Potato stresses a progressive, lean and agile delivery culture, so the Group Product Delivery Director will be the exemplar and leader for all the studios for the concepts of self-determining, multi-disciplined product and service teams working in a highly iterative and collaborative manner with clients and partners, keeping us at the forefront of progressive working practices.
Our Group Product Delivery Director will take a keen interest in project, team, and organisational well-being and satisfaction in both our Potato teams and our client stakeholders. Experience and empathy for those teams and stakeholders within a fast-paced, demanding, and highly changeable design and development environment is vital.
Some of the must-have
- Demonstrable experience leading a studio/agency from a product development and delivery perspective (accountability for a portfolio of agencies/studios an advantage).
- Strong presentation and communication skills.
- Demonstrable personal coaching skills (Agile Coach and Organisational Coach experience) and proven abilities to embed the coaching stance into teams and the wider organisation.
- A deep understanding of the digital product design and development industry.
- Strong understanding in, experience of, and advocate of Lean Startup and Agile foundational frameworks for iterative product development.
- A strong understanding of the technical/digital landscape, excellent technical knowledge, and a thorough understanding of trends in design and technology.
- A high degree of entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to think on your feet, being flexible and comfortable with ambiguity and change.
- Strong desire to share accountability and work as a peer in a collective leadership team structure.
- Proven ability to build credible, trusting, sustainable relationships at a senior level within organisations.
- Excellent commercial, entrepreneurial, and strategic understanding and skills.
- Passion for excellence and attention to detail, self-motivated, proactive, enthusiastic, and driven with the ability to motivate others.
- Calm and effective problem solving in a fast-paced environment.
- Self-motivation and ability to motivate others.
Potato designs, develops, and launches purposeful and effective digital products by rapidly validating ideas using lean experiences, prototypes, and iteration.
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