Director, Product

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Product Managers and Product Designers, serving as both a coach and a hands-on product leader.
• Partner with the CTO and executive team to define and execute product strategy aligned with company goals.
• Own multiple strategic initiatives from discovery through customer adoption, ensuring successful execution and business impact.
• Drive product prioritization and decision-making using customer insights, data, technical considerations, and company strategy.
• Champion selling the roadmap and future vision directly to customers.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Design, AI, Data, Sales, Marketing, Customer Experience, Account Management, and other business leaders to deliver exceptional customer outcomes.
• Foster a high-performing product organization with a culture of ownership, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Stay at the forefront of AI technologies, tools, and best practices, championing AI-first product development and embedding AI into daily product management practices.
• Maintain a strong understanding of technology and architecture to effectively partner with engineering and guide technical product decisions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing Product Managers and building high-performing product teams.
• Proven success leading product strategy and execution for complex B2B SaaS products.
• Experience in HR technology, enterprise SaaS, AI-first, or data-centric companies.
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to balance customer needs, business objectives, and technical constraints.
• Solid understanding of modern software architecture and the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering leaders.
• Extensive hands-on experience using AI tools and frameworks as part of daily product management, with a passion for staying current on emerging AI trends and technologies.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing executive-level decisions.

Nice-to-Haves

• Obsessed with creating amazing experiences for customers.
• Hands-on with product development and people development.
• Experience building and being part of human + AI agent teams.
• Understand that releasing a feature is the midpoint of ensuring that it’s adopted.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, startup environment.
• Enjoy iterating product development with customers to maximize value.
• Open to considering a Senior Manager level for the right candidate.