Director Product Management
Weekday AI (YC W21) · San Francisco, CA · 3 days ago
On-siteOTHRFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the long-term product vision, roadmap, and strategy aligned with business objectives
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Product Managers, fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and customer obsession
- Drive the complete product lifecycle, from market research and product discovery to launch, adoption, and continuous improvement
- Partner with Engineering and Design teams to deliver high-quality enterprise SaaS products on schedule
- Develop deep customer insights through research, analytics, and direct customer engagement to identify new product opportunities
- Own prioritization decisions by balancing customer needs, technical feasibility, and business impact
- Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to ensure successful product launches and customer adoption
- Establish product success metrics, monitor product performance, and leverage data to guide strategic decisions
- Collaborate with executive leadership on portfolio planning, investment decisions, and long-term product growth initiatives
- Stay informed on market trends, emerging technologies, and competitive developments, particularly within the Observability ecosystem
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 15-25 years of overall professional experience, including significant leadership experience in Product Management
- Proven track record of leading enterprise SaaS or deep-tech products from strategy through execution
- Strong expertise in Observability, including monitoring, logging, distributed tracing, application performance monitoring (APM), infrastructure monitoring, or cloud-native observability platforms
- Demonstrated ability to define product vision and execute complex, cross-functional product initiatives
- Experience leading and mentoring Product Managers in fast-paced, high-growth environments
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to decision-making
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills
- Experience working closely with engineering teams using Agile development methodologies
- Strong understanding of customer-centric product development and product discovery frameworks
Good to Have
- Experience developing and executing Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies for enterprise SaaS products
- Exposure to AI, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, cybersecurity, or platform engineering domains
- Experience working with global enterprise customers and scaling products across international markets
- MBA or advanced degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline