What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President, Product Management position at Workhuman?
Job Description:
The Opportunity:
Workhuman is home to the world's fastest-growing integrated social recognition and continuous performance management platform. Our human applications shape the future of work by helping organizations connect culture to shared purpose.
As the Vice President of Product Management, you will be a key leader in driving product innovation and excellence within our market dominating suite of products. Operating at the forefront of product management, you will lead and mentor product teams to deliver impactful solutions that drive customer satisfaction and business growth whilst advocating a culture of innovation, determination, imagination, and respect. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of our product portfolio and contribute to our mission of “making work more human.”
We are looking for a highly entrepreneurial Product Leader to help innovate and execute product development, and we value moving quickly. You will be globally responsible for developing a clear product strategy and roadmap to deliver product innovations from concept to release. Additionally, you will work closely with the executive team to define and shape the long-term future of our products as we respond to the continually shifting market and customer landscape. This role is highly cross-functional, partnering closely with peers and other senior stakeholders including engineers, architects, designers, data scientists, and researchers to build exceptional products that deliver on our mission to "make work human."
**This is a hybrid role that requires at least 3 days per week onsite in our (brand new!) Framingham, MA office**
Primary duties & responsibilities:
- Providing strategic direction, inspiration and vision for the product management team, setting clear goals and priorities to ensure alignment with business objectives whilst driving product innovation and differentiation.
- Developing and executing product strategies aligned with business objectives and market needs, balancing short-term and long-term goals, and managing trade-offs.
- Building, mentoring, and leading a high-performing product management team providing guidance, coaching, and support to drive performance and professional growth.
- Providing strategic direction, inspiration and vision for the product management team, setting clear goals and priorities to ensure alignment with business objectives whilst driving product innovation and differentiation.
- Developing and executing product strategies aligned with business objectives and market needs, balancing short-term and long-term goals, and managing trade-offs.
- Building, mentoring, and leading a high-performing product management team providing guidance, coaching, and support to drive performance and professional growth.
Required skills and experience:
- 15 years of successful business leadership contributing to and blending product strategy, product management, and product marketing activities.
- Proven track record of product innovation changing the dynamics of an existing or emerging market.
- Experience working in an enterprise cloud-based environment focusing on B2C is highly desired.
- An ability to develop and communicate a clear product vision and strategy that aligns with the overall strategic goals of the company.
- Experienced leadership and team-building skills, with the ability to design an organizational structure that inspires and motivates teams to meet business needs.
- Demonstrated success in developing and executing go-to-market strategies.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to listen, influence and gather consensus and champion the best ideas.
- Works collaboratively at all levels and fosters a collegiate environment and culture with peers and other stakeholder groups.
- Analyze situations objectively, diagnose problems, identify key issues and be self-assured to act decisively and promptly.
- Strong project management skills to drive timely and successful transformational projects and product launches.
- HR software experience would be an advantage but not essential.
- Active participation in client management, sales, and marketing opportunities, including speaking engagements and serving as a product evangelist to customers and large sales opportunities.
- Ability to travel 30% domestically and internationally to clients, partners, Workhuman offices, and sales opportunities.
Thank you for considering joining our team. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible application process for all candidates. If you encounter any difficulties or have specific accessibility requirements while applying for this position, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at
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lobalrecruitment@workhuman.com
for assistance. We are committed to ensuring equal access to opportunities for all individuals.
The Company:
At Workhuman® our mission is to bring more humanity to the workplace. We recognise and embrace individuals’ differences and believe that workforce diversity and inclusion are essential to our long-term growth and success. Even if you don’t think you “check every single box” above, please still consider applying. We’re looking for a human who is collaborative, and innovative with a growth mindset. We love what we do because we’re shaping the future of work through our people and our technology. Our human cloud-based applications are helping some of the world’s leading global brands connect culture to shared purpose. The Workhuman Cloud empowers employees to thank, talk and celebrate each other, creating an environment that sparks gratitude and human connection while increasing employee engagement and productivity.
Did you know we have an award-winning culture across EMEA and North America:
- We were named as #5 Best Workplace in the Great Place to Work Awards in Ireland in 2022 in the large sized workplace category. We were also recognised as a Best Workplace for Women and a Best Workplace in Technology in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
- In 2021 we were named as #2 Best Workplace in Europe in the medium sized workplace category.
- We were also recognised as #2 Best Large Places to Work in Boston by Built In for 2023 as well as a Best Place to Work in Boston, U.S. Best Large Places to Work and U.S. Best Places to Work.
- There are currently over 7.5 million users on the Workhuman® cloud across 180 countries.
- Our core values are Respect, Determination, Innovation and Imagination.
Workhuman is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees. We proudly provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions at Workhuman are based on solely on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Workhuman believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
