Head of Product

About the Role

The Head of Product leads the enterprise strategy, governance, and performance optimization of On Location’s global hospitality product portfolio across priority events and rightsholders. This role positions Product as a core driver of margin-aware strategy and planning, ensuring product architecture supports commercial performance, operational feasibility, and scalable execution. The SVP establishes frameworks for product investment evaluation, portfolio visibility, and analytics-driven decision-making. Working closely with General Managers and functional leaders, this role ensures product decisions align with P&L performance, pricing discipline, and growth priorities. The Head of Product also drives innovation and R&D to maintain competitive differentiation.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead enterprise product strategy across priority events and rightsholders.
• Establish portfolio governance frameworks to evaluate investments based on margin, scalability, feasibility, demand, and alignment.
• Ensure product architecture supports commercial strategy and rightsholder priorities.
• Partner with General Managers to align product strategy with financial objectives.
• Position Product as a driver of margin transparency and performance discipline.
• Develop frameworks to track product economics, packaging, pricing, and cost drivers.
• Expand Product’s role in data-enabled planning and decision-making.
• Lead early-stage alignment across Commercial, Delivery, Finance, and Procurement for operational and financial viability.
• Drive hospitality innovation and R&D for new product concepts.
• Ensure product architecture supports revenue quality and pricing discipline.
• Serve as the enterprise Product partner to General Managers, translating priorities into strategies.
• Build and lead a high-performing global Product organization.
• Strengthen capabilities in analytics, financial modeling, and portfolio optimization.
• Lead and inspire a team of product managers, designers, engineers, and ticketing professionals.
• Develop strategic plans aligned with business objectives.
• Build trust-based relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Monitor performance metrics and provide coaching and development opportunities.
• Allocate resources for timely initiative delivery.
• Uphold company values and foster a positive culture.
• Champion employee growth and succession planning.

Qualifications

• 12–15+ years of progressive leadership in product strategy, hospitality planning, or commercial program development in global sports, events, or travel.
• Proven success in margin-aware product strategy tied to P&L performance.
• Strong financial modeling and ROI evaluation experience.
• Track record of integrating product planning with delivery and commercial strategy.
• Experience building analytics-informed product organizations.
• Executive-level stakeholder alignment in matrixed environments.
• Ability to influence General Managers and functional leaders through product decisions.
• Leadership adaptability in transformation and complexity.
• Exceptional communication and strategy articulation skills.
• Managerial courage to address challenges and provide candid feedback.
• Business maturity and executive presence.
• Proven relationship-building with internal and external partners.
• Self-motivated with excellent time management and organizational skills.

Pay

Hiring Rate: $225,000–$300,000 annually