VP of Product

About the Role

Welcome to Ziosk, where we empower restaurants to focus on what matters most: the guest experience! We pioneered the pay-at-the-table concept and are transforming the restaurant industry with a full menu of solutions, from hardware to software to cloud-based and AI-driven products. Our clients include Olive Garden, Texas Roadhouse, Chili’s, and more. Our secret sauce? Our people! We’re looking for a highly experienced VP of Product to lead our multi-product teams and drive our product organization forward.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop Product Managers, setting a high bar for product thinking and clear paths for growth.
• Own the path from intake to launch, ensuring every request is captured, routed, and answered with a clear decision.
• Run the monthly roadmap cadence, gathering input from Product Managers, prioritizing cross-product initiatives, and maintaining a current roadmap.
• Make day-to-day prioritization calls, aligning the roadmap with company strategy and explaining tradeoffs.
• Build and maintain operating rhythms and tooling (Jira, Confluence, templates, triage criteria) to support Product Managers.
• Partner with leaders in Engineering, Sales, and Support to translate customer and market input into committed work.
• Keep executive leadership informed on shipping products, upcoming initiatives, and their alignment with Ziosk’s commercialization efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of product management experience, including leading 5+ Product Managers through a recurring roadmap and prioritization cadence.
• Track record of coaching Product Managers and improving the quality of their work.
• Skill in balancing a stable roadmap with a structured intake process for new requests.
• Hands-on expertise with Jira and Confluence structure (projects, components, labels, spaces).
• Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to escalate issues and say no with clear reasoning.
• Experience in restaurant technology, hospitality technology, or a comparable multi-stakeholder B2B2C environment.

Ziosk is an Equal Opportunity employer offering competitive benefits and compensation. Candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S. and able to commute daily to Plano, TX. No agencies or third-party recruiters, please.