Vice President of Product Management

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Company: Blueground
Location: Remote

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At Blueground, our vision is to make people feel at home wherever they choose to live.

To do this, we offer beautifully furnished and thoughtfully-equipped apartments in the most vibrant cities around the globe for a month, a year, or even longer. Guided by people’s growing desire to live more mobile lives – while not sacrificing comfort and the finer things – we strive to create an experience where all that guests need to do is simply show up and start living.

At present, Blueground operates 3,000 apartments in nine cities across three continents and has a team of 400 employees. By 2023, we plan to be in more than 50 cities with 50,000 properties.

At Blueground, we invest first and foremost in our team, and that’s reflected in our mission: to create a tech-powered living experience that guests love, homed in an organization where great people are proud to work.

We actively seek out people who demonstrate our four core values:

  • Time is everything. Cherish it
  • Excellence is our epic journey
  • We care deeply about our clients and colleagues
  • Transparency, once embraced, makes everything easier

Follow us on Instagram @lifeatblueground | #ShowUpStartLiving

Blueground is seeking a talented Vice President of Product Management to drive product vision and strategy and lead Software Product Management teams.

You will bring a wealth of product management knowledge, strong leadership capabilities, experience in growing and guiding a team of exceptional Product Managers, and a consistent track record of success in fast-growth, design-led organizations. You will approach business-wide challenges holistically and lead your teams to creatively and effectively solve the highest priority problems.


What you’ll do

  • Lead the ideation, research, design and further development of our three user-centric products: Web facing application, mobile application and internal tool
  • Deliver effectively on the product roadmap through the PI process, working directly with the CEO/ Founder, VP of Engineering and other senior stakeholders within the business
  • Run a world-class team. Develop and motivate top product-centric talent who are creative, collaborative, results-oriented and culturally aligned with Blueground entrepreneurial DNA and mission.
  • Build the future by defining and executing our product roadmap to develop features that our guests will love
  • Set and measure KPIs that drive key product and business decisions forward
  • Together with Design, Product Management, Engineering and Data Science teams, develop and grow engaged product and design teams that are sought out across the company and externally as industry and thought leaders

What to expect

  • To work in an agile, cross-functional, DevOps enabled teams
  • A simplified squad mode within a matrix team structure
  • An organization at hyper growth with top talented and motivated team members
  • A team that constantly raises its standards of work and relentlessly prioritizes
  • Be the owner and leader of your work
  • Customer focus. Partner closely with the CEO and fellow leaders to amplify the voice of our guests and embed their feedback into our product development process
  • To experiment, learn and have fun

Requirements

  • Experience in leading and managing Product Management teams that have developed top notch, innovative software products
  • 10+ years of experience in product management and 15+ years overall.
  • A track record of gaining the trust and respect of others so as to build and lead world-class teams in transformational and high-growth environments
  • Sustained experience of managing multiple products and teams
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to scope, design, test and deliver innovative solutions
  • Entrepreneurial drive and demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in an innovative and fast-paced environment
  • Radical thinking paired with strong execution
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Stock options plan
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Private life and health insurance plan
  • Dynamic working environment with talented people
  • Complimentary accommodation in Blueground locations. Think summer in LA and winter in Dubai!

At Blueground we are proud to have Diversity and Inclusion at the centre of everything we do. We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity regardless of race, colour, national origin, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.


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