Director, Product Strategy - EZRA

LHH Recruitment Solutions; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

EZRA is seeking a Vice President of Strategy in New York City with a hybrid work arrangement (3 days in the office). Reporting to the COO, you will steer EZRA’s strategic direction across business and product, translating insights into concrete choices and investment priorities.

You’ll lead a Strategy team to ensure strategy moves from recommendations to coordinated execution across functions. You will own annual planning, define the proposition portfolio, monitor market trends including AI,

Qualifications

• 12+ years’ experience across product, corporate or commercial strategy.
• Proven track record delivering measurable growth.
• Experience leading strategy teams.
• Experience with AI-powered products and reshaping strategy.
• Experience in HR tech or services-enabled-by-platform businesses is advantageous.
• Experience selling to large enterprises with C-suite credibility.

Responsibilities

• Own annual strategic planning, long-term growth roadmap and quarterly OKR process.
• Define EZRA’s proposition portfolio strategy, including vision and lifecycle decisions.
• Lead market, customer and competitor intelligence, including AI opportunities and risks.
• Evolve pricing and the commercial framework with business cases and scenarios.
• Partner with Product, Technology, Coaching and Commercial leaders to shape roadmaps.
• Support Board discussions with clear insights and develop a high-impact Strategy team.

Skills

Strategic planning

Corporate strategy

Product strategy

Pricing strategy

Leadership

AI strategy

Market intelligence

Team leadership

HR tech

Job description

Job Role: VP, Strategy

Location: New York City, USA – Hybrid (3 Days in Office)

Who we are:

We believe everyone can be better with a coach... and we won’t stop until we get there.

Coaching changes people’s lives. It helps them be happier and more productive in their work. It turns entire companies into more inclusive, more productive places to be. That’s why we’ve made it easy for more people – not just those at the top – to benefit from the world’s best coaches. This is true of our EZRA team. We believe a happy team is a productive one. We help our people grow, to care deeply about and be proud of what we do.

The Role

Reporting to our Chief Operating Officer, the VP, Strategy leads EZRA’s strategic direction across both business and product strategy – determining where EZRA plays, how we win and what propositions and capabilities we build to create sustainable growth. You’ll bring together corporate planning, market intelligence, product strategy, pricing, commercialization and executive decision support, translating customer, market, product and financial insight into clear choices, investment priorities and measurable outcomes. Leading a team of Product & Business Strategy Leads, you’ll ensure strategy moves from recommendation into coordinated execution across Product, Transformation, Technology, Commercial, Finance and Operations.

What You'll Do:

• Own the annual strategic planning process, long-term growth roadmap and quarterly OKR process, ensuring clear choices, ownership and measurable outcomes.
• Define and own EZRA’s proposition portfolio strategy – including vision, roadmap, lifecycle decisions, investment priorities and pilot / soft-launch frameworks.
• Own market, customer and competitor intelligence, identifying emerging opportunities, risks and trends – including how AI is reshaping coaching, leadership development and HR technology.
• Own the evolution of EZRA’s global pricing and commercial framework, building business cases for new propositions and evaluating revenue, margin, investment and market-position implications.
• Partner with Product, Technology, Coaching and Commercial leaders to shape roadmaps and bring propositions to market.
• Support Board and Executive discussions with clear insight, business cases and recommendations, while leading and developing a high-impact Strategy team.

About you

• 12+ years’ experience across product strategy, corporate strategy, commercial strategy, management consulting or related leadership roles.
• A track record of defining and executing product and business strategies that have delivered measurable growth.
• Strong experience in proposition portfolio strategy, including pricing, positioning, commercialization and lifecycle management.
• Experience building for or selling to large enterprise customers, with credibility at C-suite and Board level.
• Experience with AI-powered products and a clear point of view on how AI is reshaping product strategy and market positioning.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing strategy teams.
• Experience in HR technology, talent management or a services-enabled-by-platform business is advantageous.

Life at EZRA

• Your Own World-class coach to help you grow personally and professionally.
• Coaching for Friends and family because coaching is a gift worth passing on.
• Charity Days to support the causes close to your heart - because doing good feels good.
• Learning Budget to fuel your curiosity. If it helps you grow, we’re in.
• Weekly Wellbeing Hour just for you. No meetings. No emails. Just space to breathe, reflect, or reset.
• Regional benefits flex to fit your location and lifestyle.
• A welcoming place to do your best work. Comfortable, collaborative and inclusive.

#LI-Hybrid

We’re an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building a diverse team that reflects the communities in which we work, where everyone has a voice and feels able to be themselves.

We believe that diversity strengthens to our culture and business. Valuing uniqueness and respecting our differences means we grow faster, become better, and achieve more.

In the spirit of transparency, credentials are verified through background checks conducted upon conditional employment, in accordance with applicable laws.