Head of Product
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Job Summary
Tracksuit helps brands prove that brand building is worth it. We give marketing teams the data they need to make smarter decisions earn internal credibility and grow more sustainable businesses.
Were scaling fast across New Zealand Australia the US and the UK backed by world class investors. We can track those brands across markets to help our brand believers prove the power of brand wherever they are. Our team of Trackstars are collaborative ambitious and building something that genuinely matters. We live by high care high performance we strive to be the best and look after each other while we do it.
Were looking for a Head of Product to lead our product management team while our current Head of Product is on parental leave (12 months).
This isnt a caretaker gig. Youll be stepping into a genuine leadership role coaching and growing our product managers shaping product strategy and owning delivery alongside our Head of Engineering and Head of Design. Youll have real ownership real impact and a team thats excited to work with you.
If youre a kind low ego product leader who gets energy from helping others do their best work while striving to be the best this is the role for you. We are looks for a highly dynamic and adaptable product leader who loves the chaos and pace of a scaling global SaaS businesses.
- Be customer-obsessed. Drive the team and the business to think customer first in everything we do. Speak with customers and partners to understand pain-points and development opportunities.
- Build product culture. Champion a culture of continuous discovery testing and learning. Be an evangelist for the product aligning the company and other functions around the product vision and our approach to building.
- Lead coach and grow the product management team. Youll be responsible for our product managers their development their craft and their careers. You should have a track record of mentoring PMs and building strong product culture.
- Shape and drive product strategy. Collaborate with the Head of Engineering and Head of Design to set the direction of the product. Create an inspiring product vision an insight driven strategy and a carefully crafted team structure to deliver on it.
- Align teams around what matters. Ensure the product organisation is aligned with the broader company in pursuing the best opportunities. Set objectives that tie product development to key business outcomes.
- Partner across the business. Work closely with engineering design marketing sales customer success and wider functions to drive successful product outcomes. Lead how the product team communicates with the rest of Tracksuit.
- Represent Tracksuit externally. Champion the company our product and our approach to building in public.
- You love developing people. Your favourite part of the job is watching someone youve coached nail something they couldnt do six months ago. You put your team first and get genuinely excited about helping people reach the next stage in their career.
- You lead with empathy and kindness. Low ego high care. You dont take yourself too seriously and you show up in a way that makes people want to work with you. Were casual but we really care about the people the product and the process. You should too.
- You understand the craft deeply. Youve been a product manager yourself. You have deep experience across discovery design delivery data strategy and storytelling. You can guide others because youve done the work.
- Youve scaled before. Youve been through the growing pains of a fast-moving startup. Youre comfortable with things breaking every 36 months and ways of working constantly being redefined. That excites you not exhausts you.
- You think commercially. You can shape a product strategy in a scrappy fast moving environment. You think holistically about the business not just the backlog. You guide teams to use data to make decisions.
- You can bring people on the journey. You have experience aligning senior stakeholders around a product strategy. You communicate clearly and build trust across functions.
- Experience in a product leadership role: leading and growing a team of product managers.
- Experience scaling a SaaS product and team: ideally in a high-growth environment.
- A strong coaching and mentorship track record: youve built PM capability not just managed it.
- Cross functional partnership skills: experienced working with engineering design data and the wider business.
- Customer insight orientation: you drive customer first thinking across everything you touch.
Dont tick every box If youve got the right attitude and most of the experience wed still love to hear from you. Some of our best Trackstars didnt fit a traditional mould.
- L&D budget: Your growth matters to us.
- Flexible/hybrid working: We trust you to do your best work whether thats from our Auckland office or your home setup.
- Epic Tracksuit merch: Youll get your own Tracksuit. Obviously.
- High care high performance culture. Big ambitions real support. We push each other to be brilliant and look after each other while we do it.
- Genuine impact: Youll be leading a product team at a company thats changing how the world thinks about brand.
We practice transparent compensation at Tracksuit which means we put a real focus on fair compensation for our people and their roles
We run comprehensive full-cycle comp reviews annually as well as rolling promotions when youve levelled up. Your salary is supplemented with our best-in-class benefits package as well as generous ESOP.
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About Company
Tracksuit is a radically affordable, always-on brand tracking dashboard to measure and communicate the value of your brand building activities.
