Head of Product - Data Community

About the opportunity

Reporting to the CTO, and part of the product leadership team, you will be responsible for building out a new team that’s responsible for creating a Data Community. You will be the single-threaded owner of a new business unit covering both product and engineering. The goal of you and your team will be to maximize the number of social interactions between DataCamp users on our own platform, both for individuals and those working in teams. We envision the next version of our platform to put social interactions for anyone passionate about data at its core.

As we help people in their journey towards data literacy, we want them to learn from our content, just as much as they can learn from the datacamp community. In this role, you will be pioneering the entire concept of enabling social interactions and engagement of individuals on DataCamp.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end process of conceptualizing and launching products.? This includes backlog prioritization and defining product requirements, as well as celebrating team successes while owning/fixing failures. 
• Use data (writing scripts if needed) and run A/B tests to inform user-centric product decisions.
• Determine the vision and strategy on your business unit, that aligns with the company’s goals and mission, accounting for user input and available information/data.
• Independently produce a roadmap based on data and user insights that your squad and the company find exciting.
• Recruit and manage your cross-functional team (engineering, product, etc)
• Work daily with a team of skilled engineers, data analysts, and designers to build the best solution for our users while keeping business goals in mind. 
• Work closely with Marketing, Sales, Content to ensure successful launches of solutions.
• Develop great product intuition and a deep understanding of what drives end-users through interviews and data analysis.

The ideal candidate

• Has 8+ years of experience bringing a software product from concept through launch
• Has experience building products with a holistic perspective of what makes sense for a user in an end-to-end user journey as opposed to solely local optimizations. 
• Has recruiting experience and has facilitated teams towards self-sufficiency
• Is organized, analytical and outcome-oriented
• Is comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback
• Has a strong command of English and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Is collaborative and motivated, with the ability to execute swiftly
• Technical understanding from a software engineering perspective