Product Director

OLX; Poland; On-site; PLN 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

OLX is seeking an experienced Product Director to lead the product function for Horizontal across European markets. You will shape strategy, run a team of about 15 product managers, and partner with engineering, design, and commercial leadership to deliver growth, engagement, and monetization for buyers and sellers on the platform.

You'll drive AI transformation, incubate new capabilities, and define a roadmap that aligns with OLX's broader portfolio.

Qualifications

• Experience leading product teams in online marketplaces or e-commerce.
• Hands-on background building products with engineers and commercial stakeholders.
• Proven ability to hire, grow and manage Product Managers at scale.
• Comfort working in cross-functional, multicultural teams across markets.
• Experience developing AI-based products.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Horizontal.
• Drive growth, retention, and monetization across buyer and seller journeys.
• Lead AI transformation for the horizontal domain.
• Incubate, develop and transition to a fully agentic horizontal marketplace.
• Lead a 15-person product organization with strong PM fundamentals.
• Collaborate with engineering and commercial teams across markets.
• Identify strategic opportunities including monetization levers.
• Establish best practices in product thinking and execution.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop PMs and product leaders.
• Partner with finance, commercial, and other functions for strategy.
• Act as thought partner to shape OLX's future.

Skills

Product leadership

Marketplace experience

Hands-on product management

Team management

AI product development

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Two-sided marketplaces

Job description

About OLX

OLX is a global leader in facilitating trade. It builds leading marketplace ecosystems enabled by tech, powered by trust, and loved by customers.

About OLX

OLX is a global leader in facilitating trade. It builds leading marketplace ecosystems enabled by tech, powered by trust, and loved by customers. Serving tens of millions of people every month around the world, OLX helps people buy and sell cars, find housing, get jobs, buy and sell household goods, and much more. Its well-loved consumer brands (including OLX, Otomoto, Property24, and more) offer safe, smart, and convenient online trading platforms and services for its customers. OLX is powered by global teams, united in a common purpose to build a more sustainable world through trade. For more information, visit www.olxgroup.com. OLX is backed by Prosus, a global consumer internet group and one of the largest technology investors in the world. Prosus has a primary listing on Euronext Amsterdam (AEX:PRX) and a secondary listing on the JSE Limited (XJSE:PRX), and is majority-owned by Naspers. For more information on Prosus and its companies and investments, please visit www.prosus.com.

The Opportunity

OLX is looking for an experienced and hands-on Product Director to lead product function for our core horizontal marketplace, spanning household goods, electronics, and other general merchandise categories. This is a global role with responsibility for the strategy and execution of Horizontal across a focused set of European markets. You'll be a key voice shaping how this business grows within the broader OLX portfolio. You'll lead a product organization of around 15 people, working closely with engineering, design, and commercial leadership to define and deliver a product roadmap that drives growth, engagement, and monetization for both consumers and sellers on the platform. This role reports to Michael Bullion, Chief Product Officer.

What You'll Do

• Define and own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Horizontal, in partnership with the CPO and broader leadership team.
• Drive customer-centric product innovation with a focus on growth, retention, and monetization across the buyer and seller journeys.
• Lead AI transformation for the horizontal domain
• Lead the incubation, development & transition to a fully agentic horizontal marketplace.
• Lead a product organization of around 15 people, with an emphasis on strong product management fundamentals - experimentation, documentation, and upstream opportunity discovery.
• Work closely with engineering and commercial teams across markets to align product development with business priorities.
• Identify and execute strategic opportunities, including creative monetization levers, cross-market improvements, and long-term category positioning.
• Establish and scale best practices in product thinking and execution across your teams.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of product managers and product leaders.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across finance, commercial, and other functions to build consensus around strategy and priorities.
• Act as a thought partner and sparring peer to other product and business leaders in shaping the future of OLX.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience leading product teams in online B2C/B2B2C environments, ideally in marketplaces, e-commerce, or classifieds. Experience navigating the dynamics of two-sided marketplaces (consumer buyers and sellers).
• Strong hands-on product management background—not just a strategic leader, but someone who has built products and worked closely with engineers and commercial stakeholders.
• Several years of experience hiring, growing, and directly managing Product Managers at all stages of their careers, ideally leading teams of a similar size (~15 people).
• Comfort working in cross-functional, multicultural teams across multiple markets.
• Strategic thinker, able to balance long-term vision with short- and medium-term goals.
• Experience in both 0->1 and scaling phases of product development.
• Proven track record of jumping between domains and sectors. Ability to learn fast.
• Experience in developing and managing AI-based products.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at OLX

At OLX, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We strongly encourage people of all races, ethnicities, disabilities, ages, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, religions, backgrounds, and experiences to apply.