There are nearly 1.2 billion young people (aged 15-24) in the world. 1 billion of them want an extra job. Until now, no other company has made this problem their own. Our app, Yepstr is now Sweden's largest platform for simple and safe teenage-jobs like babysitting, tutoring and dog-minding.
We are now looking for the fourth person (our CPO) to join the leadership team and put the last pieces into place before we shift focus from Sweden to the World.
You will join Yepstr at a super exciting growth-phase, "early enough" to really make your mark and "late enough" that there is a strong foundation in place . Through your work you will help young people to get their first job and at the same time make the everyday life better for families.
As our CPO you will be the leader of our product team. Your main responsibility will be to guide the team right, by ensuring we have a clear product vision and using your understanding of our business to ensure we prioritize research and design efforts in the areas that are most likely to generate results.
To accomplish this we hope that you are the kind of person that really wants to get to know your users. But also help the whole team to get the same insights. The role really boils down to three things: obsess about understanding our users, our business drivers and combining that with an assessment of what is actually possible to build.
Lead the Product team
Prioritize the roadmap based on data and learnings together with the team
Evaluate the impact of implemented features and sharing learnings with the team
Define and improve our processes and way of working
Work together with CEO to define our company's strategy and vision
Sees data as their friend and really wants to figure out what really works
Has previous experience from a similar role (Product Manager in mobile app development)
Has experience in managing a team
Is self-driven and enjoys a fast-paced environment
Has a background in data analysis
Has a basic understanding of programming and can discuss with programmers
Likes productive discussions and is confident enough to hold their ground (for example when a more senior team member is passionate about "their idea")
Likes people and likes having fun along the way!
Previous startup experience
Mobile games experience
Previously worked for a company in any of these fields: staffing, recruiting, household services, babysitting, tutoring, dog-minding, or services for families
Experience in ProductBoard, Mixpanel
We have five core values that drives our work at Yepstr. Passion for the Mission, Know your neighbor, Pippi and Get-shit-done-artist. We look forward to explaining more in detail when we meet :)
Yepstr is currently 9 full-time employees which means we are a small company. Working for a small company is very different to working for a large company. Some love it - some hate it! Some things we often hear are that here at Yepstr everyone truly shows ownership for their respective fields of work. We also often hear that we're pretty unique in that we don't just talk about doing something good for young people. We actually walk the walk. Finally, people say we stand out in our work in achieving a truly flat organization where everybody can contribute and make their voice heard steering the ship for our common goal – to give all youth a fun, easy, safe and motivating way in to the labour market.
If you join us this early in our journey and commit to invest your time, passion and energy to make us succeed then you will not only receive a salary from us, but you will also become a shareholder through options.
Listen to our CEO Jacob talk about it on this silly 1 min elevator pitch (where he is on a conveyor belt!!!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLQNYEPGqY4&ab_channel=stingsthlm
Want to know more? Here's a podcast interview: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vzfmczz0hxv5l90/Whatsinthewater.mp3?dl=0
And here's our Facebook page where you can meet some of our users: https://www.facebook.com/yepstr
We look forward to seeing your application!
/Jacob and Team Yepstr
This job comes with several perks and benefits
Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.
Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.
Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.
Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.
Peckish after lunch? We got your back with soft drinks, treats and fruit.
Kids are the future, go spend time with them.