Director, Product (M/F/X)

Join a French foodtech superstar

At HelloFresh, we're disrupting French eating habits with our meal kits! 

Our ambition? To revolutionize our subscribers' daily lives by promoting a more sustainable way of cooking and introducing them to delicious, creative, and balanced recipes. The perfect blend of technology and gastronomy for maximum deliciousness.

HelloFresh is present in over 15 countries. France, a young market launched in 2019, is experiencing meteoric growth: we've been leaders there since 2021. The perfect time to join our team and make a strong impact in one of the most promising French scale-ups!

How do we make all this possible? Thanks to a talented and dynamic team, strong values of kindness and diversity, and a stimulating work environment.

If you want to be part of this incredible human, international, and entrepreneurial adventure, join us!

The Opportunity:

HelloFresh France places product at the heart of its growth, and this role is its driving force. As Product Director, you will lead a multidisciplinary team covering culinary, recipe development, product innovation, and analytics, with full responsibility for what appears on the menu each week: the ingredients we select, the concepts we create, and the commercial decisions that underpin them. This involves direct management of the cost of goods budget and responsibility for its impact on the P&L. It's a hands-on, demanding role at the intersection of food, strategy, and operations, where product quality is what retains our customers. 

Your Missions:

1. Build and develop a high-performing product team

• Unite, inspire, and manage a multidisciplinary team—by setting a clear vision, establishing work rhythms that allow for rapid progress, and investing in the people who will carry the next chapter of HelloFresh France.

1. Define and challenge the product vision

• Build a clear and ambitious vision of what our physical product should become—grounded in customer knowledge, commercially rigorous, and sufficiently differentiating to win. Develop a unique and independent point of view, informed by insights from the global Product team, but rooted in the reality of the French market.
• Ensure access to the information, analyses, and data needed to make informed product development decisions, and translate the vision into concrete actions.
• Push the team and the company to go beyond the current roadmap—by questioning assumptions, scrutinizing trade-offs, and ensuring we are always working on what has the most impact.

1. Drive customer retention and commercial performance

• Make customer retention your compass. Build a rigorous, data-driven vision of what determines it, and mobilize the team around actions that truly make a difference.
• Make product decisions with full awareness of their financial implications. Take calculated risks, measure results honestly, and adjust quickly when a bet doesn't work out.
• Collaborate closely with Operations teams (Purchasing, Quality, Production, etc.) to ensure a coordinated approach to product initiatives, both locally and globally.

1. Align product and marketing strategy

• Work hand-in-hand with the brand & marketing team so that the product roadmap and marketing strategy are fully synchronized—what we build, how we talk about it, and how we sell it must form a coherent proposition.
• Be the voice of the product within the executive committee, championing a compelling vision of where the product needs to go and why.

Your Profile:

• Experience: Minimum 8 to 10 years in Product, Strategy, or a similar commercial leadership role, ideally in food, FMCG, meal kits, or subscription services.
• Tools: Advanced proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets and PowerPoint / Google Slides; curiosity and comfort with AI are essential.
• Leadership: At least 3 years of managing multidisciplinary teams at various career levels—with a real sense of coaching, clear direction, and a desire to grow people.
• A leader who takes action. You set the course, you bring your team with you, and you get your hands dirty to make it happen.
• Customer-oriented and analytically rigorous. Comfortable questioning your own data and challenging your assumptions. Able to delve into details, connect them to the big picture, and clearly present insights.
• Business-oriented. You understand how product decisions impact costs and revenue—and you hold yourself accountable for results, not just achievements.
• Cross-functional unifier. You quickly build trust, drive progress through influence, and know how to set the right priorities on other teams' agendas.
• A good problem-solver—comfortable with ambiguity, determined to find solutions, with a natural bias for action.
• Excellent communicator. You write and present with clarity and conviction—whether for a strategic narrative, a leadership update, or a product brief.
• Organized and structured, with strong project management skills and the ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Passionate about food, with the ability to translate trends and market signals into attractive product offerings.

What we offer you:

• A dynamic and international environment with a strong company culture
• A guaranteed rapid learning curve! 
• A kind, passionate, proactive, and dynamic French team
• Offices in the heart of Paris, in the 1st arrondissement
• Our benefits: delicious discounts on our HelloFresh Boxes, Swile meal vouchers, transport discount, privileged access to Gymlib 

The Recruitment Process:

We review your CV and cover letter. If it's a match, we invite you for a series of interviews and a case study. We are committed to organizing interviews quickly, so we can welcome you to HelloFresh as soon as possible!

Your Start at HelloFresh:

Upon your arrival, we will organize onboarding sessions for you to meet each manager and immerse yourself in how HelloFresh operates. You will also have time to get to know your team better before diving into the heart of your responsibilities!

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