What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of Product — Washington DC Metro Area position at Voyager Search?
Location: DC Metro Area
Duration: Full-time, Hybrid Role that would require 3ish days a week in office
Reports to CEO
About Voyager
Voyager is building the intelligence layer for the world’s most complex data. Our platform handles the technical complexity that traditional search tools can’t, indexing and enriching massive volumes of data so teams can discover what they have, understand it in context, and act on it with confidence. You’ll be joining a company at the intersection of AI, search innovation, and geospatial technology, shaping how people understand the world around them. We’re a small, fast-moving team with big ambitions: to make data intelligence accessible and actionable for every organization.
Role Summary
Voyager Search is seeking a Head of Product who will be responsible for defining and driving the execution of Voyager’s product vision, strategy, and roadmap. Reporting directly to the CEO, this person will work closely with the CEO and CTO and will be responsible for aligning engineering, design, and go-to-market teams around a clear product strategy, with a particular focus on metadata management, modern search, AI integration, and customer-driven usability.
Key Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Vision
Define, communicate and own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Voyager.
Build a long-term roadmap grounded in customer outcomes, not technical features.
Lead competitive and market analysis to sharpen positioning and prioritize focus verticals.
Execution & Roadmap Ownership
Translate user needs and business requirements into detailed product specifications and user stories.
Develop and implement a phased, milestone-driven roadmap.
Partner closely with engineering, UX/UI, AI/ML, and QA teams throughout the product lifecycle to ensure feasibility, performance and ensuring timely delivery.
Prioritize features and manage the product backlog using Jira in an Agile environment.
Establish product management best practices and rituals — roadmap reviews, cross-functional alignment, KPI tracking.
Establish, communicate and track success metrics for new development efforts.
Monitor product performance, gather insights, and iterate on product features.
Communicate product updates and value propositions to stakeholders and customers.
Embed structured customer discovery and feedback into every phase of development, including establishing processes for customer validation and feedback loops.
Partner with Sales and Marketing to develop go-to-market narratives and collateral aligned to product vision.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
10 years product management experience in B2B enterprise software, ideally with data, search, or AI/ML platforms.
Proven success defining and delivering commercially successful products (preferably transitioning from services to software).
Strong understanding of the defense and intelligence sector's needs and constraints. Familiarity with federal/government contracting or geospatial data markets is a plus.
Experience with Agile development methodologies.
Strong technical fluency — able to engage credibly with engineering on metadata pipelines, search technologies (Solr/Lucene, Elasticsearch, vector search), ML integration and geospatial technologies.
Experience leading customer discovery, competitive analysis, and roadmap execution.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and scale product operations in a growth-stage environment.
You will also:
Be an excellent communicator who can analyze and translate complex technical capabilities into clear customer value propositions and compelling product narratives.
Be able to prioritize ruthlessly and focus on what drives adoption, retention, and revenue.
Have an ownership and growth mentality, and be able to inspire and lead others to do so as well.
Be able to effectively manage all stakeholders: downward and upward, including comfort with managing and collaborating with senior executives.
Have high EQ & change management skills.
Be comfortable working in a fast-paced, iterative environment with evolving priorities.
What Success Looks Like
Voyager’s product strategy is clearly defined and communicated across the company.
The next 12–18 months’ roadmap is customer-validated, sequenced, and on schedule.
Engineering and product are working in lockstep with a shared definition of success and meeting defined deliverables on time.
Sales and marketing have compelling, aligned product narratives and collateral.
To apply, please send a resume and cover letter with examples of your work to jobs@voyagersearch.com
We look forward to hearing from you and potentially welcoming you to the Voyager Search team!