About SOUS
SOUS is growing the leading commerce platform for F&B operators!
We empower restaurants, chefs, and F&B brands to get discovered, convert demand, and grow revenue through a single stack built for growth.
Spotlight is our Visibility Engine for SOUS Merchants, and the start of the customer journey: GEO, listings optimisation, review management, local SEO, and discovery analytics, all designed to become the default growth layer for hospitality businesses.
The Role
We’re hiring a Product Owner to own Spotlight end-to-end; from strategy to execution.
You will define how millions of diners discover independent F&B brands and how those brands grow their own demand automatically.
Tasks
What You’ll Do
Product Strategy & Vision
- Define the long-term vision for Spotlight as a category-defining visibility platform for F&B
- Translate company strategy into product strategy, roadmap, and OKRs
- Identify and prioritise opportunities across SEO, listings, reviews, AI insights, and discovery
Execution & Delivery
- Own the Spotlight roadmap and backlog
- Write product requirements and work closely with engineering and design
- Prioritise based on impact to merchant acquisition, activation, and expansion
Growth & Commercial Impact
- Drive adoption of Spotlight across SOUS merchants and partners (POS, marketplaces, platforms)
- Partner with Growth, Sales, and Partnerships to design upsell and bundling strategies
- Track and optimise key metrics: Spotlight ARPU, activation, retention, and expansion
AI & Data-Driven Product
- Work with data and AI teams to build insights, automation, and recommendations for merchants
- Define merchant-facing analytics and dashboards that show visibility ROI
- Shape the roadmap toward autonomous growth features (e.g., AI-driven listings optimisation)
Stakeholder Leadership
- Align leadership, engineering, design, and commercial teams around Spotlight priorities
- Act as the internal champion for Visibility as a strategic pillar of SOUS
Requirements
What We’re Looking For
Must-Have
- 2 - 5+ years as a Product Manager (SaaS, marketplace, growth tech, or data products)
- Proven experience shipping B2B or platform products with measurable business impact
- Strong product sense: ability to translate user problems into scalable systems, deep customer empathy
- Experience in SEO, local search, marketplaces, or discovery platforms
- Experience working with design, engineering, and analytics teams
- Comfortable with ambiguity and startup pace
Nice-to-Have (High Signal)
- Exposure to AI/ML-driven product features or data platforms
- Background in hospitality tech, e-commerce, or fintech platforms
- Experience with product-led growth or SaaS pricing/packaging
Benefits
- Competitive base salary aligned with experience and market
- Strong, uncapped commission structure tied directly to impact
- Equity upside for strong performers as the market scales
- Flexibility in working arrangement and regular in-person time
- Direct exposure to founders and real influence on company direction
- High ownership role with clear growth trajectory
- The opportunity to scale a live market, not start from zero
- A fast-moving, ambitious team building a category-defining product in food & hospitality
Why Join SOUS
You’ll be joining at a defining moment.
We are building a full-stack growth platform for hospitality, with Spotlight as the front door to every merchant’s journey. This role sits at the centre of that evolution and will shape how thousands of F&B brands are discovered and grow.
You’ll have real ownership, direct impact on company strategy, and the opportunity to build a category-defining product used by ambitious hospitality brands across Europe and beyond.
If you’re excited about building products that drive real revenue for real businesses — and want to help shape the future of how F&B brands grow — we’d love to hear from you.