Director of Product - Tech & Data

Concorde; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Rituals is seeking a Director of Product to lead an enterprise-wide transformation from project-driven delivery to outcome-based product ownership. You will shape the future operating model, partner with senior leaders, and build a high-performance Product organisation that enables empowered teams and measurable value across the business.

You will work with Engineering, Enterprise Architecture and IT to streamline decision-making, reduce complexity, and accelerate the delivery of

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in senior Product leadership roles within organisations that have adopted a product-oriented operating model.
• Proven track record of leading large-scale organisational transformation, especially from project-based to product-led approaches.
• Strong experience building and developing Product leadership and coaching senior Product professionals.
• Demonstrated success partnering with Engineering and Business leaders to deliver measurable outcomes.
• Ability to influence executive stakeholders and lead through significant transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the transformation from a project-oriented delivery model towards a mature, outcome-driven Product organisation with clear ownership and measurable value creation.
• Develop Product leadership capabilities across Value Streams, Product Leads, Product Owners and Product Management communities with a culture of coaching and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Engineering, Architecture and Business leadership to establish empowered multidisciplinary teams around customer journeys and strategic outcomes.
• Drive product strategy, prioritisation, investment decisions and value measurement, focusing on high-impact opportunities.
• Contribute to the design and evolution of the Rituals Product Operating Model for greater organisational effectiveness and scalability.

Skills

Senior product leadership

Organisational transformation

Building product leadership

Partnership with engineering

Executive influence

Job description

Share your talents

Shape how Rituals creates value in the future

At Rituals, we are entering one of the most important transformations in our growth journey.

Over the past years, we have invested heavily in simplifying our technology landscape, strengthening ownership and creating multidisciplinary teams that bring Business, Product, Engineering and Data closer together. These changes have helped us become more predictable, scalable and customer-focused.

Now, we are taking the next step.

We are evolving from a project-driven organisation to a truly product-oriented company. This means moving beyond temporary initiatives, requirements and delivery milestones towards long-lived products, empowered teams and measurable business outcomes. It means creating an organisation where customer journeys, business capabilities and continuous improvement determine how we work, invest and innovate.

To help lead this transformation, we are looking for a Director of Product.

As Director of Product, you will play a defining leadership role in shaping the future operating model of Rituals. Reporting to the Executive Director Tech & Data and serving as a member of the Tech & Data Management Team, you will build and lead the Product organisation while helping Rituals embrace a fundamentally different way of working.

This role goes far beyond leading Product Managers and Product Owners. You will be the driving force behind the evolution from project-based delivery towards outcome-driven product ownership across the organisation. You will work closely with senior business leaders, the Director of Engineering, Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise IT to create an environment where empowered teams are able to discover opportunities, solve meaningful problems and continuously improve the products and capabilities they own.

You will challenge existing structures, decision-making processes and ways of working where needed, while building on the strong foundations already established. Your focus will be on creating clarity, reducing complexity and helping teams move faster by removing unnecessary dependencies, handovers and bureaucracy.

As a strategic partner to business leadership, you will help shift conversations away from "what should we build?" towards "which problems should we solve?" and "how do we create measurable value?". By strengthening product leadership, introducing outcome-based thinking and embedding continuous improvement throughout the organisation, you will help Rituals become increasingly adaptive, efficient and customer-centred.

This is a rare opportunity to lead an enterprise-wide transformation while building the next generation of product leadership within one of Europe's fastest-growing and most inspiring brands.

YOUR ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Lead the transformation from a project-oriented delivery model towards a mature, outcome-driven Product organisation with clear ownership, accountability and measurable value creation.
• Build and develop Product leadership capabilities across Value Streams, Product Leads, Product Owners and Product Management communities, creating a strong culture of coaching, growth and continuous improvement.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Architecture and Business leadership to establish empowered multidisciplinary teams organised around customer journeys, business capabilities and strategic outcomes.
• Drive product strategy, prioritisation, investment decisions and value measurement, ensuring scarce capacity is focused on the highest-impact opportunities.
• Contribute to the design, adoption and evolution of the Rituals Product Operating Model, enabling greater organisational effectiveness, efficiency and long-term scalability.

Bring all of you

You are an experienced Product leader who has successfully helped organisations transition from managing projects to managing products. You understand that sustainable competitive advantage comes from empowered teams, clear ownership, evidence-based decision making and relentless customer focus. You know how to balance strategic transformation with operational excellence and are comfortable leading through complexity, ambiguity and change.

You combine deep product expertise with strong organisational leadership. You are able to inspire executives, challenge existing thinking constructively and create alignment across diverse stakeholder groups. Equally, you enjoy coaching leaders, developing talent and building cultures where people can perform at their best.

Most importantly, you recognise that transformation is not achieved through new processes or organisational charts alone. Real change happens when people adopt new behaviours, take ownership and continuously improve how they create value together.

THIS IS YOU

• Extensive experience in senior Product leadership roles within organisations that have successfully adopted or matured a product-oriented operating model.
• Proven track record of leading large-scale organisational transformation, particularly the transition from project-based delivery towards product-led ways of working.
• Strong experience building and developing Product leadership, coaching senior Product professionals and creating high-performing teams.
• Demonstrated success partnering with Engineering and Business leaders to deliver measurable customer, operational and commercial outcomes.
• Ability to influence executive stakeholders, drive strategic change and lead complex organisations through periods of significant transformation.

At Rituals, we believe that business growth and personal growth go hand in hand. As Director of Product, you will have the opportunity to shape how an international organisation creates value for customers, employees and the business for years to come.

INTERESTED?

If you are excited about building empowered teams, transforming organisations and creating a lasting impact, we would love to hear from you.

YOUR PATH TO A NEW CAREER

Grow with us! The next steps are:

• Apply via our website
• Our Recruiter contacts you within 10 days
• You have 2 interviews at our Amsterdam Office in Amsterdam
• Optional a User Case
• In the event of a positive outcome, you will receive a proposal with the terms of employment.
• Any questions? Our recruiter is happy to speak to you via [e-mail]