Join us as a Product Group Lead (PGL) and shape the future of logistics! Drive high-quality IT products that deliver real business value and revolutionize the Supply Chain industry. Make your mark with one of the world’s largest logistics providers as we lead the digital transformation.
Your Role
As Product Group Lead, you will create the Product Group vision. You will drive the product roadmap definition together with the Head of Strategic IT and ensure that all business and IT stakeholders involved have a common understanding about the Product Group strategy. You will have full responsibility for the delivery of LogTech products in the agreed quality, time and budget.
Your Responsibilities
* Lead the development and adoption of innovative technology solutions.
* Identify business needs and recommend product/project scopes.
* Gather customer feedback and propose novel solutions.
* Analyze systems, data, and business processes for improvements.
* Coordinate project delivery and manage engineering teams.
* Ensure integration of solutions across the organization.
* Optimize development processes and initiate DevOps improvements.
* Manage budgets, ensuring alignment with business value and ROI.
* Coach product managers and support team development.
* Address team dynamics, hiring, and conflict resolution.
* Provide hands-on support when needed, including product management.
* Facilitate collaboration across IT teams and drive POCs.
* Research and evaluate off-the-shelf software solutions.
Your Skills and Experiences
* Master in computer science or similar degree. Experience or natural aptitude for IT/mathematics/data science is highly valued.
* Someone who enjoys the complexity of the real world, with a high analytical mindset capable of developing solutions that tackle these problems and opportunities
* Being comfortable in bootstrapping your products and projects by re-using practices across industries and academia
* Self-starter, being able to work independently in a dynamic environment.
* Strong business knowledge to lead the team and understand the target and customer needs.
* Excellent communicator who can work collaboratively across many different roles and functions. She/he can communicate the Product Group vision, align people and stakeholders, focus their efforts, and motivate the team.
* Her/his high level of emotional intelligence helps them to collaborate and successfully shape product development in the Product Group.
* Track record of creating and consequently executing business opportunities. Looking ahead about additional features and functionality which would be helpful. She/he always looks at the broader picture.
* Outstanding networking competence, team spirit, and an integrative personality.
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a high level of written and spoken English.
Good Reasons to Join
Take ownership of cutting-edge technology solutions by identifying business needs and recommending new product ideas. Analyze systems and processes, propose innovative solutions, and coordinate project delivery with engineering teams. Ensure seamless integration, optimize development processes, and drive agile improvements. Manage budgets with a focus on business value, while coaching teams and supporting their growth. Proactively address team dynamics, hiring, and conflicts, and provide hands-on support when needed. Foster collaboration across IT teams, drive POCs, and explore new software solutions to solve key business challenges. #J-18808-Ljbffr