Job Description

Role Purpose

We’re looking for a growth-oriented Head of Product to lead our product and engineering functions and join our executive team. This is a high-impact role responsible for setting the product vision, driving product-led growth, developing scalable product processes, and leading the Engineering team. You’ll work cross-functionally to unlock growth across both sides of our marketplace—Hosts and Travelers—and grow the team as we grow revenue.

40 % Execution & Collaboration

• Define and lead the product vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals, KPIs, and customer needs.
• Oversee the Product & Engineering teams, fostering a high-performing, execution-oriented culture.
• Champion a data-informed, experimentation-driven approach to development and iteration.
• Identify and prioritize the most impactful opportunities across web and mobile to improve funnel performance and user experience.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Trip Experience, Finance, and Analytics to ensure product improvements drive measurable business outcomes.
• Foster a culture of rapid testing and learning to continuously evolve our growth strategy.

30% Strategy and Vision

• Drive a product-led growth motion that fuels Host and traveler acquisition, activation, and retention.
• Serve as a key voice on the executive team, shaping company strategy and resource planning.
• Build the product organization, hiring and mentoring top talent over time as the business scales.

30% Customer Centric Focus

• Align the product roadmap with real customer needs and pain points, focusing on value delivery at each stage of the user journey.
• Lead and scale growth experiments across the user journey—from awareness to activation—focused on reducing friction and improving experience.
• Develop products that directly impact acquisition, retention, and revenue across both sides of the marketplace.

Knowledge

• 7+ years of experience in product leadership, ideally at venture-backed startups or marketplaces.
• Proven success in driving product-led growth and building products that impact customer acquisition and revenue.
• Deep understanding of product development lifecycles, customer behavior, and user experience best practices.
• Bonus: Experience overseeing Engineering.

Skills

• Strong technical fluency—able to lead our Engineering Manager and the team while understanding architecture decisions and tradeoffs.
• Experience building and scaling high-performing product teams.
• Strategic thinker with a bias for action and a track record of execution in fast-paced environments.
• Excellent communicator and collaborator across cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders.

Abilities

• Comfortable with ambiguity and focused on outcomes over process.
• Passionate about solving real customer problems in a way that supports business growth.
• Collaborative, low-ego leadership style with a desire to build something meaningful.
• Bonus: Experience in travel, community platforms, or the creator economy.

Key Details:

• This position will report to the CEO.
• Ability to work at a desk for up to 8 hours.
• Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned
• Open to candidates in OR, WA, or CO.
• Salary Range: $180k-$195k

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