At Sparrow Ventures, improving people's quality of life through innovation and working together with colleagues who love what they do is what gets us up every morning.
As a venture builder and growth equity investor, it is our people, our unique culture and way of working that unites us in growing ideas into companies and investing in promising startups. As the innovation engine of the Migros Group, we focus on the most relevant trends and disruptions for the business community and society at large within the fields of eCommerce, LogisticsTech, Digital Health FinTech, and Happiness, Community & Lifestyle.
Both idealistic and pragmatic, we Sparrows are passionate and execution-driven entrepreneurs who are striving to make an impact. In our daily work, we love to tackle challenges, value collaboration and speed in execution and create an environment where no day is the same.
Head of Product
Workload: 100%
Location: Zurich, Switzerland What to expect as a Head of Product
The Sparrow Venture Operations consist of Venture Architecture, Product, Growth and Tech - so Sparrow Ventures is a serious full stack corporate venture builder. We don't work with freelancers or agencies in order to be truly customer-centric, agile, and lightning fast in building startups.
As Head of Product you will lead a young and dynamic team of Product Owners and UX/UI Designers who are highly motivated to create an impact. The typical areas of responsibility of a Product Owner include co-leading discovery projects and executing on all parts along the venture building process: Research (quantitatively and qualitatively), value proposition design, prototyping, hypothesis testing, business model development as well as building and delivering the MVP.
You will find a sophisticated modus operandi at Sparrow Ventures as well as a high caliber team of peers. It is your job to ensure that the team is using the best methodologies, tools and processes to go through the build, measure, learn loop fast and standardize them as much as possible ("startup factory mode").
You will report to the Chief Venture Officer of Sparrow Ventures. Requirements
Significant experience in a senior position covering lean product management and agile methodologies. Ideally you gained first leadership experience in previous role
Solid understanding of experimentation, prototyping and Lean Product Management
Be a champion of the MVP concept, distilling the product down to what is desirable, viable and feasible
Deep understanding of the discovery process, relevant no-code tools for prototyping and MVP phases
Strong problem solving skills and willingness to roll up one's sleeves to get the job done
Highly structured, data driven work style and reasoning and getting-things-done attitude
Fluency in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills, German is a plus
Full-time availability (explicitly: no part-time or freelance)
Our Benefits
Based in the heart of Zurich, we have flexible hours and a remote working culture topped up with regular team events and lunches.
We foster a no bullshit, down to earth, yet high caliber work environment where the best argument counts. Being highly dynamic and results driven, we have a "move fast and break things" culture, here for the fame and glory of what we have built. Most importantly, we have fun on the way. Your Contact:
