Director, Product Management - Hardware
PAR Technology · Pennsylvania, United States · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteMarketing$170k–$190k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually we need to use for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We need to parse the posting.
We have:
- Overview about company (intro). Could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" maybe description of role. We have Position Description: description of role. So we can put that under
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We need to parse the posting.
We have:
- Overview about company (intro). Could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" maybe description of role. We have Position Description: description of role. So we can put that under About the role
with paragraphs.
- Responsibilities: The "What You'll Be Doing" section lists responsibilities. So we can put under Responsibilities
with - items.
- Requirements: The "What We’re Looking For" includes Bachelor's degree, 10+ years PM experience, 5+ years leading PMs, demonstrated success managing complex hardware and technology product portfolios. That's requirements. Also maybe "Preferred Qualifications" separate? Could be Qualifications section. The instruction: Use headings for Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what goes where.
We have:
- Requirements: Bachelor's degree, 10+ years PM experience, 5+ years leading PMs, demonstrated success managing complex hardware and technology product portfolios.
- Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications: Experience in restaurant technology, drive-thru solutions, retail technology, POS systems, or connected hardware platforms. Experience launching embedded or IoT-based products. Familiarity with SaaS, cloud-connected hardware ecosystems, and subscription business models. MBA or advanced technical degree. Experience working with global manufacturing, supply chain, and ODM/OEM partners.
- Skills: Could be derived from responsibilities? But we can also list skills like product strategy, roadmap execution, leadership, etc. However we should only include if posting actually states them. The posting mentions "Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, roadmap planning, and go-to-market execution." Also "Experience building business cases and managing products with P&L responsibility." "Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills." "Proven ability to lead through influence across cross-functional organizations." Those could be skills.
- Pay: Compensation Range: $170K - $190K. So we need a Pay section.
- Benefits: Not mentioned explicitly. There's no benefits description. So we should not include Benefits section.
- Schedule: Not mentioned. So no Schedule.
- About the role: We have Position Description paragraph(s). Also maybe location: "Position Location: Remote - New York, Texas, Philadelphia, Florida, North Carolina, Minnesota, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois". That could be part of About the role or separate? Not a heading; we can include as a paragraph.
- Also there is interview process details; but we should remove application instructions? The instruction says remove application instructions. Interview process maybe considered application instructions? It's part of hiring process but not exactly instructions to apply. Might be considered boilerplate? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Interview process could be considered part of application instructions; but it's not exactly instructions to apply, but it's still part of hiring process. Safer to remove it? The instruction says remove application instructions. Interview process details could be considered part of the application process. I'd remove them.
- Also EEO statement: remove.
- Also company intro paragraph at start: Could be considered "About the role"? Actually it's about the company. Could be included as part of About the role? Might be okay to include as a paragraph under About the role.
We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all specifics: company description, role description, location, responsibilities list, requirements list, preferred qualifications, skills, compensation range.
We must not repeat the job title as a heading. The job title is "Director of Product Management". Not to be used as heading.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings (none present).
We must output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft:
About the role
For over four decades, PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) has been a leader in restaurant technology, empowering brands worldwide to create lasting connections with their guests. Our innovative solutions and commitment to excellence provide comprehensive software and hardware that enable seamless experiences and drive growth for over 100,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries. Embracing our "Better Together" ethos, we offer Unified Customer Experience solutions, combining point-of-sale, digital ordering, loyalty and back-office software solutions as well as industry-leading hardware and drive-thru offerings. PAR Technology is seeking a strategic and execution-focused Director of Product Management to lead our Hardware Product Management organization. This leader will own the Drive-Thru product portfolio, including current and next-generation solutions, while managing and developing a team of Product Managers responsible for PAR's broader hardware portfolio. This role will define product strategy, drive roadmap execution, ensure product-market fit, and deliver profitable growth across the hardware business. The ideal candidate combines strong product leadership, deep experience with connected hardware solutions, and a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams through complex product development and commercialization efforts. The Director will serve as the single accountable leader for Hardware Product Management and a key member of the Hardware Leadership Team. Position Location: Remote - New York, Texas, Philadelphia, Florida, North Carolina, Minnesota, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois.
