Technical Product Manager

Our client exploits several leading price and product comparison websites in Europe. They have the ambition to expand to more European countries in the near future. The mission of the organization is to help consumers find the best possible purchase. Their passion: a high level provision of services, which will turn visitors into ‘fans’.

The open, professional, challenging culture is distinctive to the organization. The team is driven to improve itself and the organization. Our rapidly growing team is currently made up of 35 enthousiastic professionals.

The Technical Product Manager is responsible for the product development and management of the products, categories and services that have been assigned to him/her. Developing and managing products, categories and services is done from a central position supporting all company websites and countries. The product portfolio holds products, categories and services for both partners and visitors of the websites.

In your roll as Technical Product Manager you’re responsible for designing technical solutions and processes for the products, categories and services assigned to him. You gather and prioritize product and user requirements and translates them into a technical product vision and roadmap. The Technical Product Manager works closely with Commercial Product Management to coordinate product development and ensures embedding of the service and its processes within the company across all departments. In order to implement products, categories and services he/she works closely with the IT department, providing our developers a clear view on requirements and specifications as well as a process design.

The Technical Product Manager is responsible for the technical behavior of the products, categories and services that he/she manages. He/she monitors the processes, performance and scalability and manages the products, categories and services accordingly.

To maintain product and market knowledge the Technical Product Manager keeps up with the technology and trends relevant for Compare Group activities. The Technical Product manager reports directly to the Marketing Manager. The home base is Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Essential Responsibilities and Tasks 

• Define product strategy and roadmap in cooperation with Commercial Product Management derived from company strategy. 
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications; data models and processes 
• Design and maintain product and services supporting processes 
• Select and acquire product data from external suppliers 
• Improve existing products, categories and services to optimize performance, scalability and processes 
• Ensure development and embedding of the processes within the organization in close cooperation with Commercial Product Management and IT 
• Create and maintain Technical product definition 
• Create and maintain process descriptions 
•  Prioritize planned work for the IT department based on business value

• A Bachelor or University degree, Economics or Communication 
• Minimal 5 years working experience in a Commercial organization of which 3 years in internet 
• Experience in product management of non-tangible products (services), preferably in a internet, hard- or software distribution company 
• Experience with project management 
• Fluent in Dutch and English. Other languages are welcome

Technical Requirements 

• Extensive experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.) 
• Experience with workflow management software 
• Affinity with data (data models and processes)

Other Requirements 

• Do you like to operate in an International company in a constant changing environment? 
• Can you motivate and engage other people to achieve your goals? 
• Do you like to analyse the performance of your portfolio and implement ways to improve this? 
• Is it your inner drive to maximize the company’s performance; quality and customer satisfaction? 
• Do you like to take responsibility (targets) and make sure you achieve them?

If your answer is Yes to ALL of the above questions, you are the right candidate for this young, ambitious and fast growing company.