The position

At Hive, we’re building the leading operations platform for independent commerce. As part of our continued growth, we are looking for a Strategy Associate to support our Chief Product Officer (CPO) in further elevating the product, design, and engineering organizations and building out our product offering. This role is key to ensuring that our vision is effectively executed across all levels and functions of the organization and that strategic initiatives are implemented with precision.

What you’ll be doing

• Driving strategic initiatives: Collaborate closely with the CPO to shape and implement key projects, such as managing the product roadmap, planning cycles, goal setting or iterating our product operating model, increasing visibility into how we're working and our progress

• Data-informed decision making: Conduct data analysis yourself across a variety or areas and work together with the team to pull together a clear understanding of our product success metrics, their tracking, and help augment product decision making; be a sounding board to the CPO with sound research

• Optimizing operational efficiency: Take a proactive approach to streamline processes within the Product, Design, and Engineering teams, for example managing business and product reviews incl. required documents and follow-up items; also in close collaboration with our VP Engineering and Head of Design

• Enhancing cross-functional collaboration: Act as a bridge between the CPO and both the team and wider organization, ensuring clear communication and alignment on priorities and objectives, surfacing decision needs where relevant and supporting with ad-hoc data analyses and research

• Preparing and facilitating meetings: Actively prepare and support documents and material for team- and org-wide meetings, incl. required analysis and research

Managing high-impact projects: Lead and take a variety of (ad-hoc) strategic projects from concept through execution for the Product, Design, and Engineering leadership, and jump in on occasional ad-hoc initiatives where more PM support is required, also supporting in e.g. the hiring processYour profile

We know - sometimes, you can’t tick every box. We would still love to hear from you if you think you’re a good fit!

We are looking for a highly driven person with a strong foundation in business, product, or a related field. Ideally, you have experience in a product or product-adjacent role, are familiar with the dynamics of high-growth tech environments, and bring a sense of what makes products successful.

The ideal candidate will have

• Curiosity and drive: Most importantly, you're able to quickly grasp new concepts, acquire new skills, and are willing to go above and beyond to learn about new topics

• Strong project management capabilities: Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize effectively, and deliver high-quality results under tight deadlines

• Analytical and strategic mindset: Skilled in data analysis and comfortable using tools like spreadsheets and SQL (or high willingness to learn) to drive strategic planning and measure success

• Excellent communication skills: Stellar written and verbal communication abilities, with a talent for articulating complex ideas to diverse audiences across the organization

• A collaborative approach: Demonstrated experience working cross-functionally, particularly with engineering, design, or other technical teams, to develop and execute joint initiatives

• A proactive problem-solving attitude: Capable of anticipating challenges, thinking critically, and proposing innovative solutions to keep projects moving forward

• Deep interest in product: A keen interest in product development with a developing sense of what makes products successful and a drive to stay ahead of industry trends

Why join us?

You’ll be at the forefront of driving key initiatives that shape the future of our product development organization. This is an opportunity to work alongside a high-performing team in a fast-paced environment where your contributions will have a direct impact on our growth and success. If you’re passionate about making a difference, eager to tackle new challenges, and ready to help us re-think an industry, we want to hear from you.

Our offering

• Be part of the Hive. You will work with a highly driven team of exceptional and experienced people in all domains. People at Hive have worked at organizations such as McKinsey, Amazon, Shopify, Google, Flink, Blackstone, J.P. Morgan & DHL before. We believe in a culture of trust, collaboration, empowerment and constructive feedback in a positive and inspiring work atmosphere
• Make an impact. Join a young company with an entrepreneurial culture operating at lightning speed — we want you to grow with us
• You will be valued. We offer attractive compensation, including virtual employee stock options for all full-time team members plus your choice of hardware according to your preference
• We support your well-being. Benefit from 30 vacation days annually, with the opportunity for a sabbatical after three years with us, alongside a dedicated monthly wellness and productivity budget
• We will get you set up. Operating system and hardware of your choice, additional tech equipment that you need, screens, you name it — we want to enable you to do your best work
• There's more! Enjoy flexible working hours, free drinks and snacks in our office in Berlin, Paris, Milan, London & Madrid and join regular team events such as off-sites and workcations

About us

We make better commerce operations for everyone.
Hive’s mission is to make commerce operations better - for brands, consumers and ops partners. Hive seamlessly combines powerful technology with a network of leading operations providers, saving commerce brands on average 17% on costs and generating up to 24% revenue uplift. All-in-one, through our Hive App. The Hive ecosystem spans the full operational chain. Started just in 2020, Hive already works with hundreds of the leading brands across Europe such as HOLY, mybacs and Inkster and has become the leading operations platform in Europe. Backed by acclaimed global investors including Tiger Global, Earlybird, Picus Capital, we are rapidly expanding our pan-European network with our newly opened fulfillment centers and offices in Berlin, Paris, Milan, Madrid and London.

At Hive, we believe fostering diversity in every team makes us a stronger company overall. We do not discriminate based on religion, skin color, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability, and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We strive to create an inclusive workplace where everyone feels encouraged to be their true self and to grow professionally.