Then Responsibilities:
Responsibilities
- Own the vision, strategy, roadmap, and business performance for PAR's Drive-Thru product portfolio.
- Define and execute long-term growth strategies for next-generation Drive-Thru solutions and supporting ecosystems.
- Lead portfolio planning across hardware product lines, balancing innovation, customer demand, revenue growth, margin performance, and operational feasibility.
- Leverage AI tools to synthesize customer and market insights, accelerate product requirements and roadmap analysis, and improve portfolio decision-making.
- Serve as the executive product leader for Drive-Thru solutions, including current and future platforms.
- Drive market research, competitive analysis, customer engagement, and product positioning activities.
- Translate customer pain points and market opportunities into actionable product requirements and commercial strategies.
- Monitor product performance metrics and identify opportunities to improve adoption, customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share.
- Lead, mentor, and develop the Hardware Product Management team.
- Establish scalable product management processes, tools, and best practices.
- Drive accountability, prioritization, and execution across the product organization.
- Create career development plans and succession strategies for Product Managers.
- Foster a customer-obsessed, data-driven, and execution-focused culture.
- Partner closely with Engineering and Project Management to ensure successful delivery of hardware and software-enabled solutions.
- Drive end-to-end product lifecycle management from concept through launch and sustainment.
- Ensure requirements are clearly defined, prioritized, and aligned with customer and business objectives.
- Participate in go-to-market planning and launch readiness activities.
- Act as the voice of the customer and business throughout product development.
- Own product business performance by monitoring revenue, margin, adoption, and customer satisfaction metrics.
- Develop forecasts and investment recommendations for executive leadership.
- Identify revenue growth opportunities through new products, services, and adjacent market expansion.
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, roadmap planning, and go-to-market execution.
- Experience building business cases and managing products with P&L responsibility.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
- Proven ability to lead through influence across cross-functional organizations.
But note some of those items are actually skills/requirements; but they appear in the "What You'll Be Doing" section? Actually the latter part after "Strong understanding..." is under "What You'll Be Doing"? Let's check original: after "Foster a customer-obsessed, data-driven, and execution-focused culture." then "Product Development & Execution" etc. Then after that there is "Financial & Business Performance" etc. Then after that there is "Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, roadmap planning, and go-to-market execution." etc. That seems like a separate bullet list of skills/requirements. But we can keep them under Responsibilities as they are part of the description. However we might want to separate Skills section. But we can also put them under Skills heading.
Given we have a Skills heading allowed, we could extract those skill statements into a Skills section.
Let's parse:
After "Financial & Business Performance" paragraph: "Own product business performance by monitoring revenue, margin, adoption, and customer satisfaction metrics. Develop forecasts and investment recommendations for executive leadership. Identify revenue growth opportunities through new products, services, and adjacent market expansion. Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, roadmap planning, and go-to-market execution. Experience building business cases and managing products with P&L responsibility. Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills. Proven ability to lead through influence across cross-functional organizations."
So the last four sentences are skills/qualifications. We could put them under Skills.
Thus Responsibilities should be the bullet list up to "Foster a customer-obsessed, data-driven, and execution-focused culture." plus the earlier items under Product Strategy & Portfolio Leadership, Drive-Thru Business Ownership, Product Team Leadership, Product Development & Execution, Financial & Business Performance (the first three sentences). Then Skills: the remaining four sentences.
Let's extract:
Responsibilities bullets:
- Own the vision, strategy, roadmap, and business performance for PAR's Drive-Thru product portfolio.
- Define and execute long-term growth strategies for next-generation Drive-Thru solutions and supporting ecosystems.
- Lead portfolio planning across hardware product lines, balancing innovation, customer demand, revenue growth, margin performance, and operational feasibility.
- Leverage AI tools to synthesize customer and market insights, accelerate product requirements and roadmap analysis, and improve portfolio decision-making.
- Serve as the executive product leader for Drive-Thru solutions, including current and future platforms.
- Drive market research, competitive analysis, customer engagement, and product positioning activities.
- Translate customer pain points and market opportunities into actionable product requirements and commercial strategies.
- Monitor product performance metrics and identify opportunities to improve adoption, customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share.
- Lead, mentor, and develop the Hardware Product Management team.
- Establish scalable product management processes, tools, and best practices.
