VP Product

Softonic is looking for a VP Product to help us to craft and execute our product strategy to maintain and escalate the organization position in the marketplace but also to grant Softonic´s expansion in the mobile space.

Reporting to our CEO, and working closely with key stakeholders, the VP Product will be leading a team of experienced Product Managers based in Barcelona, and also our Editorial Team located in Chicago.

To be successful in this role, you will be passionate, people person, business-oriented and tech-fan with strong leadership and product management skills. You will influence Softonic´s environment to create strong synergies between the components of the organization in order to deliver a remarkable experience for 120M unique monthly users that visit Softonic.

Key responsibilities

  • Communicate, inspire, influence, in order to assure the alignment of product roadmaps with the main stakeholders’ needs, market requirements and the overall Company strategy.
  • Gather and analyze internal and external information to set the strategic vision for our mobile products, plan for success, and oversee the execution.
  • Work closely with the Editorial team in the creation of an excellent day to day experiences for the consumers and other audiences through the content.
  • Develop a disruptive monetization mechanism for our current and new products.
  • Be a Lean champion: create a “fail fast” culture of innovation within the company, implementing agile principles into every aspect of the product life cycle.
  • Identify and implement process and communication improvements to ensure the team and the rest of the business is operating effectively and efficiently.
  • Be a go-to person and a strategic leader within the company for any topic around mobile.
  • Foster a data-driven approach within the team: measure execution and success with the right metrics and KPIs.
  • Have a proper balance between long term planning and outlook by thinking outside the box and listening to the market, plus being hands-on and close to our customers and value proposition reality.
  • Ensure knowledge transfer/training/feedback loop with other departments.

REQUIREMENTS

    • More than 7 years’ experience developing or managing online products, 3+ years of experience managing mobile products.
    • Proven experience managing and mentoring multidisciplinary teams.
    • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: able to communicate vision, influence, build trust.
    • Systemic vision, understanding of the market/customer needs and trends, together with sharp attention to the execution.
    • Good knowledge of the Agile Methodologies (i.e. SCRUM) with relevant experience in all phases of a Product Life Cycle, from planning to development, and market launch.
    • Hands on experience with analytic tools, and proven data analysis and forecasting skills.
    • Deep understanding of the core drivers of online advertising, mobile marketing, growth tactics.
    • BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Marketing or Business Administration. MBA highly valued.
    • High level of English, other European languages as a plus.