About us:
Oxwash is on a mission to eliminate the impact of washing on our planet and us.
By using space-age technology, sustainable energy and reclaimed water, Oxwash is able to deliver clinical grade laundry without negatively impacting the environment.
About the role:
Core to our business model is the software stack or ‘platform’ that runs our end-to-end business operations. This stack is composed of both an internally built software platform that manages orders, customers etc alongside integrations with third-party software (such as Xero and Onfleet).
Through investing heavily into this platform, we’re not just improving our operational excellence and defensibility; we’re also building out a future SAAS product to licence out to global players.
To help us achieve this ambition, we’re looking to hire a VP Platform to lead the development, and commercialisation, of our software stack.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the product, software development and data teams to achieve the goal of monetising Oxwash’s software stack;
- Lead Oxwash’s digital innovation, making the software stack defensible, profitable and scalable;
- Design Oxwash’s software stack with the customer in mind, leaving space to create a bespoke (or white-label) service for a range of customer types and partnerships;
- Develop, deploy and own a budget for our software stack. You’ll be accountable for ensuring ROI on this, owning key decisions such as “build or buy”;
- Own the internal analysis and business intelligence at Oxwash.
Your first 30/60/90 days:
- 30:
- Develop deep relationships with the product, software development and data teams
- Understand our current customer base and our post series-A target audience, including our internal customers in operations
- Understand your team’s structure, personalities and begin to identify any gaps
- 60:
- Ratify the vision for the software required to run our next site
- Plan the roadmap towards delivery of this vision
- Begin to implement development plans within the team
- 90:
- Determine how our platform team should be structured to deliver outcomes as efficiently and swiftly as possible.
- Clarify the Vision in line with your experience and work with your team to clarify the strategy against this
- Foster deep cross-functional collaboration between your team and Oxwash more widely to confirm you have the context and buy-in to execute.
Must haves:
- 3+ years of experience leading software engineering teams in a SaaS environment;
- 5+ years of experience leading product teams and making key decisions on prioritising the product road map;
- 3+ years of experience analysing commercial data alongside heuristic tools to make decisions on development routes;
- An agile approach to working: we currently employ a blend of agile and waterfall methodologies
- Mission led: care for our people, the planet and the garments we work with is at the core of who we are.
- High EQ
Nice to haves:
- Managed a budget
- Experience with the following:
- Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript;
- Frameworks: Svelte, Angular (v2+), TailwindCSS, Node.js, Express, Jest;
- Databases: MongoDB, DynamoDB;
- Other: AWS, CloudFormation, Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, API Gateway, SQS, SMS, EventBridge
- Experience in a fast-growth business
Remuneration:
- £110k-£130k
- Share options in a rapid growth company with a powerful mission statement
Benefits:
- Mental health support via SPILL
- Enhanced sickness policy and maternity/paternity leave
- Free personal laundry and wet/dry cleaning
- Work from home opportunities