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Opportunity
A key member of the company leadership team, the Vice President of Product will play a major role in building out a world-class product organization for the company. The VP of Product will report to the CPO and will be responsible for leading the product vision, strategy, and roadmap execution for one of the 5 product areas at the company.
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The VP of Product will work cross-functionally with Engineering, Marketing, and Sales in order to develop our product discovery and long-term roadmap, while being a critical part of how our company continues to revolutionize the way their customers buy what they need. This role is both highly strategic and hands-on, and would be a great fit for someone who is ambitious, structured, data-driven, performance oriented, with a passion for the craft of product management.

Roles and Responsibilities

Develop and drive strategic thinking and an execution framework that will define the Product organization
Lead product discovery and execution activities, taking a strategic and data driven approach to creating a long-term plan that delights customers and accomplishes important business goals
Work closely with customers, prospects, and partners to understand their needs, advocate for their perspectives and led innovation on how our platform can be leveraged and adapted to meet those needs
Own the whole product; lead and engage in rich discussions around pricing, product positioning and go-to-market strategy
Lead the breakdown of strategies and business objectives into small rapidly deliverable value and/or experiments
Deliver product outcomes on regular short cycles, while aligning rolling 4-12 week product plans with longer term product vision and strategy
Act as a product evangelist through thought leadership, speaking, and engagement with industry communities
Work cross-functionally with internal partners to create clarity, collaboration, alignment and force behind our objectives and product plan
Recruit, coach and retain top product management talent
Partner with Engineering and GTM in terms of migration approaches and investment priorities between new customer features and technology improvements
Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and empathy for the customer
Model a growth mindset and curiosity for the organization by giving and receiving feedback effectively
Advocate for and represent the product organization at the executive level, communicate across functions and leaders at the company to identify core opportunities for growth

Professional Qualifications

10+ years of product management experience, ideally in PaaS or B2B SaaS
5+ years of leadership (teams of 10+) and people management experience with defined strategies and approaches
You are adaptable, analytical, positive, people-smart, and ambitious, seamlessly partnering and delivering value to all internal and external stakeholders
Experience building and leading high performance product teams that partner well with engineering, marketing, sales and customer success
Track record of career velocity and multiple management roles showing increasing depth and scope of responsibilities and product management capabilities
Demonstrated track record of passion and success for innovating on behalf of customers.
World-class strategic thinker and problem-solver with a proven track record of growing, developing and hiring for excellent product management teams
Strong verbal and written communication skills. You love helping other people understand not just the outputs and insights, but the background behind all decisions made
Proven ability to use qualitative research, quantitative analysis, to make difficult prioritization and tradeoff decisions
Experience prioritizing and balancing product plans based on customer insights, business impact and technology evolution
Ability to influence and align with executives and other major stakeholders on product priorities while also remaining hands-on
Model a growth mindset and curiosity for the organization by giving and receiving feedback effectively
Ability to implement and drive a robust process that complements the company and team through various levels of scale

Personal Characteristics

Strong leader who is action-oriented and leads from the front with strong strategic acumen; you are committed to win
Must be a builder of teams, processes, systems and culture
Inspires a culture of innovation, execution, collaboration, accountability, positivity, and fun; you are entrepreneurial by nature, eager to be part of building a business
Highest ethical standards, integrity, authenticity, credibility, and character
Strong culture fit: hard working, transparent, collaborative, dedicated and driven to achieve outstanding results
You have the organized, methodical, and decisive mindset needed to succeed in a market of this size

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