Director of Product - CDP

As the Director of Product for our CDP product, you will be responsible for leading the CDP vision, strategy, product development, rollout and delivery of the CDP product. You'll be responsible for overseeing the translation of the business requirements from various brands and divisions within Mars Petcare by setting the product and technical direction and lead the team in rolling out CDP capabilities and partnering very closely with the marketing teams within each brand and division of Mars Petcare. Your role involves providing overall leadership, ensuring stakeholder management, product development, product rollout across all brands and divisions and delivery to align technical solutions with business goals. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape the vision of our CDP product, delivering a comprehensive data platform to enable personalization use cases across our ecosystem.Your responsibilities will include:Lead and guide the CDP team by establishing a product vision and drive the strategy by sharing the business context and assist in business led, technology supported capability buildout using a combination of the chosen best in class CDP solution/tool and building in-house services based CDP backend.Act as an opinionated product leader focused on delivering product outcomes to the business and marketing teams and drive key decisions for the CDP to deliver Petcare OGSM 2030 strategy and use cases at scale; you will be constantly negotiating with multiple heavyweight Petcare Global and divisional stakeholders to gain alignmentFoster a collaborative environment by working closely with other GDP product leaders and their teams consisting of tech product leads, architects, product and engineering leads, cross-functional teams, and stakeholders, ensuring effective communication of the business context, vision, strategy as well as supporting technical concepts and codelevel execution of the agreed software architectureLead both the CDP frontend and the CDP backend team and drive the design and continuous enhancement /optimization of the CDP architecture, focusing on scalability, performance, and reliability to meet business requirements.Implement and promote Agile development methodologies within the team, including sprint planning, regular code reviews, and the use of project management tools.Encourage a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and professional growth within the team. Provide mentorship to junior developers and contribute to their skill development.Lead & implement quality assurance processes to ensure software reliability, security, and compliance with relevant regulations such as GDPR, CCPA etc.Staying updated on industry best practices, emerging technologies, and advancements in backend development.What can you expect from Mars?Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.