VP of Product

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants anywhere in the world.

📋 Description

• Lead the product division as Distru's inaugural VP of Product.

• Collaborate closely with the executive team to achieve product-market alignment in the AI landscape.

• Take ownership of the AI product suite, guide AI infrastructure, manage the ERP product line, and shape product strategy.

• Influence product direction across Distru ERP, Distru Commerce, Order Agent, Distru Analytics, and the AI product suite.

• Present quarterly strategy updates to the executive team that encompass market trends, ERP/AI sequencing, roadmaps, key metrics, and resource allocation.

• Manage the product hiring pipeline and establish hiring criteria.

• Maintain the product timeline as the definitive guide for the company and technical teams.

• Experiment with AI-first product methodologies and promote organization-wide implementation.

• Review and refine PRDs, designs, and mockups; set PRD standards.

• Ensure the provision of high-quality MCP and API documentation along with supporting materials.

• Create a regular operational rhythm with the Engineering team.

• Develop data infrastructure tailored for AI use cases, including StarRocks, BigQuery, and PostgreSQL.

• Construct essential AI features such as a unified data layer, agent builder, workflow builder, MCP, and headless experiences.

• Collaborate with go-to-market teams on product training, launches, and AI-centric content.

• Cultivate conviction regarding product decisions and directions.

• Enhance the Customer Success, Sales, and customer feedback processes.

• Establish relationships with key customers.

• Measure and monitor feature adoption.

• Oversee, mentor, and develop the product team, including performance evaluations and challenging personnel decisions.

• Expand the product team from 4 to 8 members.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in building and managing a product organization, including recruitment, coaching, and making difficult personnel choices.

• Demonstrated experience in developing and deploying MCPs (Model Context Protocol) in production environments.

• Experience in extending a product into new markets or pursuing significant new product initiatives.

• Strong technical foundation in contemporary SaaS and AI technologies, including infrastructure, data handling, AI models, and full-stack development.

• Comprehensive understanding of production system challenges: reliability, observability, permissions, and secure workflow execution.

• Outcome-driven mindset.

• Willingness and capability to engage hands-on with PRDs, tools, and intricate details.

• Ability to collaborate directly with engineers.

• Genuine AI fluency, including practical experience with LLM tools and a perspective on assessing AI workflows or AI fluency as a product manager.

• Bonus: experience in ERP, accounting, cannabis, or supply chain software.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work environment.

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance options for employees and their dependents (available to W2 US-based employees).

• 18 days of Paid Time Off.

• 11 recognized Holidays.

• Competitive compensation structure that includes equity.

• Company-wide AI classes and workshops.

• AI demo days.

• AI hackathons.

• Access to top-tier models/tools.