VP, Product

The role

The VP of Product & Engineering will set the vision for the digital product, digital experience, and the technology that powers them. This person will lead a cross-functional product and engineering organization and be accountable for business results including revenue, conversion, AOV, LTV, and retention.

What you will do

• Define a multi-year vision for the digital product and platform and turn it into a roadmap.
• Decide on investments, builds, team resourcing, and tech stack shifts.
• Tie decisions to long-term vision and financial goals.
• Hold the vision and bar for the onsite experience, paths to purchase, checkout, account, subscription, and product surfaces.
• Own product and experience metrics that ladder up to revenue.
• Build a shared agenda with Marketing across acquisition, retention, and reactivation.
• Set technical direction and build an organization that ships with quality and speed.
• Make build-vs-buy and platform calls.
• Attract, develop, and motivate a cross-functional product and engineering org.

Required qualifications

• 12+ years (or equivalent) across product and technology leadership
• Proof of setting strategy, leading teams, and growing metrics
• Experience building and growing across DTC subscription and traditional ecommerce
• Knowledge of the modern DTC stack including Shopify
• Technical depth to set engineering direction
• Experience owning the place where growth, brand, and product meet
• Ability to lead with gut and opinion and validate with data
• Orientation closer to a GM of ecom than a features-focused PM
• Care about cats and the people who love them

Nice to have

• Subscription experience
• Shopify experience

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Fully paid Health, Vision, and Dental insurance
• 4-day work week
• Unlimited PTO
• Free cat food every month

About the company

Smalls is on a mission to make nine lives ten, building a brand and a digital experience that cat people genuinely love.