Director of Product

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CloudtalkGlobal SaaS
Remote in EuropeFull-TimeDirector
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Requirements

  • High-Agency Leader: identifies gaps and fills them, natural "bias to action" grounded in data.
  • SVPG & Cagan Practitioner: lives and breathes modern product principles and coaches others.
  • Elite Communicator: master of the Pyramid Principle, commands rooms.
  • Systems Thinker: looks at the "R&D Engine" as a whole and optimizes for speed and quality with engineering counterpart.
  • Operational Source of Truth: ensures Scorecard and Roadmap are automated and accurate.
  • Experience elevating product discovery and conviction, advancing empowered squads, and continuous discovery.
  • Experience in Product-Engineering Partnership (Dual-Track Agile), aligning Discovery vs. Delivery and managing resources/trade-offs.
  • Proven executive communication and stakeholder management, acting as the "Final Answer" for the roadmap.
  • Mastery in Operational Excellence & People Leadership, viewing Product Ops as a strategic lever and driving outcome accountability.
  • Product Advocacy & Representation skills, translating complex roadmaps into compelling narratives and evangelizing vision.
  • Aggressive Scope Management & Lean Execution, coaching PMs on MVP/MSP/CMF/ILS solutions and deep-dive problem solving.
  • Ability to increase the level of empowerment within squads, coaching PMs to take deeper ownership of business outcomes.
  • Ensuring squads are in constant contact with users to (in)validate hypotheses before significant engineering resources are committed.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the product organization to move with conviction, speed, and evidence.
  • Lead a team of Product Managers, Designers, and Product Operations to solve high-impact problems and build lean, impactful solutions.
  • Act as the primary strategic force for the executive team, front-running strategy and managing stakeholder expectations.
  • Own the tactical translation of strategy into a coherent, high-velocity roadmap that is proactive, data-driven, and aligned with commercial goals.
  • Be a "Player-Coach" who deep-dives into the domain with PMs to ensure excellent execution habits.
  • Be the final gatekeeper who resolves blockers and scope disputes before they reach the CEO or CPTO.
  • Drive efficiency through an AI-First approach, embracing SVPG style experimentation and pragmatic execution, and injecting these principles into teams.
  • Work in tight, peer-level partnership with the Director of Engineering to lead the "R&D engine."
  • Own the Discovery Track (validating value and usability) and collaborate daily with the Director of Engineering, who owns the Delivery Track.
  • Serve as the primary representative of the Product organization in company-wide meetings.
  • Coach PMs to avoid "heavyweight" features and focus on building the leanest possible MVP, MSP, CMF, ILS solutions.
  • Teach PMs to find their “appetite” for investment into a solution and how to find "cheaper" ways to validate hypotheses.
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