Director of Product 

Product Management - Director of Product
(Fully Remote, Americas)

About the Role

We are seeking a proactive and experienced product professional to play a pivotal role in the future of our company. As the Director of Product, you will define and lead our young product team, advise on how to grow the team, hone our strategy and roadmap, and to bring together the broader company team around a shared product vision. As a direct-level position, this role will report directly to the CEO.

You will:

• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of product managers, UX professionals, and related personnel.

• Lead, define, represent, and communicate product strategy and vision to all stakeholders.

• Own the product roadmap and communicate with C-level staff, board members, and other stakeholders.

• Product lifecycle management from concept to launch new features and products.

• Define and monitor relevant product KPIs to achieve product milestones and inform areas for improvement.

• Monitor product development sprints and evaluate results and identify enhancement opportunities.

• Develop budgets, forecasts, and metrics for our product line.

• Monitor and manage strategic marketing plans for each product or product lines.

• Define pricing and competitive positioning for each product.

• Drive innovative ideas, solutions, and products through leadership and decisive action.

• Build incredible teams and processes to deliver products that satisfy the needs of our users.

About You:

You’re probably a great fit if you have some combination of the following qualities:

• Prior experience building and growing a product company in a B2B or B2C environment.

• 5+ years experience in product management.

• Deep knowledge of UX industry standards, usability, and accessibility.

• Knowledge of a range of usability and UX research tools and techniques (e.g. generative and evaluative research, usability testing, survey research, etc.).

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Analytical and creative problem-solving skills.

• A passion for interacting with and learning from users.

• Ability to think in the abstract and anticipate how small details will fit into the larger picture.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and excited to make an impact in civic tech.

• Meticulous attention to detail.

• Experience in government procurement.

• Experience at an enterprise SaaS start-up or a B2B2C company.

What We Can Offer You:

• Competitive compensation, dependent on experience: starting at $175,000

• High-growth opportunity in a fast-growing, profitable start-up

• Stock options.

• 100% employer-funded medical and dental insurance

• 100% remote.

• $500 home office stipend.

• Unlimited vacation with a 15-day minimum.

• We are a dynamic, diverse, and inclusive workplace that respects and celebrates people of all backgrounds.

About the Hiring Process

Bulleted below is a rough outline of what to expect in our hiring process:

• Screening call with our hiring director.
• The first round of interviews will be with members of our product and/or engineering teams. We’ll be scheduling these on a rolling basis as applications come in.
• For candidates who progress further, there will be a 2-3 hour take-home case study. In recognition of your time and efforts, we’ll send you a $100 Amazon gift card regardless of outcome. We allow candidates 1 week to complete the assignment.
• We’ll invite final-round candidates back to present their case study to the broader team.

Salary: starting at $175,000

Kindred Communications is boutique direct-hire placement headhunting firm with a focus on diversity and inclusion tech placement. We strive to diversify the workforce once placement at a time.