Director, AI-Driven Product Discovery

QXO; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer match

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

PTO, holidays, and parental leave

Job summary

QXO seeks a Director of Product to define and lead the product strategy for critical areas of its digital commerce platform. You will build and grow high-performing product teams, partnering with Engineering, Design, Data Science, and executive leadership to deliver innovative experiences that accelerate QXO's transformation into a technology leader in building products.

You will own long-term vision, portfolio prioritization, organizational planning, and execution across multiple domains,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Product Management experience with increasing leadership responsibility.
• 5+ years leading large technical product initiatives in complex software organizations.
• Experience managing and developing Product Managers.
• Proven success defining product vision and executing multi-year product strategies.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated experience influencing senior leadership without direct authority.
• Experience leading products built on distributed systems and modern cloud architectures.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using customer insights and experimentation to drive roadmap decisions.
• Experience balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform investments.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the long-term product vision and multi-year roadmap across multiple product areas.
• Build, mentor, and lead a team of Product Managers while fostering a customer-obsessed culture.
• Partner with Engineering, UX, Data Science, Sales, Marketing, and Operations to deliver strategic initiatives.
• Own portfolio prioritization, investment planning, and product strategy across multiple teams.
• Establish product operating mechanisms including roadmap planning, business reviews, KPI tracking, and quarterly planning.
• Drive product discovery through customer research, experimentation, analytics, and market insights.
• Lead executive-level communication regarding product strategy, investments, risks, and business impact.
• Partner with architecture and engineering leadership to make strategic platform investments for scalability and velocity.
• Champion AI-driven experiences and machine learning throughout the customer journey.
• Define and monitor success metrics including customer adoption, engagement, revenue, and product quality.
• Make thoughtful tradeoffs balancing value, complexity, and priorities.
• Build alignment across organizations to launch large-scale initiatives.
• Represent Product leadership in executive planning and cross-functional decision making.

Skills

Product management

Leadership

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Distributed systems

Cloud architectures

Analytical skills

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring / coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

QXO seeks a Director of Product to define and lead the product strategy for critical areas of its digital commerce platform. You will build and grow high-performing product teams, partnering with Engineering, Design, Data Science, and executive leadership to deliver innovative experiences that accelerate QXO's transformation into a technology leader in building products.

You will own long-term vision, portfolio prioritization, organizational planning, and execution across multiple domains,