Chief Product Officer fmd

About the role

As Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Cropster you will guide and shape our product vision strategy and ensuring that our solutions continue to create meaningful impact for coffee professionals worldwide. You will collaborate closely with Engineering Marketing Sales and Customer Success to develop products that are intuitive adaptable and aligned with customer needs reinforcing Cropsters position as a trusted industry leader. This role requires a visionary and handson leader who blends creativity excellence and business growth while fostering an inclusive supportive and empowering product culture.

What youll do

Vision & Strategy

• Develop and communicate an inspiring product vision that aligns with Cropsters mission and business objectives.
• Guide the creation and implementation of a dynamic product portfolio strategy ensuring sustainable growth and industry leadership.
• Recognize and respond to evolving trends in the coffee industry technology and sustainability ensuring Cropster stays ahead of customer needs.
• Work collaboratively with the executive team to align product strategy with companywide priorities.

Portfolio Expansion & Market Growth

• Oversee the endtoend product lifecycle ensuring innovative and scalable solutions.
• Identify opportunities for geographic and industry expansion strengthening Cropsters presence in key global markets.
• Foster meaningful relationships with industry stakeholders research institutions and sustainability initiatives.
• Balance R&D investments with business priorities optimizing resources for both customer and company success.

Team Leadership & Culture

• Inspire mentor and nurture a highperforming product team fostering a culture of collaboration inclusivity and shared success.
• Cultivate strong relationships with founders Clevel leaders and crossfunctional teams.
• Champion a welcoming and supportive work environment valuing diverse perspectives and encouraging innovative problemsolving.

CustomerCentric Innovation

• Advocate for a customerfirst mindset ensuring product development is guided by deep customer insights and empathy.
• Promote datainformed decisionmaking processes empowering teams to gather interpret and apply customer and market data effectively.
• Utilize modern product discovery and validation frameworks ensuring a smooth and customerfocused journey from ideation to launch.

Operational Excellence & CrossFunctional

• Enhance product development workflows ensuring highquality standards from concept to launch.
• Encourage seamless collaboration between Product Engineering UX Sales and Marketing teams to enable an effective gotomarket process.
• Establish clear and thoughtful roadmap prioritization processes ensuring alignment across multiple product lines.

We are looking for someone with

• Extensive experience in product management including several years in a leadership role (VP or Director level).
• Experience scaling SaaS platforms and nurturing productmarket fit in a dynamic growthoriented company.
• Strong background in portfolio management balancing R&D investment with business impact.
• Proven ability to develop and implement successful product strategies that enhance business growth.
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate and lead crossfunctional product teams fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
• Experience leveraging datadriven product management to enable thoughtful and informed decisionmaking.
• Excellent communication relationshipbuilding and executive leadership skills.

That said wed be particularly delighted to hire someone with

• Passion for the coffee industry food technology or sustainable supply chains.
• Experience in M&A due diligence and product/team integration is a strong plus.
• Knowledge of AI IoT or automation technologies within SaaS products.
• Ability to thrive in an international remotefriendly and crosscultural environment.

What you can expect

The salary range for this position starts at 100K gross/year and we look at factors like your experience and individual qualifications to determine our offer. Additional benefits include budgets for education & wellbeing and professional development remote work and home office very flexible working hours without core hours paid time for volunteer work access to mental health support taxfriendly bike leasing and an endless stream of really great coffee. We also make our best possible offer upfrontno games.