VP Product and Project Management

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

📋 Description

• Lead the teams of Product Owners and Project Managers.

• Oversee standards, tools, and operational rhythms for product and delivery functions.

• Mediate conflicts between product management and project management.

• Manage the integrated product roadmap and prioritize across competing domains.

• Ensure the quality of specifications and allocate ownership for both product and technical aspects.

• Supervise budgets, forecasts, plan tracking, variance reporting, vendor expenditures, contractor costs, and timing of SOWs.

• Oversee resource allocation across the portfolio and address any resource conflicts.

• Anticipate hiring and contractor requirements in alignment with the roadmap.

• Manage consolidated timelines for significant initiatives.

• Report on roadmap status, risks, and trade-offs to executive leadership.

• Maintain the portfolio-level RAID register and facilitate resolution at the executive level.

• Provide updates and early alerts on major commitments along with options.

• Ensure projects stay on schedule across product, project management, engineering, and QA teams.

• Manage cross-functional escalation pathways, accuracy of status, and commitment dates.

• Conduct post-mortems on unmet commitments and implement process improvements.

⛳️ Requirements

• Executive-level responsibility for Product Owner and Project Manager teams at a portfolio scale.

• Proven experience in managing and developing product and project management teams.

• Demonstrated expertise in owning product roadmaps, prioritization, and specification quality.

• Skilled in budget forecasting, variance reporting, managing vendor and contractor expenditures, SOW tracking, and handling renewals/terminations.

• Experience with organization-wide resource allocation and forecasting hiring and contractor needs.

• Proven track record of owning executive-level delivery timelines, roadmap status, risks, and trade-offs.

• Experience in maintaining a portfolio-level RAID register.

• Ability to drive cross-functional accountability across product, project management, engineering, and QA.

• Capability to make trade-offs concerning scope, schedule, resources, and budget.

• Compensation may vary based on education, skills, experience, and geographic location.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical coverage.

• Dental coverage.

• Vision coverage.

• Vacation leave.

• Sick leave.

• 401(k) plan.

• Competitive salary and benefits package.

• Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.