Product Lead [Marketing Products Team]

The posting, as Sweed wrote it

HI THERE!

We're Sweed https://sweedpos.com/#/, a product-driven startup building an all-in-one cannabis retail platform. We're looking for a Product Lead to join our team remotely and help us scale and optimize our platform.

ABOUT US

At Sweed, we’re reimagining how cannabis retailers operate. Our enterprise-grade platform combines POS, eCommerce, Marketing, Analytics and Inventory Management into a single, seamless solution—eliminating the need for multiple third-party tools.

We believe in simplicity, efficiency, and innovation. That’s why we build for scalability and performance, making life easier for cannabis retailers while driving real business growth.

WHY WE’RE DOING THIS

At Sweed, we believe in the medicinal potential of cannabis. It has been shown to help with chronic pain, anxiety, depression, and many other conditions. Despite the lingering stigma, we see cannabis as a powerful tool for improving lives.

The industry is evolving rapidly, and we’re here to drive that transformation—making cannabis retail more efficient, accessible, and customer-friendly.

WHERE WE ARE NOW

We’ve been on the market for 7 years, continuously growing and refining our product.

Our focus is on earning customer trust, which means constantly improving our delivery processes and rolling out new features. At the same time, we navigate the complex legal landscape of the cannabis industry, ensuring our platform remains compliant and future-proof.

TEAM STRUCTURE

Our total team size is over 200 people

The development team is distributed globally and organized into cross-functional product teams. These teams typically consist of 8–12 members, including front-end and back-end developers, QA specialists, and analysts.
Each team is led by a Team Lead and a Product Owner, ensuring effective collaboration and clear direction.
Meanwhile, our CEO, account managers, and customer success team are based in the USA, working closely with us to align product development with business and user needs.

WHY WE’RE HIRING

We’re strengthening our product leadership and looking for a Product Lead to help shape the next stage of our Marketing products direction.

This is a hands-on product leadership role. You won’t be stepping away from product work into pure people management — you’ll stay close to customers, problems, product decisions, and execution while helping the broader team develop stronger product practices.

Our Marketing direction brings together a broad suite of tools that help retailers engage, retain, and grow their customer base — from advanced segmentation and automated campaigns to loyalty, referrals, promotions, discounts, and customer feedback.

We’re looking for someone who can zoom out and define where the product should go, zoom in when details matter, and turn that direction into tangible results.

WHAT YOU’LL BE WORKING ON

• Shape the product vision and direction for the Marketing area and translate it into clear priorities and

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• Communication — You make progress, decisions, risks, and dependencies visible to the people around you.
• Business judgment — You understand that a B2B product needs to balance long-term strategy with customer and commercial realities.
• Accountability — You are comfortable making decisions and taking responsibility for the result.

WHY JOIN SWEED?

• Real product influence — You will have the opportunity to shape product direction, not only manage an existing backlog.
• Space for initiative — If you identify an important opportunity, demonstrate its business value, and are ready to own it, you can turn it into a real product investment.
• Ambitious scale — We’re preparing the platform for further growth, new markets, and new industries.
• Direct customer impact — Your decisions can influence retailers’ revenue, operational efficiency, and customer experience.
• Meaningful ownership — Strong Product Owners can expand their scope and take responsibility for larger product areas based on their impact.
• Complex product challenges — You’ll work with a connected platform that combines multiple retail products and business processes.
• International environment — You’ll collaborate with a globally distributed team and US-based customers and stakeholders.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Compensation in USD (B2B independent contractor agreement with a US-based company)
• 100% remote – We’re a remote-first company, no offices needed!
• Flexible working hours – Core team time: 10:00-16:00 CET (flexible per team)
• 20 paid time off days per year
• 12 holidays per year
• 3 paid sick days
• Medical insurance after the first 3 months of collaboration
• Equipment reimbursement (laptops, monitors, etc.)

HIRING PROCESS

• Recruiter Call — approximately 45 minutes
• Product Competency Interview — 60 minutes
• Interview with VP of Product — 60 minutes
• Interview with Head of Product — 60 minutes
• Interview with CEO — up to 45 minutes