Head of Product (d/f/m) - Core Experience

Head of Product (d/f/m) - Core Experience

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Kleinanzeigen is the leading online classifieds market in Germany. An average of more than 50 million ads are available in numerous categories - from children's supplies to electronics to real estate. With more than 36 million users per month, Kleinanzeigen has the widest reach of all online selling platforms in the country. Most of the items traded on Kleinanzeigen are second-hand. In this way, users make an active contribution to sustainability.

Kleinanzeigen is part of Adevinta: a global online classifieds specialist and sustainability leader with 25+ products in 10 countries.

What You’ll Do & Who You Are

We are seeking a professional individual to join our team as our new Head of Product (d/f/m) - Core Experience! As the name Core Experience already implies, this product area summarises the core of the Kleinanzeigen user experience; signing up as new user; creating an account; offering goods and services on Kleinanzeigen as well as searching and discovery on Kleinanzeigen.

As Head of Product for the Core Experience, you are fully in charge of driving the vibrancy of the Kleinanzeigen product forward. Be at the forefront of developing our future vision and strategy for the Core Experiences that will help both buyers and sellers to engage in a dynamic and frictionless marketplace.

The Role

• Lead and scale the cross-functional team of over 50 people that includes all disciplines from user experience, product management, software development, analytics to go-to market (marketing, SEO) together with your technology development counterpart.
• Lead the talented Core Experience product team within this cross-functional team set-up and take care of setting OKRs and Project Milestones, deciding together on where to set priorities, what to explore and create focus on building the right product for the needs of our users with the right balance between pragmatism and quality.
• Stakeholder Management: You ensure clarity, consensus and alignment around Core Experience key priorities and achievements within Kleinanzeigen and Adevinta.
• You are highly engaged in the Product Community at Kleinanzeigen and Adevinta and help it to thrive together with the other Product Leads.

Qualifications

• Multiple years of experience in leading a team, change management and working cross functionally
• Experienced in stakeholder-management, consensus-building and decision making with excellent communication skills
• Experience in digital product management (Discovery and Delivery) in an agile environment (SCRUM/KANBAN) and scaling product teams
• Experience in strategy development and communication with different target audiences (team and upper management), experience in consulting is a plus
• Fast apprehension, excellent logical, analytical and strategic skills, structured and self-driven
• Result-oriented: You set clear goals and metrics, shape strategies, and align the teams on the right path to success.
• Pragmatic: Your positive attitude will overcome challenges with passion and creativity.
• You inspire others and are good at what you are doing. Being always curious you seek for opportunities to learn more
• You are fluent in English. German at conversational level.

Benefits

• An attractive Base Salary
• Participation in our Short-Term Incentive plan (annual bonus)
• Work From Anywhere: Enjoy up to 20 days a year of working from anywhere!
• A 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
• Win together, lose together is one of our key behaviours. At Adevinta you will find a collaborative environment with an opportunity to explore your potential and grow

Adevinta is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

If you feel like you don’t meet all of the requirements for this role but are interested, please consider applying anyway. Research suggests that women and individuals from underrepresented groups may self-select out of opportunities if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements.

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