VP Product Execution

Minimum Level of Education

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

Beneficial Qualifications

• Relevant certifications or qualifications

• 15+ yearsin product, engineering, or operations leadership within B2B software/SaaS, including8+ years leading multi-team, cross-functional product delivery and operations.
• Proven track record establishing portfolio planning/governance, execution cadence, and lifecycle/commercialization practices at scale

Beneficial Experience

• Experience driving operational transformation (OKRs, Lean/Agile adoption, DevOps/Release management), and reporting to executive/board stakeholders.

Special Skills and Knowledge

• Portfolio & Governance: OKRs, prioritization frameworks, capacity planning, dependency management, risk/issue orchestration.
• Execution at Scale:Roadmapping→delivery→launch→lifecycle; release/launch readiness; cross‑functional operating rhythms.
• Commercial & Lifecycle: Packaging, licensing operations, SKU hygiene, sunsetting/deprecation methods, cost‑to‑serve awareness.
• Data & Insight: Define and automate delivery, product health, and efficiency metrics; convert analytics into decisions.
• Leadership & Influence: Executive communication, decision discipline, change management, and stakeholder alignment across Product, Engineering, GTM, and Finance.
• Methods & Tooling: Agile/Lean practices; portfolio and work‑management tools; analytics/BI and release management tooling.
  
  

• Translate product strategy into executable delivery and commercialization plans with clear timelines, outcomes, and accountabilities.
• Orchestrate a single execution plan and cadence across Product, Engineering, Implementation, Support, and Enablement—eliminating conflicting priorities and handoff gaps.
• Own the product operations function (planning/portfolio processes, tooling, governance, analytics, reporting), and standardize ways of working to improve speed, quality, and predictability.
• Run portfolio governance and prioritization—making explicit, data‑informed decisions on what we do, when we do it, and what we will not do.
• Track delivery health, capacity, dependencies, and cross‑team commitments; remove blockers and adjust plans to protect outcomes.
• Lead the operationalization and evolution of product licensing models in partnership with Product Management, Sales, and Finance.
• Own product and component lifecycle management, including structured deprecation and sunsetting to reduce complexity and operating cost.
• Establish a consistent analytics and reporting framework covering delivery performance, product health, commercial readiness, and operational efficiency.
• Provide transparent, data‑driven insight to leadership on progress, risks, trade‑offs, and return on investment; drive course corrections as needed.
• Ensure product launches are operationally ready, clearly packaged, and effectively enabled for Sales, Services/Implementation, and Support.
  
  

• 25 annual leave days
• 4 weeks paid sick leave per year
• Hybrid working environment (2 - 3 office days as determined by the function/ manager)
• Pension contribution
• Medical aid to eligible employees
• Life insurance
• Group income protection to eligible employees
• Bonus/ commission programmes
• Maternity: 10 weeks at 100% then 10 weeks paid at 50%
• Paternity: 2 weeks full pay