Chief Product Officer

Dynamic Search Consulting (DSC); California; On-site; USD 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Dynamic Search Consulting (DSC) is a boutique retained executive search firm that specializes in VP and C-level placement nationwide across various functions and verticals. This posting represents the type of candidate profile we frequently recruit for.

The Chief Product Officer will define and execute the organization’s product vision, strategy, and roadmap, partnering with the CEO, Board, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance, and other senior leaders to align product

Qualifications

• Proven Chief Product Officer or senior product leadership in SaaS/tech.
• Experience building, scaling, and commercializing B2B/B2C products.
• Strong ability to translate customer needs into commercially successful products.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the organization’s overall product vision, strategy, roadmap, and investment priorities.
• Partner with CEO, Board, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance and other senior leaders to align product strategy with business objectives.
• Translate customer needs and market trends into differentiated products and solutions.
• Lead product lifecycle management from discovery through launch, adoption, optimization, and retirement.

Skills

Product leadership

SaaS experience

Growth-stage experience

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Dynamic Search Consulting (DSC) is a boutique retained executive search firm that specializes in VP and C-level placement nationally across various functions and verticals. This posting is not for a specific search but represents the type of candidate profile we frequently recruit for.

Key Responsibilities

The following information is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or required skills.

• Define and execute the organization’s overall product vision, strategy, roadmap, and investment priorities.
• Partner with the CEO, Board, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance, and other senior leaders to align product strategy with broader business objectives.
• Translate customer needs, market trends, competitive intelligence, and commercial priorities into differentiated products and solutions.
• Lead product lifecycle management from discovery and development through launch, adoption, optimization, and retirement.
• Establish disciplined product prioritization processes based on customer impact, revenue opportunity, strategic importance, development effort, and expected ROI.
• Identify opportunities for new products, modules, features, integrations, platform capabilities, and adjacent market expansion.
• Drive product adoption, customer retention, cross-sell, upsell, and monetization through a customer-centered product strategy.
• Partner closely with Engineering leadership to improve development velocity, roadmap predictability, scalability, and product quality.
• Establish and monitor product KPIs including adoption, usage, retention, NPS, ARR contribution, feature engagement, and time-to-value.
• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing product organization.
• Support M&A diligence, product integration, and platform consolidation initiatives when applicable.
• Present product strategy, roadmap progress, investment priorities, and performance to the CEO, Board, investors, and other key stakeholders.

Ideal Candidate

• Proven Chief Product Officer, EVP Product, SVP Product, VP Product, or senior product leadership experience within a SaaS, software, technology, or digital organization.
• Demonstrated experience building, scaling, and commercializing B2B or B2C products.
• Strong track record of translating customer needs and market opportunities into commercially successful products.
• Experience operating within growth-stage, private equity-backed, venture-backed, or transformation-oriented organizations.
• Strong understanding of product economics, customer retention, monetization, adoption, and recurring revenue models.
• Experience with product-led growth, enterprise SaaS, vertical SaaS, platform businesses, or recurring-revenue products is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to improve product development processes, prioritization, and roadmap discipline.
• Strong experience partnering with Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, integrations, or product portfolio rationalization is a plus.
• Strong leadership experience building and developing high-performing product teams.

Leadership Style

We’re looking for a Chief Product Officer who is customer-driven, commercially minded, analytically rigorous, and highly focused on execution. This leader should combine strong product instincts with disciplined prioritization and a deep understanding of how product decisions affect growth, retention, and enterprise value.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable challenging assumptions, making difficult prioritization decisions, and balancing customer needs with commercial and technical realities. This executive should be collaborative, decisive, and highly effective at aligning Product, Engineering, Sales, and other stakeholders.

Success in this role will be measured by stronger product-market fit, increased adoption, improved retention, successful product launches, accelerated roadmap execution, stronger monetization, and measurable contribution to revenue growth and enterprise value.