Director, Product

codeandtheory; EE. UU.; A distancia; USD 170.000 - 200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

codeandtheory is seeking an experienced Senior Product Leader to drive end-to-end product delivery for complex automotive and mobility programs in the United States. You will connect discovery, strategy, and buildable requirements with program timelines, collaborating with engineering, design, research, client teams, and external partners.

You’ll lead interdisciplinary teams, manage discovery-to-delivery cycles, and shape roadmaps that balance strategic goals with platform constraints.

Formación

• 8+ years in product management, owning complex engagements from discovery through delivery.
• Strong knowledge of agile delivery and product artifacts (epics, user stories, acceptance criteria).
• Ability to work credibly with engineering on CMS platforms, architecture, APIs, and integration planning.
• Experience with market analysis and user research and translating findings into clear requirements.
• Excellent communication with clients, partners, and senior stakeholders on scope, timelines, and trade-offs.
• Fluent with AI tools for research, prototyping, documentation, and workflow, with careful human review when precision matters.

Responsabilidades

• Lead product and technical discovery, clarifying user needs and business requirements.
• Conduct automotive and mobility market, competitive, and user research to translate findings into executable requirements.
• Create and maintain phased roadmaps connecting strategic goals with technical realities and program schedules.
• Prioritize backlogs and manage scope trade-offs with clients, partners, and engineering leads.
• Define release criteria, quality measures, and post-launch feedback loops to improve later work.
• Produce detailed product documentation, stories, acceptance criteria, and lead sprint routines and cross-functional coordination.
• Serve as the main product contact for external partners and contribute to business development and delivery workflows, including AI use.

Conocimientos

Agile delivery

Market analysis

User research

Executive communication

AI tools for research

Herramientas

CMS platforms

System architecture

API documentation

Integration planning

Descripción del empleo

Role overview

Lead end-to-end product delivery for complex automotive and mobility engagements, connecting discovery and strategy to buildable requirements, launch, and iteration. You’ll work closely with engineering, design, research, client teams, and external partners, taking an embedded role in product organizations and accounting for platform constraints and structured industry program timelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead product and technical discovery, clarifying user needs, business requirements, platform limits, and integration considerations.
• Conduct automotive and mobility market, competitive, and user research, translating findings into requirements teams can build from.
• Create and maintain phased roadmaps that connect strategic goals with technical realities and program schedules.
• Prioritize backlogs and make scope trade-offs with clients, partners, and engineering leads.
• Define release criteria, quality measures, and post-launch feedback loops; use results from earlier phases to improve later work.
• Produce detailed product documentation, stories, and acceptance criteria, and lead sprint routines and cross-functional coordination.
• Serve as the main product contact for external partners, contribute product expertise to business development, and improve delivery workflows, including through appropriate AI use.

Requirements

• 8+ years in product management, including ownership of complex engagements from discovery through delivery.
• Strong knowledge of agile delivery and product artifacts such as epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, functional specifications, and process documentation.
• Ability to work credibly with engineering leads on CMS platforms, system architecture, API documentation, and integration planning.
• Experience with market analysis and user research, and skill translating findings into clear requirements.
• Strong communication with clients, partners, and senior stakeholders, including on scope, progress, timelines, and difficult trade-offs.
• Command-level fluency with AI tools for research, prototyping, documentation, requirements analysis, and workflow, with careful human review where precision matters.
• Experience mentoring junior colleagues, contributing to technical scoping, and collaborating across disciplines.

Nice to have

• Automotive product and interface experience, including taking at least one automotive product to launch and familiarity with OEM and Tier-1 programs.
• The stated compensation range is $170,000–$200,000 across multiple levels; actual compensation depends on experience, skills, budget, and location.