Director, Product Management

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

📋 Description

• Take charge of the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Ottimate's new initiatives portfolio, which encompasses procurement, budgeting and spend planning, and contract management.

• Guide customer discovery and validate the market for new product categories.

• Identify significant problems to solve, assess opportunities, and create compelling business cases for investment.

• Drive new products from initial concept to launch by defining MVPs, establishing success metrics, and iterating based on customer and market insights.

• Oversee, mentor, and develop a team of product managers and designers.

• Establish clear objectives, nurture talent, and foster a culture of craftsmanship and accountability.

• Lead the Design and UX function, ensuring design quality, consistency, and the evolution of Ottimate's design system.

• Collaborate with engineering and data science leadership on prioritization, sequencing, and delivery strategies.

• Guarantee the team meets predictable shipping targets against committed milestones.

• Work together with sales, marketing, and customer success on positioning, pricing strategies, launch readiness, and early customer adoption.

• Define and monitor portfolio-level metrics, utilizing data for build/kill/pivot decision-making.

• Update executive leadership on progress.

• Advocate for the voice of the customer in executive planning sessions.

• Serve as the product representative externally with customers, prospects, and partners.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in product management, including at least 3 years of managing product managers, designers, or both.

• Extensive experience with B2B SaaS platforms; expertise in workflow, data, or automation products.

• Domain expertise in one or more areas: procurement/procure-to-pay, budgeting and spend management, contract lifecycle management, or sourcing.

• Proven track record of bringing new products from concept to market.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity, conduct customer discovery, and build a case for investment even before data is available.

• Demonstrated leadership in design and UX, either through direct management of designers or collaborative partnerships with design teams.

• Strong analytical capabilities; comfortable defining metrics, interpreting product data, and leveraging it to inform decisions.

• Experience working with complex operational customers, including multi-entity and multi-location setups.

• Clear and credible communication skills with executives, engineers, and customers.

• Domain knowledge in accounts payable, source-to-pay suites, or finance operations is a plus.

• Experience delivering AI/ML-powered features is a plus.

• Familiarity with design systems and design operations at scale is a plus.

• Exposure to agentic/MCP-based architectures is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus.

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and other Company-Subsidized Benefits for you and your family.

• Employer-sponsored 401(k) with company matching.

• Paid Time Off (and the encouragement to utilize it).

• Annual company retreats.

• Commitment to promoting from within.

• Opportunity to creatively solve challenging problems.

• Freedom to pursue work that inspires you.

• Infrastructure that ensures you're continually challenged and growing.

• A diverse and inclusive workforce.

• A people-first leadership approach.

• Opportunities for growth.