Head of Product Strategy, loveholidays

• Successful candidates could come from a variety of backgrounds including consultancy or product management
• Hands on experience of creating and executing on digital and commercial product strategies with set timelines and objectives to achieve & report on
• Expert in conducting market research and analysis
• Experience working across a range of senior stakeholders (including c-suite) across Commercial and Technical functions to align on strategic direction and focus
• Experience leading complex cross-company programs to successful delivery
• Experience mentoring and coaching team members

Desirable

• Reporting to the Chief Product Officer
• You will work alongside your peers in the product leadership team and the broader company senior management team to ensure we have an aligned and well understood vision and that we are placing our bets in a robust way to deliver against it, unlocking value for our customers, partners and ourselves continuously along the way
• You and your team will research both our performance and the competitive landscape to find unserved needs and market opportunities and you'll be a sought out expert on the market and our customers - holiday makers and travel suppliers
• You and your team will lead the discovery and delivery of strategic initiatives across the company, ensuring radical clarity on direction, progress and issues, enabling effective delivery across both technical and commercial teams
• Collaborate across the organisation to devise and maintain our long term product vision
• Lead and manage a small team of product strategists
• Ownership of customer demographics (market and loveholidays), partnering with our research team to delve into customer segmentation and conduct market deep dives to understand where we sit in terms of market value and possible opportunities for us within the product space
• Commercial deep dives to support product management and commercial teams
• Lead strategic initiatives on a project basis, such as the delivery of new products or market launches
• Coordinate the discovery and delivery of strategy white papers such as how AI is best leveraged in loveholidays, or our approach to addressing a new customer segment
• Driving and embedding the strategy into processes, presentations and documentation as well as collaborating closely with C-Suite members

• Talent Acquisition Partner screening - 30 mins
• 1st stage with Hiring Manager - 45 mins
• 2nd stage with key stakeholder/s including a case study to present, in office - 2 hours
• Final stage interview with key exec members - 2 hours

• Discounted holidays for you, your family and friends
• 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
• Company pension contributions at 5%
• Individual training budget for courses, seminars and memberships to professional bodies
• High degree of autonomy in a strong collaborative environment
• Cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan and eye care vouchers
• Hybrid working with 3 days working in our office (London) and 2 days WFH per week
• Sustainably sourced fruit baskets in the office kitchen
• Increased annual leave for long service
• Ability to buy and sell annual leave
• Enhanced maternity pay = 6 weeks of full pay and 20 weeks at 50% pay
• Enhanced paternity pay = 4 weeks of full pay

Total funding: $6.8m

Travel, both domestic and overseas, has been a huge part of the British economy since the late 20th century. In 2019, UK residents spent £43 billion on foreign holidays - almost double the amount spent a decade before.