- Drive accountability, prioritization, and execution across the product organization.
- Create career development plans and succession strategies for Product Managers.
- Foster a customer-obsessed, data-driven, and execution-focused culture.
- Partner closely with Engineering and Project Management to ensure successful delivery of hardware and software-enabled solutions.
- Drive end-to-end product lifecycle management from concept through launch and sustainment.
- Ensure requirements are clearly defined, prioritized, and aligned with customer and business objectives.
- Participate in go-to-market planning and launch readiness activities.
- Act as the voice of the customer and business throughout product development.
- Own product business performance by monitoring revenue, margin, adoption, and customer satisfaction metrics.
- Develop forecasts and investment recommendations for executive leadership.
- Identify revenue growth opportunities through new products, services, and adjacent market expansion.
That seems comprehensive.
Now Skills:
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, roadmap planning, and go-to-market execution.
- Experience building business cases and managing products with P&L responsibility.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
- Proven ability to lead through influence across cross-functional organizations.
Now Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 10+ years of Product Management experience.
- 5+ years of experience leading Product Managers and product organizations.
- Demonstrated success managing complex hardware and technology product portfolios.
Now Qualifications (Preferred):
- Experience in restaurant technology, drive-thru
About the role
For over four decades, PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) has been a leader in restaurant technology, empowering brands worldwide to create lasting connections with their guests. Our innovative solutions and commitment to excellence provide comprehensive software and hardware that enable seamless experiences and drive growth for over 100,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries. Embracing our "Better Together" ethos, we offer Unified Customer Experience solutions, combining point-of-sale, digital ordering, loyalty and back-office software solutions as well as industry-leading hardware and drive-thru offerings. PAR Technology is seeking a strategic and execution-focused Director of Product Management to lead our Hardware Product Management organization. This leader will own the Drive-Thru product portfolio, including current and next-generation solutions, while managing and developing a team of Product Managers responsible for PAR's broader hardware portfolio. This role will define product strategy, drive roadmap execution, ensure product-market fit, and deliver profitable growth across the hardware business. The ideal candidate combines strong product leadership, deep experience with connected hardware solutions, and a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams through complex product development and commercialization efforts. The Director will serve as the single accountable leader for Hardware Product Management and a key member of the Hardware Leadership Team. Position Location: Remote - New York, Texas, Philadelphia, Florida, North Carolina, Minnesota, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois.
Then Responsibilities:Responsibilities
- Own the vision, strategy, roadmap, and business performance for PAR's Drive-Thru product portfolio.
- Define and execute long-term growth strategies for next-generation Drive-Thru solutions and supporting ecosystems.
- Lead portfolio planning across hardware product lines, balancing innovation, customer demand, revenue growth, margin performance, and operational feasibility.
- Leverage AI tools to synthesize customer and market insights, accelerate product requirements and roadmap analysis, and improve portfolio decision-making.
- Serve as the executive product leader for Drive-Thru solutions, including current and future platforms.
- Drive market research, competitive analysis, customer engagement, and product positioning activities.
- Translate customer pain points and market opportunities into actionable product requirements and commercial strategies.
- Monitor product performance metrics and identify opportunities to improve adoption, customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share.
- Lead, mentor, and develop the Hardware Product Management team.
- Establish scalable product management processes, tools, and best practices.
- Drive accountability, prioritization, and execution across the product organization.
- Create career development plans and succession strategies for Product Managers.
- Foster a customer-obsessed, data-driven, and execution-focused culture.
- Partner closely with Engineering and Project Management to ensure successful delivery of hardware and software-enabled solutions.
- Drive end-to-end product lifecycle management from concept through launch and sustainment.
- Ensure requirements are clearly defined, prioritized, and aligned with customer and business objectives.
- Participate in go-to-market planning and launch readiness activities.
- Act as the voice of the customer and business throughout product development.
- Own product business performance by monitoring revenue, margin, adoption, and customer satisfaction metrics.
- Develop forecasts and investment recommendations for executive leadership.
- Identify revenue growth opportunities through new products, services, and adjacent market expansion.
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, roadmap planning, and go-to-market execution.
- Experience building business cases and managing products with P&L responsibility.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
- Proven ability to lead through influence across cross-functional organizations.