Product Director

As Product Director at IOE, you will lead the transformation of our product management practice, developing a high-performing team and ensuring that all products fit together cohesively to deliver a unified ecosystem. You will mentor the product management team in developing the product vision, strategy, and roadmaps while ensuring harmonisation across products. Your role will involve gathering community feedback to inform product direction, aligning emerging opportunities with market needs. You will report to the General Manager of IOE, providing regular updates on milestones and progress toward strategic objectives. Additionally, you will be tasked with crafting a robust strategy around IOE’s role in the vertical, leveraging both existing products and new opportunities within the ecosystem.

Duties

Mentor and build a high performance team

• Mentor and build a high-performance product management team. Guide Product Managers in delivering outcomes that provide sustainable value and ensure alignment between individual products and broader business goals.
• Make informed, analytical decisions to prioritise initiatives, ensuring the team focuses on the most impactful projects.
• Coach Product teams in setting and analysing product objectives, continuously evaluating performance and making improvements as needed.
• Drives strategic projects and initiatives in the business
• Lead, drive, and provide direction to the product managers to ensure their success and professional development through ongoing learning and development.
• Encourage a culture where great ideas are heard, evaluated, and invested in.

Global Product Strategy & Management 

• Collaborate with senior leadership to align the global product vision and strategy. Ensure that all products fit together harmoniously, creating a cohesive ecosystem
• Manage product lifecycle from strategic planning to tactical execution, incorporating insights from market research, customer feedback, and internal stakeholders.
• Execute roadmap strategies and bringing valuable, highly differentiated and elegantly designed capabilities to market

Customer Support 

• Engage with customers, partners, and community stakeholders to ensure their needs are reflected in product roadmaps and updates.
• Conduct market research, surveys and customer/prospect visits to understand and specify requirements for target markets
• Leverage customer input to refine and quantify the potential of new product opportunities.

Product Marketing, PR and Business Intelligence  

• Collaborate with marketing and design teams to understand community and industry needs, positioning products effectively in the market.
• Monitor competitive offerings, staying ahead of trends to ensure IOE products remain innovative and highly competitive.
• Engage with marketing and communications teams to inform users about product updates, ensuring smooth and transparent communication.