CPO to startup to scale up

About Carla

We believe that more people should be able to drive electric. Therefore, we have set out to build the safest, most convenient and transparent way to sell, buy, or lease an electric car. Carla was founded in 2020 in Stockholm, with strong VC backing. We are now in an exciting growth phase with huge ambitions and we are looking for a CPO that can build a product function and drive the development of scalable and easy to use solutions to feed this growth. 

The role
Here’s a fantastic opportunity to join a well-funded startup as CPO at the time when the company and especially the product function will scale. As a new online EV-dealer with international intentions, the digital solutions, both internal and customer facing will play a vital role in the coming success. It should be easy to sell, easy to lease and easy to buy an electric vehicle and you and your team will create magical digital solutions together with the development teams. For a startup with high ambitions and so many things to get done, it’s going to be a fun journey, a lot of hard work and your role will develop over time as the company grows.

You will be part of the management team and a central figure in developing the very core parts of the company. We don’t expect you to have prior industry experience but willing to really understand the whole chain of aspects that will be involved in creating a fresh and innovative buying experience of used EV. It’s not a hard guess that this market will grow over the years to come. 



What you’ll get to do
Overall we want you to set out on a journey to build a product team that can create the best scaleable, measurable and easy to use solutions to drive this growth. We think that this means initially 4-5 product areas with different focus. As a startup you will need to roll up your sleeves and get things done but we expect you to think scale from the beginning and also international expansion. Initially it will be a combination of driving your own product areas as well as setting the plan and growing the team. It will, as always in product roles, be in tight cooperation with the dev team as well as operations and commercial areas. 

What you have
We believe that you have worked in an environment where you have experienced true product management excellence at a leading tech&product driven company. You have most likely a background as a Product Manager for a number of years and then moved on to lead other Product Managers but we think you still enjoy the craftsmanship of developing great looking products.

We value high integrity, structure, hunger and an ability to work tight with the rest of the team no matter if it’s dev teams, UX or commercial teams. You will partner up with the CTO and the dev teams but you don’t need to have experience from the car industry, more a willingness to understand and dig into the details that makes the difference. We are challenging the industry so for this specific role it’s more likely that you have your background in another consumer based company with an urge to challenge established ways of doing business.

You have firm knowledge of how you want to structure a Product organization in the most efficient way but you are not afraid of getting in there and setting priorities and helping the teams in building something new and fresh as the rest of Carla. 

What’s in it for you?
Market competitive salary with option program
A career defining role at an early stage startup and an opportunity to grow and learn from knowledgeable co-workers.
We’re a startup, which means we work smarter not harder. Life-work balance still plays an important role in creating long-lasting productivity and output. 
A workplace that believes strength is found in diversity. We hire people regardless of background, education, experience or gender.
We work remote or in the office and enjoy seeing each other on a regular basis