Director of Product Lab

Schibsted

. Build and continuously shape a strong pipeline of next-generation product opportunities across Schibsted .

Posted 10/5/2026full-timeOslo • NorwayLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates substantial experience in creating and launching new consumer products, with a strong focus on evidence-based decision-making and commercial viability. Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and navigate complex organizational structures to drive product innovation and growth.

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Product DevelopmentCommercial JudgmentTeam LeadershipUser Experience UnderstandingAI and Emerging Technology Insight

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Hard Skills

Product CreationUser ValidationInvestment Decision-MakingPortfolio ManagementData-Driven AdaptationDigital Consumer Products ExperienceHigh-Frequency Product ManagementBusiness Model DevelopmentGrowth StrategyDistribution Hypothesis

Soft Skills

Influential LeadershipCollaborationAdaptabilityProblem-SolvingCommunication

Industry Keywords

MediaPublishingConsumer EngagementContent ConsumptionUser HabitsProduct QualityMultidisciplinary Team BuildingJournalism PassionUser ExperienceProduct Leadership

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and continuously shape a strong pipeline of next-generation product opportunities across Schibsted
Lead a portfolio of seeds and bets from early hypotheses through user validation, launch, investment decisions and transition into the core
Create a high bar for evidence and product quality, focusing on meaningful user problems
Build commercial thinking into opportunities, including business model, growth and distribution hypotheses
Build and lead a small multidisciplinary core team across product, technology, design and editorial development
Assemble additional teams as opportunities earn investment
Collaborate with Schibsted’s media brands, product leadership team, editorial leaders, and wider product and technology organisations
Protect the autonomy required to challenge existing products, formats and business models
Make disciplined portfolio choices: invest more where evidence grows, change direction when necessary, and stop initiatives without sufficient potential
Build pathways for successful bets to scale inside Schibsted
Ensure learnings, technology and capabilities from the Lab strengthen the wider organisation
Report to Schibsted News Media’s Chief Product Officer and serve as a member of the Product Leadership Team

Requirements

What you’ll need

Substantial experience creating new consumer products, taking ideas from early uncertainty to real users and meaningful impact
Strong track record of building new products from early exploration to launch and adoption, ideally from zero to meaningful scale
Strong portfolio, commercial and investment judgment
Ability to choose between competing opportunities, stage investment as evidence develops, and connect product choices to growth, distribution and sustainable value
Strong product, technology and AI judgment
Understanding of emerging technology and AI, including valuable opportunities, limitations, and potential to reshape user experiences and business models
Experience building and leading excellent multidisciplinary teams
Ability to lead senior specialists and exercise strong product judgment
Ambition grounded in evidence, with ability to adapt when users, data or technology point in a different direction
Proven ability to lead through influence in complex organisations and build commitment across organisational boundaries without formal authority
Significant experience from digital consumer products, media and/or publishing
Strong understanding of how people discover, consume and engage with content and products
Understanding of how habits are formed and how consumer expectations are changing
Experience with high-frequency products and services competing for users’ daily attention is particularly valuable
Passion for journalism