Director of Product Management – Software, Mobile

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the long-term product vision, strategy, and roadmap for mobile applications, cloud services, and the interconnected software ecosystem.

• Formulate product strategies that align with customer requirements, business goals, technological capabilities, and market opportunities.

• Identify avenues to broaden the connected product ecosystem while generating value for both customers and the business.

• Create strategies for subscription services, digital experiences, AI-driven functionalities, remote device management, and emerging technologies.

• Set product priorities and convey strategic directions to executive leadership and cross-functional teams.

• Lead, mentor, develop, and expand a team of Product Managers and Product Owners.

• Define goals, priorities, performance expectations, and development plans for the product organization.

• Align priorities across mobile, backend, platform, and connected-device projects.

• Oversee the development and enhancement of consumer-facing iOS and Android applications.

• Collaborate with Engineering across iOS, Android, cloud infrastructure, QA, DevOps, and Firmware.

• Convert customer needs, business requirements, and market opportunities into product specifications, prioritized backlogs, and measurable execution plans.

• Maintain a balance among customer experience, technical feasibility, quality, speed to market, and business results.

• Work with Engineering and Design to provide intuitive, dependable, and high-performing user experiences.

• Establish standards and best practices for product development.

• Ensure seamless integration between physical products and the digital ecosystem, including wireless cameras and smart optics.

• Define the product strategy for IoT and connected devices.

• Enhance remote device management, connectivity, customer engagement, and product functionality.

• Assess emerging technologies and integrate AI and advanced capabilities.

• Set and track product KPIs, including retention, engagement, feature adoption, subscription conversion, crash-free performance, and App Store/Google Play ratings.

• Utilize analytics, customer insights, experimentation, and feedback loops to refine products and business outcomes.

• Collaborate with Marketing and Customer Experience on product launches, onboarding, activation, retention, and engagement.

• Partner on App Store and Google Play optimization and in-app messaging.

• Ensure effective customer education, communications, and engagement during launches.

• Guarantee compliance with privacy, security, and regulatory standards, including GDPR, CCPA, and Apple/Google platform policies.

• Act as a strategic connector among Product Management, Engineering, Design, Firmware, Marketing, Sales, Customer Experience, and executive leadership.

• Align stakeholders around priorities, timelines, customer needs, and business goals.

• Communicate product strategy, performance metrics, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Product Management, or a related discipline.

• Over 10 years of progressive Product Management experience in consumer mobile applications, software platforms, SaaS, or connected-device environments.

• More than 3 years of experience in leading and developing Product Managers or cross-functional product teams.

• Proven success in launching, scaling, and managing high-quality iOS and Android applications.

• Demonstrated ability to drive product adoption, engagement, retention, and customer satisfaction.

• Strong technical proficiency across mobile development ecosystems, APIs, cloud services, analytics platforms, and Agile product development.

• Experience in transforming customer needs and business objectives into product strategies, roadmaps, requirements, and execution plans.

• Solid understanding of product analytics, experimentation, KPIs, and data-driven product development.

• Proven capability to balance customer experience, technical complexity, business priorities, and financial results.

• Exceptional skills in communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentations.

• Strategic thinker with the ability to establish a vision while ensuring robust execution.

• Preferred: experience with hardware-connected products, IoT, smart home technology, wearables, outdoor technology, subscription-based digital products or SaaS, AI-driven products, remote device management platforms, consumer electronics, and App Store/Google Play optimization.

• A passion for the outdoors, including hunting, fishing, scouting, or outdoor recreation.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace where all qualified candidates are considered for employment.