Chief Product Officer - EdTech Startup

JOB DESCRIPTION

Role Summary:

The role will be responsible for setting direction and driving major strategic and product initiatives. The incumbent will work closely with the senior leadership to define product strategy, build roadmaps, and lead the product development efforts, and will strive to set the product and the company on a course to stay relevant and valuable in the long term.

Key Responsibilities:

- Define product vision and strategy. Own the product roadmap, align the same in line with the overall business strategy in consultation with the management, board members and other key executives.

- Drive innovation into portfolio and product development process.

- Monitor, communicate, and address market trends, opportunities, and competitor strategies

- Work with cross-functional team members to ensure that products are positioned properly in the market by overseeing the commercial deployment of marketing plans, and messaging.

- Recruit, build and mentor great teams of product managers, developers, and related personnel.

- Leverage technical expertise and experience to provide direction, troubleshoot problems and be a natural authority for the team on any technical or product related matters

Candidate Specification:

- Overall experience of around 12-20 years, at least 3 years heading the product management function

- Strong understanding of the consumer business and experience in having worked in consumer tech companies.

- Must be metrics driven and have a deep understanding of user research, product and technology.

- Must be completely hands-on with willingness to deep dive into any issue to get a resolution.

- Ability to work in a diverse and cross-functional environment.