Lead Product Manager, Headout
Esops: 15000
2-3 days a week in office (Headout UK Ltd C/O WeWork - The Monument 51 Eastcheap , London EC3M 1DT United Kingdom)
Travel experiences marketplace
Job no longer available
Travel experiences marketplace
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
Esops: 15000
2-3 days a week in office (Headout UK Ltd C/O WeWork - The Monument 51 Eastcheap , London EC3M 1DT United Kingdom)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Headout is on a mission to make travelling more fun & spontaneous.
Role
Who you are
- Possesses a minimum of 6 years of product management experience, particularly in the e-commerce sector.
- Has 2 years of proven experience in both managing teams and overseeing product development.
- Demonstrates a successful track record in building consumer-facing products at a significant scale.
- Experience working in a metrics and experimentation-driven organizational environment.
- Exhibits strong customer empathy, blending user research with data to craft a prioritized product roadmap.
- Proficient in authoring PRDs and Use Case Documentation to guide and facilitate product development.
What the job involves
- As a Lead Product Manager at Headout, you'll take charge of building our product portfolio within one of our key pods: Acquisition, Discovery, Conversion, or Managed marketplace
- Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams and external partners, you'll leverage your expertise to craft compelling strategies and develop innovative products that drive growth and enhance user experiences
- Your strategic leadership and collaborative approach will be essential in driving product innovation and achieving our goals at Headout
- Depending on the pod you work with, your focus area will be as follows:
- Acquisition: You will spearhead efforts to increase channel diversification and elevate the share of organic search within our acquisition strategy. By implementing innovative tactics and strategies, you will drive growth and expand our customer base
- Discovery: You will lead initiatives to architect and develop products that optimize the discovery experience for users. By leveraging user insights and data-driven approaches, you will enhance user engagement and satisfaction
- Conversion: Your role will involve maximizing user conversion rates and developing conversion levers to drive scale in new business areas such as cruises and airport transfers. Through experimentation and optimization, you will identify opportunities to enhance conversion rates and drive business growth
- Managed marketplace: You will be responsible for building products that enable best-in-class self-serve capabilities and create efficient systems for internal and external teams to manage their products on Headout's platform. By streamlining processes and enhancing productivity, you will empower teams to deliver exceptional results
Application process
- Application review
- Introductory call with headout recruiter
- Introductory call with hiring manager
- Discussion 1: Domain Deep Dive
- Discussion 2: Product Problem Statement
- Take home assignment
- Discussion 3: Take home assignment debrief
- Final discussion
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Over 25 million people from over 105 different cities have purchased a ticket for something on Headout, the mobile-first travel experience and activity platform. It’s a digital marketplace where users can browse tickets to leisure activities in their area, and providers can in turn get help filling last-minute slots.
Unlike some travel and hospitality businesses, Headout has already bounced back and surpassed its pre-pandemic revenue (3.1 Yx oY) and growth (3.2 x YoY) levels. The key was to focus on domestic travel, a new vertical it intends to expand in future with new funding on the table. It’s also looking to aggressively grow its footprint to add hundreds of new cities over the coming years, having doubled its business team in 2023.
Headout is in a very comfortable position to do so: every transaction it carries out is profitable, and there’s plenty of runway on its current funding. This means the team can focus on building out new features for both users and providers. The quality of its product will be its key advantage over Airbnb, which has for a while now been developing a competing marketplace.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2022
$30m
SERIES B
Sep 2021
$12m
SERIES B
Total funding: $65.7m
Company benefits
- Unlimited mental wellness leaves
- No ceiling general leave
- Every quarterly 1-1 includes a `vacation time` item on the agenda to ensure everyone takes breaks proactively
- 50% off fitness class memberships
- Wellness programs once a month
- Online health platform(s) subscriptions
- Employee Assistance Program. We've got your back
- $500 `Headout Credits` to, you guessed it, head out to any of our experiences around the world
- Unlimited `Learning Credits` for paid courses and sessions to aid your learning & growth
- Access to conferences and meet-ups
- Community Lunches twice a week across all offices
- Travel across our 6 global offices if your role demands it
- If your role requires you to move countries, we will do whatever it takes to take care of you. We are not limited by any policies when it comes to getting great talent to join us
- ESOPS: We follow the standard 1-year cliff and 4-year vesting schedule. You can exercise your ESOPs anytime up to 2 years post-termination. For employees who have been at Headout for a continuous period of 2 years or longer, the exercise period will automatically extend to the life of the option i.e. **10 years**.
- Outside of teams that are remote-first, everyone else will be expected to spend **50% of their time in the office**. 50% doesn't mean spending 2.5 days a week at the office. It is entirely up to the individual and the team to configure what works best for them
- Non-remote teams will have complete flexibility to **work from anywhere** for extended durations multiple times a year. Longing to work from a beach for a couple of weeks, no problem
- You can access any of our hub offices at any time
- Everyone gets a one-time allowance of up to **$250** to set up a productive work environment for themselves outside of the office
Company values
- 👉 Headout > I
- 👉 Move fast, learn faster
- 👉 High standards
- 👉 Together is better
- 👉 Take ownership and initiative
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Leadership
Varun Khona
(CEO)Previously founded and served as CEO of travel company Trippy.
Vikram Jit Singh
(CTO)Previously a senior member of the technical staff at Oracle.
Suren Sultania
(COO)Worked a spell as a consultant at PTOLEMUS Consulting Group.
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