Senior Director, Product Development

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for building high-impact products and developing top-tier product teams? We’re looking for a Senior Director of Product Development to spearhead our product strategy, foster a culture of excellence, and drive innovative solutions that truly resonate with our customers. In this pivotal role, you'll lead, coach, and empower a talented team of product managers, ensuring they deliver value-driven, customer-centric products aligned with our long-term vision. If you thrive in fast-paced environments, possess a deep understanding of B2C experiences, and believe in leading with kindness and impact, this is your chance to make a meaningful difference in the retail eCommerce space. Join us and shape the future of our products while nurturing the next generation of product leaders!

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring we have a team of strong product managers. You will focus on developing and coaching product managers.
• Accountable for leading a team of product managers to ensure the solutions are valuable and viable. You will gain deep knowledge of our customers and business constraints – from marketing, merchandising, customer service, finance, legal, and of course, technology.
• Help develop product managers who commit to delivering outcomes, not dates!
• Be a Play-Coach, one who is willing to roll up the sleeves as needed to lead by excellence.
• Responsible for ensuring the team of product managers is solving the right problems that go beyond the symptoms of issues.
• Assist with quarterly planning and assigning objectives (problems to solve) to product teams.
• Ensure the team of product managers develops the product vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with the company's long-term vision while delivering tangible impact against business objectives for their product.
  
  

Qualifications

• Experience: Proven track record over multiple years as an individual contributor product manager responsible for delivering impact in B2C product experience in mobile and web applications.
• Bonus: Retail eCommerce is your bread and butter.
• Quick Learner: Proven ability to go deep and quickly learn new domains; strong demonstration of business acumen in major parts of the business (i.e., merchandising, marketing, finance, legal, etc.)
• Process Expert: Demonstrated understanding of the techniques and methods of modern product discovery and product delivery – with a focus on impact over meeting delivery dates.
• Servant-based Leader: Lead by context, not control. Has a track record of coaching and developing other people. Demonstrate a clear understanding of your role as the primary coach of your product managers, and how that differs from managing products directly.
• Collaborative: Proven track record of delivering results through collaboration with cross-functional teams. Willing to give and accept critical feedback.
• Analytical: Sharp analytical and quantitative skills; makes data-driven decisions using quantitative and qualitative insights. You’re creative in using alternative sources to gain insights when there’s no data.
• Customer-Centric: A problem solver obsessed with understanding your customers and solving problems for them that meet business goals.
• Efficient: Excellent organization, verbal, and written communication skills with technical and non-technical partners.
• Agile: Applied experience in agile and lean SDLC.
• Self-Organized: You thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Growth Hacker: You do what it takes to get things done!
• Kind: You lead with kindness, knowing we’re stronger together than we are alone. Put people first and build trusting relationships. Passionate about the health and wellness industry.
• Fun: Bring fun & joy to the workplace. We do our best work while having fun!
  
  

Benefits

• 401(k).
• Dental Insurance.
• Health insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity, equality, inclusion, and respect for people.
• The salary will be determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, location, relevant education, qualifications, experience, technical skills, and business needs.
  
  

Additional Responsibilities

• Participate in OP monthly team meetings and participate in team-building efforts.
• Contribute to OP technical discussions, peer reviews, etc.
• Contribute content and collaborate via the OP-Wiki/Knowledge Base.
• Provide status reports to OP Account Management as requested.
  
  

About Us

At OP, we help you harness the power of technology for maximum impact. A technology consulting and solutions company, we offer advisory and managed services, innovative platforms, and staffing solutions across a wide range of fields including AI, cyber security, enterprise architecture, and beyond. For nearly two decades, we’ve been challenging the status quo of the consulting industry, serving up fresh, ingenious thinking through a radically lean structure. Together, this strategy delivers unprecedented performance at an unparalleled pace for faster results that propel your business forward.