Head of Product – eCommerce Technology

Are you looking to be a part of a rapidly growing brand that everyone loves?!

Do you want the full ownership of all thing’s product within a really successful eCommerce business?

Do you have a technical software background but have a keen interest on developing a product suit moving forward?

This eCommerce technology business is now looking for a Head of Product to help drive their product vision forward and will be open to a hybrid way of working with 2 or 3 days in their London office. For the right person, this role will pay anything up to £, plus a package.

As the successful Head of Product, you would provide leadership to a team of Product Managers and Product Owners that look after a number of B2C & B2B2C platforms as well as, some internally facing digital products, with teams typically made up of a Product Manager, Product Owners, Business Analysts, plus Engineering & UX members.

Quite recently, the company have adopted and matured a product-based model and placed a major emphasis on improving the User Experience and ultimately the conversation rates of visitors to their digital platforms, into buying customers.

There will always be room for improvement, whether it be with the products themselves or how Product as a discipline is constantly improved so, now is a great time to get on board.

To be successful in this Head of Product role, you will need to bring a very strong mixture of the following skills and experience:

  • Experience reporting and presenting to an executive level.
  • Experience of organising and delivering large software development projects in an agile environment.
  • Proven experience of agile methodologies.
  • Ability to demonstrate the commercial benefits to a project.
  • Understanding of Agile methodologies in a fast paced and collaborative team environment.
  • Working collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Strong communicator who can tell a compelling story, including a solid rational behind all decisions and thinking.
  • Experience managing both people and projects, providing support and development opportunities as needed.
  • Head of Product Responsibilities:

  • Propose, develop and deliver new strategic product opportunities to enhance the companies offering to current customers and to drive engagement into new markets and interest groups.
  • Working with the relevant stakeholders specify strategic product development opportunities, prepare business cases, present and gain approval.
  • Identify new strategic partners both to add value to the current product portfolio and to facilitate new product development to reach new markets.
  • Monitor competitor activity and market/industry trends and provide regular updates and analysis on developments.
  • Support marketing campaign delivery to achieve the strategic product’s business objectives.
  • Some very useful skills and experience for this role would be, but won’t be limited to the following:

  • Experience working on large E-commerce websites.
  • Any sort of technical background would be great (software ideally).
  • Experience taking a data-driven approach to decision making.
  • Understanding of A/B testing methodologies.
  • It’s truly a great time to be joining a strong, expanding business and would be a smart step for any Technical Product Management leader looking to make a positive career change.

    If you would like more information on this Head of Product – eCommerce Technology position including a full job specification, please apply today with an updated copy of your CV and we can set up a chat!