Product Director

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

📋 Description

• Guide and nurture the PM/PO team through regular one-on-one meetings, performance evaluations, and compensation assessments, facilitating each member's professional growth.

• Oversee the recruitment process for the product division.

• Keep the department's competency matrices current.

• Delegate projects to team members based on their skills, interests, and availability.

• Anticipate and balance the workload of the product team, maintaining up-to-date workload forecasts.

• Update other directors on workload status during planning ceremonies.

• Streamline departmental processes to enhance efficiency, including the adoption of AI tools.

• Monitor budgets and timelines for all projects overseen by the product team.

• Assist PM/POs with recovery plans when a project strays from its budget or timeline.

• Establish and track department KPIs related to profitability, performance, and client satisfaction.

• Implement a standardized product management process that guarantees product quality and team effectiveness.

• Ensure a prompt and reassuring project kickoff for clients while fostering strong relationships with key accounts.

• Define the vision for the evolution of the product department and the strategy for integrating AI into its practices.

• Set and supervise the team's quarterly goals.

• Keep an eye on market trends and innovative product practices.

• Promote Thirdbridge's expertise at conferences, events, and through content creation.

• Contribute to Thirdbridge's strategic vision as part of the leadership team and engage in business development activities, including project assessments, client presentations, and proactively identifying needs.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in product management or digital project management, including previous leadership of a team.

• Proficient in managing budgets, timelines, and profitability across multiple simultaneous projects.

• Comfortable with client relations, capable of providing reassurance during project kickoffs and challenging phases.

• Able to transition from strategic vision to operational execution without losing focus.

• View AI as a facilitator for your practice and your team's, and effectively incorporate it into workflows.

• Possess strong product intuition: able to identify a quality product and articulate the reasons behind it.

• Comfortable working within agile frameworks alongside distributed teams.

• Bilingual in French and English, with the ability to operate effectively in a predominantly French-speaking environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Five weeks of paid vacation.

• Unlimited sick leave.

• 100% remote work within Canada, plus the option to work up to 180 days abroad.

• Flexible work schedule.

• Group insurance and telemedicine services.

• Group RRSP (registered retirement savings plan).

• Wellness account for personal expenses.

• Annual training budget.

• Engaging AI projects from the outset.