Head(Director/VP/CPO) of Product Management

Role description: This role is with one of our portfolio companies

Product management individual will be responsible for championing the Product Management discipline and the new incumbent will be responsible for developing and refining product strategies across the Core Products group by ensuring customer, and competitor lens is incorporated. The Strategic Initiatives will have accountability for analyzing data, developing P&Ls, and identifying opportunities to improve revenues, reduce costs and enhance our go-to-market strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

The individual is accountable for enabling and executing Core Product Strategy and driving synergies across all core products and across the organization. Develop our product vision in partnership with the CEO and senior leadership team.

Know the customer: develop deep and trusted relationships with key customers leveraging the knowledge of their business requirements to direct product strategy and prioritization. Provide insights to the product groups to have a customer-centric approach for our products and platforms across all core products. Track and create value propositions to leverage key market trends

The role will also drive Product Management Excellence (PME) and is responsible for championing the Product Management discipline (Create, Build, Run). Develop and implement a plan to increase discipline on Run phase including developing and performance metrics, Product Plans, and Product Reviews

Be a more strategic partner to all Core product verticals to deliver robust, data-based insights to improve product profitability, track initiatives, and measure ongoing business health

Candidate experience: Desired skills

• Minimum 8+ years in a Senior Product Management role and leading high-performing Product Management teams.
• 5+ years of experience in B2C product management, with demonstrated leadership roles.
• Prior strong track record in owning and executing product strategy through the entire product life cycle from inception to go-to-market.
• She/He should have a proven track record of developing strong teams of product owners and designers and have the skills for developing great people along with the skills for developing great products.
• Candidate should be comfortable speaking in forums, conferences, and boardrooms.
• Ability to establish credibility and rapport with engineers, customers, senior executives, and team members
• She/He should thrive in the fast-paced, ambiguous environment of a start-up, and can bring order to chaos in a way that creates value.
• Solid hands-on experience and desire to continue to build customer stories and work closely with development teams and user experience teams.