A Product Director is needed for SYNERGY BUSINESS SCHOOL.
Synergy Business School was founded in 1988 and became the first private business school in Russia and the CIS. Synergy Business School helps entrepreneurs and top managers increase their income, scale their companies, and master new markets. They combine fundamental business education, advanced EdTech technologies, and a strong closed community (networking).
Today, Synergy Business School has over 50,000 graduates, over 1500 lecturers and experts from around the world, a Business School campus in Dubai, and offsite modules in Brazil, India, China, and the UAE.
Currently, the team is looking for a leader (C-level) to head the development of the Business School's product ecosystem, uniting educational content, digital services, and user experience (LXD) into a single scalable B2C/B2B product.
About the future colleague:
- A strategist with product thinking, who sees real value for students behind the metrics.
- An independent leader ready to make decisions in conditions of high uncertainty.
- An expert with developed emotional intelligence for working with authoritative speakers and a premium audience.
What is important:
- Relevant experience: From 3–5 years in a CPO / Head of Product position in EdTech, corporate education, or large consulting/business projects.
- Understanding of the business audience: Experience in creating premium products or a deep understanding of the pain points of entrepreneurs, top managers, and B2B clients.
- Data-driven approach: Strong skills in product analytics, unit economics, and decision-making based on hard data.
- Scaling experience: Proven cases of exponential growth in product and financial metrics.
- Leadership: Ability to build strong teams, establish cross-functional interaction (with marketing, sales, speakers, and IT).
Upcoming tasks:
- Product strategy: Develop and implement the School's product strategy for 1–3 years, synchronizing it with the company's business goals and financial plans.
- Portfolio management: Conduct audits, relaunch, and scale the product line (courses, MBA, accelerators, clubs, B2B directions).
- Metrics and economics: Be responsible for the P&L of the product line, increase key metrics, and grow end-to-end conversion to purchase.
- Merging online and offline: Design a seamless customer journey (CJM) — from the first touchpoint on the website and learning on the platform (LMS) to offline events and business networking.
Required competencies:
- Relevant experience: From 3–5 years in a CPO / Head of Product position in EdTech, corporate education, or large consulting/business projects.
- Understanding of the business audience: Experience in creating premium products or a deep understanding of the pain points of entrepreneurs, top managers, and B2B clients.
- Data-driven approach: Strong skills in product analytics, unit economics, and decision-making based on hard data.
- Scaling experience: Proven cases of exponential growth in product and financial metrics.
- Leadership: Ability to build strong teams, establish cross-functional interaction (with marketing, sales, speakers, and IT).
What is offered:
- Impact: Opportunity to create a top-tier educational product that is changing the landscape of business education.
- Level of freedom: Direct interaction with the CEO and founders.
- Income: Competitive fixed salary + bonuses based on business growth results.
- Development: Access to all educational programs of the School and a closed community of entrepreneurs.
Also:
- Stylish office in a business center 1 min. from Belorusskaya metro station.
- Employment under the Labor Code of the Russian Federation (with a full package of social guarantees, including vacation and sick leave).
- Adaptation support: you will be accompanied by a mentor and supervisor who will help you quickly integrate into the team.
- A unique opportunity to receive business education, as well as an MBA degree.
- Opportunity for free participation in events, online forums, and training programs of the Business School from leading speakers.
- Opportunity to influence processes: direct communication with the top management of the division, with the executive director of the Business School.
- Access to a corporate electronic library, which contains over 1000 business publications.
- Access to the Synergy.online educational online platform, which hosts thousands of hours of useful content from leading Russian and foreign speakers.
- Health and wellness procedures from Synergy Anti-age (cryosauna, massage).
- Free application for children Synergy Kids University.
- Preferential rates for employees' children at Synergy Kids bilingual kindergarten.
- Visits to Synergy Gym sports club and participation in corporate sports programs from Synergy Mix Training and Synergy MMA Gym (gym, boxing, martial arts, functional training, yoga, etc.).
- Discounts from partners on subscriptions to WorldClass fitness club network.