Vice President of Product

WEbook, Inc.; Riyadh; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Saudi Arabia's event ticketing industry is seeking a Vice President of Product. This senior executive will oversee product management, drive product strategy, and ensure alignment with the company's vision. The role requires extensive experience in consumer product management and a passion for user experience excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of consumer product management experience.
• 3+ years leading product teams at an executive level.
• Experience with SaaS platforms and event ticketing industry.

Responsibilities

• Oversee product management function and align with company vision.
• Manage a diverse product team including product managers and UX designers.
• Drive the implementation of the product roadmap.

Skills

Consumer product management

Leadership

Communication

Data-driven decision making

User experience focus

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

MBA preferred

Job description

Do you want to love what you do at work? Do you want to make a difference, an impact, and transform people's lives? Do you want to work with a team that believes in disrupting the normal, boring, and average?

If yes, then this is the job you're looking for. webook.com is Saudi's #1 event ticketing and experience booking platform in terms of technology, features, agility, and revenue, serving some of the largest mega events in the Kingdom, surpassing over 2 billion in sales.

webook.com is part of the Supertech Group, which also includes UXBERT Labs, one of the best digital and user experience design agencies in the GCC, along with Kafu Games, the largest esports tournament platform in MENA.

Job Overview

The Vice President of Product is a senior executive responsible for overseeing the product management function and ensuring alignment with the company’s vision, goals, and market needs. This role involves driving product strategy, defining roadmaps, and ensuring successful execution of product development to deliver exceptional user experiences and business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Serve as a strong advocate for a product-centric culture, our mission, and continued innovation and product excellence;
2. Manage a diverse product team including product managers, UX designers, and content specialists;
3. Build effective processes and metrics for success;
4. Develop and lead a data-driven process to identify, prioritize, and evaluate product initiatives and build our product roadmap;
5. Drive the implementation of the product roadmap by partnering closely with our executive team, design teams, engineering, operations, client success, and data teams;
6. Continuously investigate and introduce process improvement measures and present suggestions to the CEO for consideration;
7. Drive innovation and scalable processes around the product development cycle;
8. Define, articulate, and execute product and design vision and company strategy;
9. Facilitate a disciplined approach and standards for the roadmap and organizational direction;
10. Develop metrics to assess the success of products and features and determine necessary enhancements;
11. Work cross-functionally with marketing, engineering, and operations teams;
12. Assess current operating procedures and protocols, and be the architect and driver of change where needed;
13. Manage the product management team;
14. Share insights with other leadership team members to improve the product and the business;
15. Establish standards for the roadmap and organizational direction.

Minimum Requirements:

1. Bachelor’s Degree; MBA preferred; or equivalent work experience
2. Minimum 10 years of consumer product management experience
3. 3+ years leading product teams at an executive level
4. Experience with SaaS platforms, event ticketing industry, booking software, super apps, e-commerce
5. Experience with highly regulated industries is a plus
6. Experience creating, launching, building, and scaling customer-centric products
7. Ability to develop and execute a product vision
8. Experience scaling a product organization in an operations-driven company
9. Experience hiring, managing, and mentoring high-performance teams
10. Passion for high-quality user experiences and product excellence
11. Excellent communication and influence skills, both written and verbal