Cision
Vice President, Product Operations
Cision, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
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The Vice President of Product Operations will lead the product operations function, acting as a strategic partner to our product, engineering, and design teams. Reporting to the CPTO, this position collaborates across the R&D organization to ensure operational efficiency, organizational accountability, strong cross-functional communication, and timely product delivery. You will oversee product analytics and delivery management and align with go-to-market (GTM) teams to ensure end-to-end product lifecycle success.
This highly visible leadership role will drive the operational rigor needed to deliver high-quality products at speed, while providing the insights and infrastructure required for data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities & Expectations
Product Strategy & Roadmap Development: Define the vision and long-term strategy for your product line, ensuring alignment with overall business goals and market demands. Lead roadmap planning, balancing customer feedback, competitive insights, product and commercial data, and emerging market opportunities with development resources and company priorities. Establish and model discovery habits to regularly engage with customers and the market and ensure your teams stay close to their customers and users. Track and analyze product performance metrics, customer adoption, and revenue impact to optimize the product lifecycle and identify areas for expansion or improvement. Oversee the team's prioritization process to ensure timely delivery of impactful product enhancements. Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of product managers, fostering a culture of collaboration, customer obsession, and accountability. Establish clear objectives and KPIs for the team, providing regular feedback, coaching, and career development opportunities to promote a high-performing product organization. Drive a metrics-driven culture within the product team, particularly focused on business outcomes. Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering & design to ensure alignment on product roadmap, goals, requirements, and delivery timelines. Partner with sales, marketing, services and customer success teams to develop go-to-market strategies, product positioning, and pricing & packaging that maximize product adoption and revenue growth. Collaborate with go-to-market teams on launch activities, sales enablement, and customer training, ensuring a seamless and impactful product release process. Presentations & Stakeholder Communication: Provide regular updates to executive leadership and key stakeholders on product performance, roadmap delivery, market insights, and upcoming priorities. Prepare quarterly reviews, outlining achievements, challenges, and strategic adjustments needed for ongoing product success. Present to customers and prospects in a variety of settings with clarity and confidence. Qualifications
12+ years of experience in product management, with 5+ years in a senior leadership role (Director, Sr. Director or VP level) at a B2B cloud software company. Proven experience managing mature products in highly competitive markets. Demonstrated ability to lead and develop product management teams, fostering collaboration and a high-performance culture. Deep understanding of product management best practices, cloud technologies, SaaS models, and enterprise software trends. Strong strategic, analytical, and financial acumen with the ability to make data-driven decisions that align with business objectives. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a track record of successful cross-functional collaboration. Experience with Agile methodologies and product management tools. Preferred Qualifications
Experience working with B2B marketing technology or enterprise social media technology. MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred. First 90 Days/KPI's
Evaluate team and team structure and make recommendations to ensure team health and proper structure. Assess team processes for discovery, roadmapping and delivery execution. Support delivery of the team's current priorities. Establish understanding of product portfolio, current roadmap and key stakeholders. Work closely with engineering and design to establish working cadences, expectations and collaboration. Analyze existing roadmap and supporting data to validate or course correct as needed to keep the team moving forward. Assess the product vision and create certainty for the teams on direction. If you've found our job opportunity interesting but you don't meet all of the requirements, it's still worth applying. We'd love to hear from you! Cision is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and perform at their best. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion is vital to driving our culture, sparking innovation and achieving long-term success. Cision is proud to have joined more than 600 companies in signing the
CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge
and named a "Top Diversity Employer" for 2021 by
DiversityJobs.com . Cision is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected statuses. Cision is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Cision will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact
hr.support@cision.com . Please review our
Global Candidate Data Privacy Statement
to learn about Cision's commitment to protecting personal data collected during the hiring process.
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Product Strategy & Roadmap Development: Define the vision and long-term strategy for your product line, ensuring alignment with overall business goals and market demands. Lead roadmap planning, balancing customer feedback, competitive insights, product and commercial data, and emerging market opportunities with development resources and company priorities. Establish and model discovery habits to regularly engage with customers and the market and ensure your teams stay close to their customers and users. Track and analyze product performance metrics, customer adoption, and revenue impact to optimize the product lifecycle and identify areas for expansion or improvement. Oversee the team's prioritization process to ensure timely delivery of impactful product enhancements. Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of product managers, fostering a culture of collaboration, customer obsession, and accountability. Establish clear objectives and KPIs for the team, providing regular feedback, coaching, and career development opportunities to promote a high-performing product organization. Drive a metrics-driven culture within the product team, particularly focused on business outcomes. Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering & design to ensure alignment on product roadmap, goals, requirements, and delivery timelines. Partner with sales, marketing, services and customer success teams to develop go-to-market strategies, product positioning, and pricing & packaging that maximize product adoption and revenue growth. Collaborate with go-to-market teams on launch activities, sales enablement, and customer training, ensuring a seamless and impactful product release process. Presentations & Stakeholder Communication: Provide regular updates to executive leadership and key stakeholders on product performance, roadmap delivery, market insights, and upcoming priorities. Prepare quarterly reviews, outlining achievements, challenges, and strategic adjustments needed for ongoing product success. Present to customers and prospects in a variety of settings with clarity and confidence. Qualifications
12+ years of experience in product management, with 5+ years in a senior leadership role (Director, Sr. Director or VP level) at a B2B cloud software company. Proven experience managing mature products in highly competitive markets. Demonstrated ability to lead and develop product management teams, fostering collaboration and a high-performance culture. Deep understanding of product management best practices, cloud technologies, SaaS models, and enterprise software trends. Strong strategic, analytical, and financial acumen with the ability to make data-driven decisions that align with business objectives. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a track record of successful cross-functional collaboration. Experience with Agile methodologies and product management tools. Preferred Qualifications
Experience working with B2B marketing technology or enterprise social media technology. MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred. First 90 Days/KPI's
Evaluate team and team structure and make recommendations to ensure team health and proper structure. Assess team processes for discovery, roadmapping and delivery execution. Support delivery of the team's current priorities. Establish understanding of product portfolio, current roadmap and key stakeholders. Work closely with engineering and design to establish working cadences, expectations and collaboration. Analyze existing roadmap and supporting data to validate or course correct as needed to keep the team moving forward. Assess the product vision and create certainty for the teams on direction. If you've found our job opportunity interesting but you don't meet all of the requirements, it's still worth applying. We'd love to hear from you! Cision is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and perform at their best. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion is vital to driving our culture, sparking innovation and achieving long-term success. Cision is proud to have joined more than 600 companies in signing the
CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge
and named a "Top Diversity Employer" for 2021 by
DiversityJobs.com . Cision is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected statuses. Cision is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Cision will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact
hr.support@cision.com . Please review our
Global Candidate Data Privacy Statement
to learn about Cision's commitment to protecting personal data collected during the hiring process.
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