SVP, Product - US-Based

Toptal; United States; Remote; USD 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Toptal seeks a do-it-all SVP, Product to shape the future of its products and platforms. You will define the AI vision, own the roadmap, and drive execution in close partnership with Engineering, Design, Finance, and Marketing.

You’ll set the hiring bar for the product org and lead by example in a fast-paced, fully remote culture. You will work directly with AI researchers, translate research into practical roadmaps, and ensure your team delivers high-impact products at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience guiding product strategy at the highest level in tech or AI-powered platforms.
• Proven ability to translate vision into actionable roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• Exceptional stakeholder management across engineering, design, marketing, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define the AI product strategy and roadmap for all platforms and integrations.
• Lead a fast-moving product team; write specs and own data-driven decisions.
• Collaborate with AI researchers and execs to shape the product and hiring standards.

Skills

Executive leadership

AI product strategy

Roadmap development

Cross-functional leadership

Hands-on execution

Job description

About Toptal

Toptal is a global network of top talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, on-demand. With $200+ million in annual revenueand team members based around the globe, Toptal is theworld’s largest fully remote workforce.

We take the best elements of virtual teams and combine them with a support structure that encourages innovation, social interaction, and fun. We see no borders, move at a fast pace, and are never afraid to break the mold.

Position Description:

As SVP, Product, you will shape the vision as to where Toptal’s products and platforms go next and then drive the execution to build them. This is the most senior product role in the company. You will report to the Chief Executive Officer, sit on the executive team, and work collaboratively with our Engineering, Design, Finance, Marketing, New Businesses, Professional Services, and Customer leaders. AI is not a line item on your roadmap. It is the roadmap.

You should be Toptal’s foremost expert on what AI means for products and platforms. That means real depth in fine-tuning and post-training, agent design and evaluation, and the economics of running models in production, along with the judgment to know which applies to us. Work directly with our AI researchers rather than through them. We expect both the AI agenda and the product strategy to originate with you. We will react to your plan rather than hand you ours.

This is a hands‑on role. You will write your own specs and pull your own data. When you think an agent could take over a piece of work, you will build a rough version and find out whether it holds up before anyone budgets for it. You will sit in product reviews and say what you actually think. We move fast, and we need Product setting the pace. You will own and set the standards for the hiring bar for the product team, bringing in talent that will advance Toptal to the next level.

Your remit runs across the business: the core platform, the talent and client experiences, the internal systems that run it, the products we take to market, and the data and AI platform underneath them. You will work hand in hand with Engineering on the platform all of it runs on, fold acquisitions and new products into the portfolio, and know growth marketing cold, because how a product reaches the market is part of building it.

Product is yours to shape at blazing speed: scoping, sizing the teams, planning headcount, and defining the role and the bar for every seat. None of that is beneath the role, and we are not interested in someone who thinks these tasks can be done properly by handing them off to HR. Hiring is the highest‑leverage work you do, and we want someone who is visibly excited about landing an A player and treats an open seat as urgent. Your own dedication and hard work will set the tone, and the people you bring in should be inspired to do the best work of their careers on this team. We are looking for the person who will define w