actual Product Manager, or a direct report)
- Ability to influence a diverse group of stakeholders – strong leadership skills
- Strong problem solver with ability to lead the team to push the solution and progress
- Challenger mindset and passion to challenge status quo to find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas – loves and embraces change
- Believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency and trust across the team
- Not afraid to ‘roll up the sleeves’ and seeks to go outside comfort zone to learn – pushes the team to do the same
The Company
What We Do
Makro PRO is an exciting new digital venture by the iconic Makro. Our proud purpose is to build a technology platform that will help make business possible for restaurant owners, hotels, and independent retailers, and open the door for sellers. Makro PRO brings together the best talent across multi-nationals to transform the B2B marketplace ecosystem. We welcome bold, energetic, and thoughtful people who share our belief in collaboration, diversity, excellence, and putting customers at the heart of our work.
