Product Operations Lead

Nextlane

Product Operations Lead overseeing governance and lifecycle management of automotive software solutions. Focused on operational visibility, reporting, and cross-functional coordination for product and engineering teams.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeSintra • 🇵🇹 PortugalSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Maintain governance across the product lifecycle, including readiness, releases, adoption, early access, general availability, and retirement.
Maintain a centralised catalogue of products, certifications, integrations, APIs, and platform capabilities.
Improve operational visibility, lifecycle tracking, and readiness governance across Product and Engineering.
Support go/no-go readiness reviews covering QA, support readiness, certifications, dependencies, and customer impact.
Own tracking and governance of OEM, regulatory, invoicing, hosting, security, and integration certifications.
Maintain visibility of certification owners, renewal dates, dependencies, risks, and delivery status.
Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure certification readiness and escalation management.
Build and maintain executive-grade Power BI dashboards covering product usage, release health, lifecycle status, certifications, backlog KPIs, and operational performance.
Develop operational reporting, forecasting models, and portfolio insights to improve decision-making and execution visibility.
Improve KPI consistency, operational reporting quality, and data transparency across Product and Engineering.
Use AI-assisted reporting and automation to improve operational efficiency and governance scalability.
Support governance cadences, operational reviews, readiness reviews, and executive reporting processes.
Coordinate across Product, Engineering, QA, Support, OEM Services, Security, Finance, and GTM teams.
Improve alignment between roadmap commitments, operational readiness, certification dependencies, and customer obligations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in Product Operations, operational governance, consulting, or transformation-focused operational roles within SaaS or enterprise software environments.
Strong preference for candidates with consulting backgrounds combined with hands-on operational experience.
Experience operating in complex, multi-product, cross-functional environments.
Strong understanding of product lifecycle governance, readiness processes, SaaS operating models, and operational KPI frameworks.
Strong experience in: Power BI dashboarding, Data modelling, Forecasting, KPI reporting and operational analytics.
Strong analytical mindset with the ability to convert operational data into executive insights and decision support.
Experience with AI-assisted reporting, automation, or operational analytics strongly preferred.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Comfortable working across Product, Engineering, QA, Support, Security, Finance, and GTM functions.
Able to operate effectively in fast-changing, transformation-driven environments.
Fluent in English. Second European language preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid Work: Rotational model, 2 days onsite, three days remote.
Annual Payments: 14 payments per year (12 monthly payments + 1 summer bonus + 1 Christmas bonus in November).
Meal Voucher: €10.20 per working day.
Vacation: 23 vacation days, plus 24th or 31st December off.
Language Training: Access to group classes in Spanish, English, or French.
Private Medical Insurance: Multicare coverage.
Teambuilding: Join us for memorable afterworks and team activities!

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Hard Skills & Tools

Product Operationsoperational governanceconsultingtransformation-focused operational rolesSaaSPower BI dashboardingData modellingForecastingKPI reportingoperational analytics

Soft Skills

analytical mindsetcommunicationstakeholder managementcross-functional collaborationadaptability

Certifications

certificationsintegration certificationsregulatory certifications