Product Director - EV Charging & Mobility

Product Director — Portugal

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing company in theelectric mobility and EV charging industry, building a network of charging infrastructure across Europe.

The company combinesphysical infrastructure, software platforms and digital products to make EV charging more accessible and integrated into people's everyday lives.

As the business continues to scale, they are now looking for aProduct Director to lead the Product organisation and bring greater structure, consistency and impact to product decision-making.

The Role

AsProduct Director, you will own the Product organisation end-to-end, working across a broad product ecosystem that includes physical infrastructure, software platforms, customer-facing experiences and internal tools.

This is a senior leadership position for someone who has alreadymanaged Product Managers across multiple teams, rather than someone whose experience is primarily individual product ownership.

You will be responsible for defining the product strategy and operating model, developing the Product team, setting priorities across different product areas and ensuring that product decisions translate into measurable customer and business outcomes.

You will work closely withEngineering, Design, Data, Operations and Commercial teams, while leading and developing Product Managers and Product Designers.

What you'll be doing

• Lead the Product organisation acrossstrategy, roadmap, operating model and people development.

• Define priorities and make clear roadmap trade-offs across multiple product areas and cross-functional teams.

• Establish high standards across the entire product lifecycle: discovery, problem definition, specifications, delivery, measurement and post-launch learning.

• Lead, coach and develop Product Managers and Product Designers at different levels of seniority.

• Build a scalable product operating model that gives teams autonomy while keeping them aligned with company priorities.

• Ensure meaningful product launches have clearly defined success metrics and rigorous post-launch analysis.

• Partner closely with Engineering, Design, Data, Operations and Commercial teams.

• Connect customer needs and product decisions with measurable business outcomes.

• Improve the overall quality and maturity of product management across the organisation.

What we're looking for

• 10+ years of relevant Product experience.

• Current or recent experience as aHead of Product, Product Director or equivalent senior Product leader.

• Proven experiencemanaging Product Managers across several teams or product areas.

• Strong people leadership skills, including coaching and developing senior Product professionals.

• Experience in ascale-up or similarly fast-growing environment.

• Experience with products wherephysical assets and software platforms intersect.

• Relevant industry exposure could includemobility, logistics, energy, rental, shared transportation or similar sectors.

• Strong experience withB2B products and internal tooling, alongside customer-facing products.

• Excellent prioritisation skills and experience making difficult roadmap decisions with limited resources.

• Strong data and measurement mindset, with the ability to define success metrics and evaluate product impact.

• Fluent English.

• Based in or able to work fromPortugal.

Nice to have

• Marketplace or two-sided product experience.

• Experience transforming anad hoc Product organisation into a structured and scalable operating model.

• Experience operating across complex products involving software, operations and physical infrastructure.

The profile

We're looking for a senior Product leader who combinesstrategic thinking with hands-on leadership.

You should be comfortable setting direction at company level while remaining close enough to the Product teams to challenge decisions, improve product craft and coach your team.

This role will particularly suit someone who enjoys joining a fast-growing environment where there is already significant scale, but where there is still an opportunity tobuild, structure and improve how Product operates.

Location & working model

📍Portugal

The company operates with a flexible working culture while valuing collaboration and time spent together with the team.

Benefits

• 🏥 Private health insurance

• 💪 Gym membership

• ⏰ Flexible working hours

• 🌍 Annual company offsite

• 🤝 Regular local team-building events

• 📚 English training

• 🍩 Office snacks and unlimited coffee

• 🍽️ Meal allowance for every worked day

• ⚡ Special discounts for EV charging

Why join?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of Product at a company operating at the intersection oftechnology, infrastructure and sustainable mobility.

You'll have the autonomy to shape how the Product organisation works, develop its people and influence products that are being used to accelerate the transition towards electric mobility across Europe.