Director, Product Management
TLDR
Facilitate and plan multiple product lines, driving cross-functional teams to build, integrate, and enhance products aligned to the roadmap using Agile.
What You'll Do
A successful Director – Product Management will be the facilitator and planner for all aspects of multiple product lines and will drive the activities of the corresponding teams who will build, integrate or enhance any new or existing products in their respective portfolio aligned to the product roadmap using Agile methodology. They will lead a team including Product Owners. The Director – Product Management will also co-ordinate & initiate appropriate vertical / product strategy coupled with the right POD with QA, Scrum Master, Architects and Developers. They will maximize product adoption, reusability and repeatability & focus on revenue growth to enable new logo strategic client acquisitions, improved customer experience & teamwork. More specifically, the individual in this role will:
Responsibilities:
Maintain ownership of product planning, development, and lifecycle management, providing guidance and direction to cross-functional teams to execute against product milestones
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to translate business requirements, breaking them down into epics, themes, and features and creating actionable user stories with acceptance criteria for the design team to conceptualize and the development team to implement
Validate specifications with internal and external stakeholders to ensure they are consistent with articulated business requirements and deliver the expected results
Document new features and communicate functionality to end users
Actively measure and analyze existing products for opportunities to innovate and improve
Integrate performance metrics, usability studies, research and market analysis into product requirements to enhance user satisfaction
Demonstrate a willingness to experiment, iterate, innovate, and fail quickly
Collaborate with sales, operations, customer success managers, solution experts, technical experts and partners across multiple functions and geographic locations to present and position current and future product offerings
Provide dedicated product leadership for the assigned business areas, ensuring local time zone coverage and alignment with local market needs
Understand and advocate for the unique requirements of the assigned markets, ensuring platforms and solutions are adapted appropriately
Serve as the primary product liaison for regional stakeholders, providing visibility and prioritization of initiatives
Support the growth of the assigned business regions
Share regional insights and learnings with global product teams to inform platform strategy and encourage cross-regional alignment
What You May Need to be Successful:
Bachelor’s Degree in a business or technology field, advanced business degree (MBA preferred).
Minimum 5+ years in a product role for a product that handles over $1M in revenue at an org over $5M in revenue
Practical Agile experience - not certifications but actual experience inside an organization in transition for at least 5 years
Strong Technical skills - can speak with and motivate the development team with ideas and thoughts
Must be proficient in PPT and FA road mapping tools - JIRA, Trello and others
Automation and lean six sigma knowledge and work experience is a plus.
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Benefits
Remote-Friendly
Fully remote role
First Advantage is a leading software provider in the HR technology sector, delivering comprehensive background screening, identity verification, and risk management solutions powered by proprietary technology and AI. The company serves 80,000 organizations worldwide, enabling them to modernize their hiring and onboarding processes while prioritizing trust and safety in the workplace.