Director Product Management

Role & responsibilities

• Define and execute the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and priorities aligned with overall business objectives.
• Own the end-to-end product lifecycle, from discovery and ideation through development, launch, adoption, and optimization.
• Identify customer needs, market opportunities, competitive trends, and emerging technologies to drive product innovation.
• Lead and mentor a high-performing product management team, including Product Managers and Product Leads.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Design, Data, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and Customer Success teams to deliver impactful products.
• Translate customer and business requirements into clear product requirements, user stories, priorities, and acceptance criteria.
• Establish product OKRs, KPIs, success metrics, and performance dashboards and use data to guide decisions.
• Drive product-market fit, user adoption, engagement, retention, monetization, and revenue growth.
• Lead product discovery through customer interviews, usability research, experimentation, analytics, and market analysis.
• Prioritize product initiatives based on business impact, customer value, effort, risk, and strategic importance.
• Develop and execute go-to-market strategies for new products and major product releases.
• Drive pricing, packaging, monetization, and business model initiatives where applicable.
• Champion a culture of customer-centricity, experimentation, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Present product strategy, roadmaps, performance, opportunities, and risks to executive leadership and key stakeholders.
• Manage product budgets, resources, dependencies, and strategic partnerships as required.
• Ensure effective product governance, documentation, processes, and communication across the organization.

Preferred candidate profile

• 7 to 12 years of experience in Product Management, with significant experience owning products or product portfolios.
• Demonstrated experience leading product strategy, roadmap development, product discovery, launches, and lifecycle management.
• Proven track record of building products that deliver measurable outcomes such as revenue growth, user adoption, engagement, retention, or operational efficiency.
• Experience managing and mentoring Product Managers and cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of product discovery, customer research, product analytics, experimentation, Agile/Scrum, and product development methodologies.
• Strong data-driven mindset with experience using product metrics, dashboards, A/B testing, and analytics to make decisions.
• Ability to work effectively with engineering, UX/UI, data science, marketing, sales, operations, and executive leadership.
• Strong understanding of market research, competitive analysis, product positioning, pricing, monetization, and go-to-market strategy.
• Excellent strategic thinking, business acumen, problem-solving, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
• Strong executive-level communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience working in B2B, B2C, SaaS, fintech, e-commerce, consumer technology, or other digital/product-led businesses is desirable.
• Technical understanding of APIs, databases, cloud platforms, software architecture, AI/ML, and modern technology ecosystems is an advantage.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics, or a related discipline; MBA/PGDM is preferred.
• Product Management, Agile, Scrum, Design Thinking, or analytics certifications are an advantage but not mandatory.