Vice President of Product Management

Vice President of Product Management
About the Role
The Vice President of Product Management will lead the company’s product strategy, development priorities, and product management organization. This executive will be responsible for translating business objectives, customer needs, and market opportunities into a clear product vision and actionable roadmap.
This role requires both strategic leadership and hands-on execution. The VP will establish product management processes, build and develop a high-performing team, strengthen collaboration across engineering, design, marketing, operations, and business development, and ensure that product initiatives deliver measurable business value.
The ideal candidate brings extensive professional experience with significant management and executive leadership experience. They should demonstrate independent judgment, strong commercial awareness, and the ability to build product capabilities, guide teams through complex decisions, and turn strategic priorities into successful products.
What You’ll Do
Product Strategy and Vision
Define the company’s product vision, strategic priorities, and long-term development roadmap in alignment with overall business objectives.
Identify customer needs, market trends, competitive opportunities, and emerging technologies that may influence product direction.
Evaluate product opportunities based on customer value, business impact, resource requirements, and execution feasibility.
Establish clear product goals, success metrics, and prioritization principles.
Product Roadmap and Execution
Translate strategic objectives into actionable product roadmaps, development plans, and delivery milestones.
Oversee the product lifecycle from discovery and requirements definition through launch, adoption, and continuous improvement.
Balance short-term delivery commitments with long-term product quality, scalability, and market positioning.
Monitor progress, resolve prioritization conflicts, and ensure accountability for product outcomes.
Team Building and Leadership
Build, lead, and develop a product management organization with clearly defined responsibilities and decision-making authority.
Recruit and mentor product leaders and managers while establishing performance expectations and professional development plans.
Create a culture of ownership, collaboration, customer focus, and evidence-based decision-making.
Allocate team resources according to strategic priorities and evolving business needs.
Customer and Market Insights
Establish processes for gathering customer feedback, analyzing user behavior, and identifying unmet market needs.
Partner with sales, customer success, and business development teams to understand customer requirements and commercial opportunities.
Conduct competitive analysis and assess market positioning to inform product decisions.
Use customer insights and performance data to improve product usability, adoption, retention, and satisfaction.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Work closely with engineering, design, data, marketing, operations, and commercial teams to coordinate product planning and delivery.
Establish effective communication and decision-making processes across departments.
Align technical feasibility, customer expectations, commercial objectives, and operational requirements.
Communicate product strategy, trade-offs, risks, and progress to executive leadership and relevant stakeholders.
Product Performance and Optimization
Define and monitor key product performance indicators, including adoption, engagement, retention, customer satisfaction, and commercial contribution where applicable.
Use qualitative and quantitative data to identify performance gaps and prioritize improvements.
Evaluate product investments against expected outcomes and available resources.
Establish continuous improvement practices that support product quality, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth.
Product Governance and Business Impact
Develop consistent product planning, documentation, prioritization, and review frameworks.
Identify product risks, delivery dependencies, and resource constraints before they affect execution.
Ensure product decisions reflect relevant security, privacy, regulatory, and operational requirements where applicable.
Report progress, outcomes, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership, taking ownership of results rather than focusing solely on delivery activity.
Qualifications
Extensive professional experience in product management, product strategy, product development, or a related function, with significant management and executive leadership experience.
Proven ability to define product vision and translate business strategy into practical product roadmaps.
Demonstrated success leading product teams and coordinating complex initiatives across multiple functions.
Experience building or scaling product management processes, operating models, and decision-making frameworks.
Strong understanding of customer research, market analysis, competitive positioning, and product lifecycle management.
Ability to evaluate product opportunities using customer insights, business cases, performance data, and commercial considerations.
Experience managing product portfolios, competing priorities, resource allocation, and delivery dependencies.
Strong leadership skills, including team development, performance management, and organizational planning.
Excellent judgment in balancing customer needs, technical constraints, business objectives, and long-term product quality.
Ability to communicate complex product decisions clearly to executive leadership, technical teams, and commercial stakeholders.
Demonstrated ownership of measurable product outcomes, including adoption, customer value, operational performance, or revenue contribution.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
Ability to operate effectively in a growing organization where priorities, processes, and product capabilities may need to be established or refined.
Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, computer science, product design, or a related field preferred; an advanced degree may be beneficial.
Why Join Us
Executive Influence: Play a central role in shaping product direction and connecting product strategy with broader business objectives.
Organizational Leadership: Build and develop a product management team with meaningful responsibility and decision-making authority.
Strategic Ownership: Help establish the processes, priorities, and capabilities needed to bring new products and initiatives to market.
Cross-Functional Impact: Work directly with executive leadership and key business functions to turn strategic opportunities into practical results.
Professional Growth: Take on a senior leadership role with opportunities to influence the company’s long-term product development and growth.
Compensation Range
Base Salary: To be determined based on experience, qualifications, location, and overall compensation structure.
Additional compensation may include performance-based annual incentives, executive bonus opportunities, and/or equity-based compensation, depending on the overall compensation structure.
Benefits
Healthcare Plans: Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
Retirement Plan: 401(k)
Paid Time Off: PTO
Professional Training & Development
Leadership Development Opportunities
Wellness Resources

Work arrangement
Yes