Vice President of Product Management

What You’ll Do

The VP of Product Management – Core Product is a senior leader responsible for the strategy, planning, execution, and outcomes of the company’s Core Product domain. Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, this role leads a product management organization responsible for identifying market opportunities, defining strategic direction, and delivering differentiated customer value that drives revenue growth, retention, and platform scalability. As a key partner to the executive team, the VP of Product Management plays a significant role in shaping company strategy, translating business objectives into product investments, and ensuring disciplined execution from discovery through go-to-market. This role owns product governance, portfolio decision-making, and the operating model required to sustainably deliver business results through the Core Product.

• Owns product strategy, roadmap, and investment priorities for the Core Product domain
• Led and scaled a product management organization, not just individual contributors
• Accountable for customer impact and business outcomes of Core Product initiatives
• Serves as a strategic partner to Engineering, Architecture, Sales, Marketing, and Operations
• Acts as the primary executive voice of the customer for the Core Product
• Builds, leads, and develops a high-performing product management organization aligned to company objectives
• Establishes clear roles, responsibilities, and career paths for product leaders and managers
• Set expectations for strong product discovery, customer validation, and outcome-based delivery
• Implements and evolves product operating rhythms to support planning, delivery, and measurement
• Ensures continuous customer engagement to validate strategy and execution
• Pairs with Product Managers, Sales and Customer Success to test assumptions, pricing, packaging, and willingness-to-pay
• Uses qualitative and quantitative insights to refine strategy and roadmap
• Partners cross-functionally to ensure go-to-market readiness and adoption
• Owns the product side of launch planning, enablement, and success measurement
• Ensures product value is realized by customers and reflected in business results
• Recruits, hires, and develops product leaders and individual contributors
• Sets performance expectations tied to outcomes, not activity
• Coaches leaders to scale impact across teams and initiatives

What You’ll Need to Join Our Team

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field or equivalent work experience
• 7–10+ years in product leadership roles within SaaS or platform-based businesses
• Demonstrated experience owning product strategy and outcomes, not just delivery
• Proven ability to lead through complex, cross-functional environments
• Domain expertise in automotive, warranty, or aftermarket services strongly preferred
• Experience with industry methodology like Scaled Agile Framework or Pragmatic marketing, preferred
• Knowledge of Atlassian products Jira and Confluence
• Must be able to travel to Chicago, IL office and clients, up to 25%

Why Work For Us

• Competitive Compensation from $210,00-225,000
• Comprehensive Benefit Package
• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Short & Long Term Disability Insurance
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Voluntary Accident Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401k with generous Company Match
• Commute benefits
• Paid Time Off accrued per pay period
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Annual Bonus Program
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Employee Events
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Discount Programs
• Office in Park Ridge, IL - Convenient location to Blue Line