Director of Product Management

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Establish product strategy and vision that aligns with the company's objectives and competitive landscape.

• Engage consistently with customers, users, Sales, Support, and Customer Success to represent the target market effectively.

• Take ownership and prioritize the product roadmap.

• Define and communicate product requirements, priorities, business outcomes, and release goals.

• Serve as the voice of the customer and target market for Product Development and cross-functional teams.

• Collaborate with Engineering Managers and Product Development throughout the stages of discovery, validation, delivery, and iteration.

• Mentor and coach Product Managers to elevate product-team standards.

• Work alongside Product Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success on positioning, enablement, launches, and strategic customer interactions.

• Monitor customer feedback, market trends, competitive positioning, and product performance.

• Communicate strategy, roadmap updates, and priorities to both technical and non-technical audiences, including leadership.

• Establish product management practices, standards, processes, and cross-team coordination.

• Align product strategy across the entire product portfolio.

• Assess and prioritize proposed features and products; assist junior Product Managers in roadmap development.

• Standardize product processes and keep current product content updated for releases.

• Enhance product knowledge through training sessions for Sales, Solutions Engineers, Product Success, and Help Desk Engineers.

• Maintain competitive intelligence and market traction metrics.

• Build relationships with industry analysts and seek co-presentation opportunities.

• Create and manage product intranet content and sales materials; facilitate product forums.

• Lead marketing and sales initiatives for product opportunities.

• Present upcoming releases and product roadmaps to customers, fostering relationships with key users.

• Evaluate and enhance team effectiveness in collaboration with Engineering Managers and Product Owners.

• Conduct departmental and cross-company meetings, fostering relationships with peers and senior executives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of product management experience with proven leadership and strategic business impact.

• Experience in a B2B software company with approximate revenue of $50 million.

• Demonstrated ownership of product strategy and roadmap prioritization across multiple quarterly planning cycles.

• Experience in mentoring, coaching, or informally guiding other Product Managers.

• Background in an early-stage B2B software tech startup and experience working in a fully remote environment.

• Proven collaboration with direct sales organizations, including Account Executives and Solutions Engineers.

• Experience with a company offering multiple products as part of an integrated platform.

• Support experience with Fortune 500 and mid-market companies.

• Worked closely with Product Development team members as primary users/stakeholders.

• Skilled at balancing customer demands, competitive pressures, and the progression towards product vision.

• Proficient in articulating product value propositions and ROI to both internal and external stakeholders.

• Experience in identifying, analyzing, and monitoring key competitive products and market positioning.

• Strong history of direct customer engagement, including discovery discussions, product feedback sessions, and strategic account interactions.

• Commitment to continuous discovery.

• Strong customer empathy and advocacy skills.

• Ability to engage users, customers, and non-customers during early-stage product development.

• Proficient in setting and communicating product strategy.

• Experience in coaching and developing PM talent.

• Familiarity with AI tools for Product Management tasks.

• Skilled in using AI coding tools to create functional prototypes.

• Excellent verbal communication, persuasive writing, and motivational presentation skills.

• Submission of resume and cover letter is mandatory; applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal Employment Opportunities.

• Reference and background checks.

• Fully remote work arrangement.