Chief Product Officer (CPO) · Enschede, Zwolle ·

Bookingexperts; Zwolle; Vor Ort; EUR 180.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

C-level salary allowance

Hybrid work (Enschede/Zwolle)

MacBook + large screen & sit-stand

Team lunch

25 days annual leave

Zusammenfassung

Booking Experts is seeking an experienced Chief Product Officer to lead product strategy, drive AI-enabled growth, and align with Engineering and the MT across Europe. You will shape the roadmap, coordinate a growing product team, and expand into the UK, France, Spain, Denmark, and the DACH region while building revenue-generating features.

You will collaborate closely with the CEO, COO, CTO, CCO, and CFO, guiding the product-engineering relationship and ensuring market-specific success with a

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience as a CPO or similar senior product leadership role in a fast-growing SaaS/scale-up.
• Track record of building and scaling cross-functional product teams (PMs, designers, copywriters).
• International mindset: scaling for multiple markets without fragmenting the roadmap.
• Clear vision on AI integration and bringing AI features to production.
• Strategic thinker who creates prioritised backlogs and aligns with engineering.
• Leader who inspires, coaches teams, and makes data-driven decisions based on customer input.

Aufgaben

• Define and own product vision and roadmap with MT alignment.
• Lead a growing product team including Head of Product, PMs, designers, and copywriters.
• Drive AI strategy, from automation to guest-facing tools, as a core platform pillar.
• Plan market entry for the UK, France, Spain, Denmark, and DACH with market-specific MVPs.
• Identify new revenue opportunities and translate into product features in collaboration with commercial teams.
• Create Innovation Squads to explore and validate new ideas quickly while maintaining stability.
• Ensure clear prioritisation and a well-defined backlog for engineering, with realistic cost/return expectations.

Kenntnisse

CPO experience

Product leadership

International scaling

AI in software

Data-driven decisions

Team building

English fluency

Jobbeschreibung

We are at an exciting crossroads. Hundreds of holiday parks and hospitality businesses across Europe rely on our platform daily. Our foundation is rock-solid, and now is the time to accelerate our growth. The market is moving fast, particularly around AI, and international markets demand a truly localised approach. As CPO, you will bring strategic focus and a crystal-clear product vision that the entire company can rally behind. Together, we are aiming for long-term results.

What you will be doing

As CPO, you are the driving force behind our product’s success. You will give Product a full, strategic voice at the Management Team (MT) table, ensuring a balanced partnership with Engineering. You define the 'what' and 'why'; together with our CTO, you ensure the 'how' aligns seamlessly. You will lead a growing product team consisting of a Head of Product, Product Managers, Product Designers, and Product Copywriters, building the structure required to truly scale up.

• Vision and roadmap that provide clarity: You formulate a product vision that is rock-solid, both internally and externally towards (potential) users. You decisively steer major strategic projects towards a successful launch.

• Leading the AI revolution: You don’t wait to see where AI goes; you determine where we go with AI. From smart automations for park managers to tools providing instant answers to guests, you turn AI into a core pillar of our platform, not just a side feature.

• Conquering Europe, not just translating it: We are successfully expanding into the UK, France, Spain, Denmark, and the DACH region. You don’t just say we need market fit; you ensure we know exactly what that means. You dissect what is truly different per market: legislation, local habits, and expectations. You align an MVP with the right stakeholders, map it out with sharp attention to detail, and set realistic expectations regarding costs and returns. This turns new markets into an actionable plan rather than a wishlist.

• Tapping into new revenue streams: You identify commercial opportunities and translate them into features that actively generate revenue, such as our own Activity Management System. You work closely with the commercial team to achieve this.

• Setting up Innovation Squads: Alongside the core team safeguarding stability, you create space for small, agile teams to quickly validate and build new ideas. Speed where possible, diligence where required.

• From insight to solution: You ensure that great ideas and user insights don't remain abstract. You translate them into sharply defined, validated solutions so that engineering can build with confidence and every feature hits the mark before the first line of code is written.

• Optimal focus for Engineering: Through clear prioritisation and strong preparation, engineering knows exactly where the focus lies. You ensure a predictable, strategic backlog that provides clarity and a foundation the entire organisation can build upon.

Your team and collaboration

You will head up a talented product team. The Head of Product is the operational engine of the team; you provide the structure, frameworks, and room for growth to elevate their work.

With the CTO, you form a crucial tandem: you determine the what and why, while the CTO safeguards the technical architecture, stability, and scalability. Together with the CEO, COO, CTO, CCO, and CFO, you form an MT that is balanced across all levels: commerce, execution, finance, tech, and product innovation.

What you can expect from us

• A key position within the MT of one of Europe’s fastest-growing hospitality tech companies

• A competitive C-level salary + 10% salary allowance

• The freedom to leave your mark on both our product and our international expansion

• An ambitious, informal working atmosphere with short lines of communication and a high degree of ownership

• MacBook + large screen, sit-stand desk, and a cycle-to-work scheme

• Hybrid working from our offices in Enschede and/or Zwolle

• Daily joint lunch with the team

• 25 days of annual leave

About Booking Experts

Booking Experts is an international software platform that helps hospitality and recreation businesses automate and improve their entire operations. With our products BEX PMS, CMS, and smart tools and integrations, we offer a complete cloud-based ecosystem that supports holiday parks, campsites, hotels, and rental organisations in their administrative, operational, and financial management.

We are active in the Netherlands, the UK, France, Spain, Denmark, and the DACH region, and over the coming years, we aim to secure the same leading position across Europe that we already hold in the Netherlands.

About you

You are an experienced product leader who thinks strategically and is comfortable making decisive calls. You feel just as at home in an MT discussion about growth and market positioning as you do in a working session with designers and engineers. You understand what a healthy product-engineering relationship looks like and how to build one.

• Proven experience as a CPO, VP of Product, or a similar role within a fast-growing SaaS or scale-up environment (experience in hospitality or fintech is a plus)

• A track record of building and scaling product teams (Product Management, Product Design, and Copy)

• An international mindset: you know how to scale and localise a product for markets like France, Spain, the UK, and the DACH region without fragmenting the roadmap

• A strong vision on the role of AI in software and concrete experience bringing AI features to production

• Strategic and decisive: you bring structure and scalability to a dynamic, fast-growing scale-up environment, know how to separate main priorities from side issues, and provide engineering with a crystal-clear, prioritised backlog

• A natural leader who inspires talent, helps teams scale, and empowers individuals

• You make decisions based on both data and customer contact, refusing to compromise on either

• Excellent command of English; knowledge of Dutch is an advantage

• You live within reasonable travelling distance of Enschede (preferred) or Zwolle, and are willing to travel to our international markets periodically