Product Director Systems Setúbal

Product Director Systems
Setúbal
Setúbal, Setubal, Portugal

Product Director Systems

Founded in 2013, Indie Campers has revolutionized the road trip experience, offering flexible and customizable Recreational Vehicle (“RV”) travel options through its
-
- use platform and network of more than 80 locations across 23 countries worldwide. The Company envisions becoming the world’s #1 road trip platform. Headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, Indie Campers has more than 500 employees across the globe and intends to continue to invest significantly to strengthen and grow its team.

In July 2024, Indie Campers announced the successful completion of a Series B funding round, later increased to a total of €62 million. This investment will support the key pillars for growth; further expanding our international footprint, maturing our digital product & Tech infrastructure, scale teams and allow us to explore inorganic growth (M&A) opportunities.

As Product Director – Systems , you will support the CTO in building and scaling the core systems that power Indie Campers’ global operations. You will lead a team of product managers and
- technology leaders across domains such as ERP/Finance , Inventory & Fleet , Pricing & Revenue , Bookings & Payments , Identity & Access , and Partner/Marketplace Integrations . You are a product executive with deep systems thinking and a track record
- leading with engineering to take platforms from 0→1 and 1→100 in complex,
- country environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the systems product strategy and roadmap , aligned with company objectives and a
  - year platform vision.
• Lead and develop a product technology team (PMs, Product Ops, Analyst/BA profiles) working closely with Engineering, Corporate IT/CISO, Data & AI, and Finance/Operations.
• Drive the ERP program (selection, scoping, integrations, data migration, roles/permissions) in lockstep with Corporate IT & Finance.
• Define domain boundaries, data contracts, SLAs, and APIs across core platforms (pricing, availability, inventory/fleet lifecycle, billing, tax, payments, marketplaces).
• Establish robust portfolio governance (OKRs/QBRs), dependency management, and
  - management playbooks (cutovers, hypercare, rollbacks).
• Champion reliability, observability, and cost efficiency (SLOs/SLIs, incident/post-mortem culture, unit economics).
• Partner with Head of Data & AI to deliver a governed metrics/semantic layer , ensuring trusted KPIs and event streams.
• Ensure security-by-design in coordination with CISO (identity, least privilege, audit trails) and compliance (GDPR, PCI where applicable).
• Communicate strategy,
  - offs, and ROI to executive stakeholders; simplify complexity for speed and scale.

Experience Required

• Proven product leadership owning core enterprise/system domains in a global,
  - site business (vs. pure Saa
  S), ideally including ERP + finance ops, inventory/logistics, or payments/tax.
• Experience co-leading with engineering on architecture modernization (modular monoliths/microservices), API platforms, and data contracts.
• Delivery of large
  - functional programs (ERP, billing, partner integrations) with measurable outcomes on reliability, cost, and
  -
  - market.
• Strong command of portfolio execution (OKRs, QBRs, roadmapping, risk/RAID) and change management at scale.
• Analytical, systems thinker; comfortable with SLAs/SLOs , cost models, and compliance requirements.
• Excellent stakeholder management; operates with owner mindset and high bar for precision and excellence.

Business Language – English

Location – Lisbon (HQ),
- site, with global stakeholders and occasional travel.