Job Description

Our client, a leading job site whose mission is to help people get jobs. They strive to cultivate an inclusive and accessible workplace where all people feel comfortable being themselves. They're looking to grow their teams with more people who share their enthusiasm for innovation and creating the best experience for job seekers.

Job applications are critical to the organization's strategy of getting closer to the hire. The company's Apply team build products to power their jobseeker-centric application process, which has enabled Indeed to process millions of applications every day.

Who we are: They are a Product team driven by data, and focused on building the most popular job site on the planet. With product teams in Seattle, San Francisco, Austin, Tokyo, Hyderabad, Singapore and Vancouver, we are changing the way people get jobs all around the world.

The Role:

As the Product Director for the organization's Apply team, you will be responsible for developing end-to-end products and services that power job applications and interview scheduling experiences used by millions of job seekers, employers and applicant tracking systems.

The team is focused on 3 areas:

1. Experience: Making it easier for job seekers to submit applications on and off the platform

2. Quality: Ensuring that applications facilitated by our products match the employer's requirements

3. Platform: Building highly resilient, reliable and scalable systems that facilitate millions of applications every day

In this role, you will manage a team of 8+ Senior Product Managers and Product Managers with the potential to grow the team. This product group is geographically distributed, with team members in Australia, Japan, India and Singapore.

Upon offices reopening post-COVID, all roles on this team will have the flexibility to return to the office or remain remote. We run daily (virtual) standups, weekly prioritization, OKR reviews, and we stay closely in touch.

Responsibilities

• Envision, develop and communicate product vision and strategy for job applications and interview scheduling experiences on the platform and partner marketplaces.
• Lead and grow a team of talented product managers (a mix of people managers and individual contributors) to improve job applications on Indeed and partner job marketplaces
• Collaborate with fellow engineering, design and business leadership to align on product priorities and strategy
• Drive product development with diverse, high-calibre teams of engineers and designers
• Provide effective written and verbal updates on the product strategy and key outcomes to senior leadership and stakeholders
• Define and analyse metrics that inform the success of products
• You will enjoy a casual work environment, flexible hours, and great compensation and benefits. You will wear many hats and learn many new things on the job. You will be surrounded by smart, dedicated, and nice people. You will be proud of the company's mission and your product's impact.

Location: This role can be based in Japan (Tokyo), or Singapore.

Who You Are

Minimum requirements:

• Over 12 years of product management experience with a proven track record of successfully launching products (at least half of it from building consumer-facing products)
• Over 5 years of experience hiring, managing and developing product managers (individual contributors and people managers), with at least 2 years managing people managers
• Demonstrated success in building and scaling consumer products used by millions of users every month
• Experience growing and managing multiple product development teams
• Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise, communicate priorities and corresponding product roadmap across functions and geographies
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Nice to haves

• Demonstrated success nurturing and growing geographically distributed teams
• Experience with e-commerce, travel or adjacent industries
• Design or user experience background