CPO Job Spec

For a tech scaleup in hyper-growth stage. 10+ Product teams. Multiple PMs.

Leadership & Team Building

• Has scaled and managed a world-class product team of 15+.

• 8+ years of management experience with the ability to articulate mature hiring and management philosophies.

• Respected leader, showing strong signs of growth and maturity, ability to empower teams to be successful.

• Has had experience with implementing organizational structure design and process.

• Can articulate their philosophy around fostering a strong product management culture.

• A leader who is respected and has a history of former direct reports following them to their new place of employment.

Product Excellence

• Demonstrated ability to develop and lead a product strategy at scale. 

• Is focused on building enterprise multi-products that are dedicated towards making the customer experience flawless.

• Owns all product decisions and vision, including improving existing products and developing new products. 

• Works cross-functionally and with customers to identify, prioritize, and execute strategic product opportunities. 

• Can synthesize internal and external interests and drive innovations of new features, while balancing the business needs with customer insights. 

• Ruthless prioritizer. 

• Able to own the entire planning output, painting the vision of where the work management and core product services are going both internally and externally.

Execution

• Relentless focus on delivery, driving both consistency and quality at pace.

• Demonstrates a systematic and predictable approach, a proven sequencer of tasks and outcomes in a clear roadmap underpinned by the precise use of data.

• Extremely organised, sets a fast pace and incredibly determined to deliver reliably with teams and peers.

• Data-driven reasoning with the ability to translate and implement strategic objectives consistently whilst retaining agility at all times in the context of a growth-stage business.

• Inspirational style, builder of confidence through actions and a strong communicator of plans and progress.

Growth & Scale

• Experience at a top tier enterprise company or pedigree technology business that has witnessed massive growth. 

• Track record of innovating, building and releasing successful products, ideally within a high-growth company.

• Experience supporting fast growth in terms of revenues and users.

• Success leading a team to scale an innovative product in a leadership role at a growth stage multi-product consumer-centric company. 

• Skilled at implementing and optimizing product methodologies and processes for velocity and measurement.

Track Record

• Significant experience of building and launching world-class business-oriented software products ideally in a B2B Saas environment. 

• Understands how to work effectively with engineering teams and is analytical enough to translate the business-to-technical requirements, and vice-versa. 

• Significant personal industry reputation with fantastic references from all levels and evidence of sustained career progression.

• Despite the success, clear motivation and appetite to take on new and significant business challenges and continue to build their career and reputation.