Head of Product (Hybrid, Amsterdam/Groningen, NL)

Head of Product (Hybrid, Amsterdam/Groningen, NL)

Role setup:

Job title: Head of Product
Team: Product
Location: Amsterdam/Groningen, NL
Environment: On-site/Hybrid
Timezone: +/- 2 hours of CET
Language: Our business language is English

Where the journey began…

From humble beginnings when traveling back in 2014, our co-founders at Parkos embarked on our journey to ensure that the beginning and end of your travel experience are as enjoyable as the actual adventure between!

Parkos is the platform for finding - and booking parking spots near airports. When Parkos started we were offering parking spots at Schiphol. Now, eight years later, we are active in 16 countries, servicing millions of customers at airports all over the world, such as France, Germany, Spain, Australia, and The United States. Our customers go to the Parkos website, compare and then book a parking spot with one of Parkos' 1000+ parking partners. Parkos is expanding and we are currently looking for a head of product.

Parkos (HQ based in the Netherlands) is a fast-growing platform for airport parkings. We have grown more than 100% year over year in the last year. The next step for Parkos is to be the world's No. 1 platform for parking providers at airports. To be able to reach that goal, We’re looking for an experienced product leader capable of seeing the big picture and helping to build a world-class product.

A few numbers:

  • Already over two million customers have booked through us
  • Over 1000+ parking providers available in 16 countries
  • Active in parking industry since 2014

The team

Currently there are two UX designers and four Product Owners. But the team has to grow and you probably need to hire a Data Analyst, BI and UX specialists.

What you’ll do

  • Do you get enthusiastic about helping travelers have a great holiday through building a world-class product (and product team)?
  • Do you like to work with an international team in a fast-paced and high-growth environment and do you have a penchant for delivering great products?
  • Do you love to take full ownership over conversion rate (CVR) and do you understand fully how this metric is built up from the ground?
  • Do you know how to take final responsibility over net-promoter-scores (NPS)?
  • Do you understand how to manage the expectations of end users and link what they see on our platform to what impacts our NPS?
  • Do you enjoy challenging and influencing passionate founders?

What you’ll bring

  • 7+ years of product management experience and demonstrable track record of product leadership by building teams and coaching Product Owners to grow them to the next level.
  • A Growth mindset: An ability to deal with ambiguity with an entrepreneurial mindset, taking ownership of the Product Org and steering your team and driving the shared vision and ideas forward.
  • E-commerce/marketplace experience with an understanding of demand and supply dynamics.
  • Commercial business acumen and ability to share insights with others on competition, price sensitivity, network effects, and supply and demand mechanics.
  • You have are by nature a leading ambassador that builds a strong cooperation between Development, Supply (Sales) & Demand (Marketing).
  • Experience working in a data-driven environment with the ability to build key results, customer feedback loops, and advanced analytics into the product development process.

What we offer

We offer a challenging position within a rapidly growing international organization. You will be working closely together with the Managing Director (Founder), Head of Sales and Head of Marketing. You also receive:

  • 25 Holiday days per year
  • An attractive pension plan covered by Parkos (a.s.r.)
  • Autonomy and responsibility for how you want to do your job
  • Ownership, if you have an idea on how we could improve the way we work or how we do things, you will be the one to drive the change and hold your team and peers accountable
  • Experience freedom in your workweek; Work flexible hours
  • Personal growth, we train you to be a better professional by giving you feedback and autonomy
  • Working at a fast-growing, award-winning e-commerce company with a proven concept
  • Able to work from Amsterdam or Groningen office and/or remote
  • Transparency and scale-up mentality. We have a strong positive and result-driven company culture
  • Team spirit, we think that we can achieve better results if we work closely together. Of course, we celebrate achievements together as well
  • Monthly fun activities with colleagues (like padellen, game night and a yearly company trip)

The road ahead.....

  • Meet & Greet with Recruiter
    (45-mins)
  • Meet & Greet with Co-founder + Head of Engineering
    (1-hour videocall)
  • Meet &Greet Supply and Demand with Head of Marketing + HR
    (1-hour videocall)
  • Present assignment to Co-founder + Head of Engineering + Head of Marketing
    (1-hour videocall or face2face)
  • Team session + Reflection
    (2x 1-hours videocalls or face2face)

 

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