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Senior Product Manager / Director of Product Location: Remote (U.S.-Based) About the Opportunity Our client is a private equity-backed SaaS company serving highly regulated industries through a mission-critical compliance and quality management platform. Following recent investment and strong market momentum, the company is entering an exciting phase of growth and product expansion.With a well-established presence in its core market, the organization is investing in product innovation, cloud modernization, and strategic expansion into adjacent regulated industries. This is an opportunity to join a growing business and play a key role in shaping the product's and the company's future direction. Position Overview We are seeking a strategic, customer-focused Senior Product Manager or Director of Product to lead product strategy, roadmap development, and execution.Reporting directly to the CEO, this individual will serve as a key member of the leadership team, helping define the long-term product vision while balancing customer needs, market opportunities, regulatory requirements, and business objectives. The ideal candidate is both a strategic thinker and an execution-oriented product leader with experience building and scaling SaaS products within highly regulated industries. Key Responsibilities <ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Define and execute product strategy aligned with company growth objectives.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Own and manage the product roadmap, prioritization process, and feature development initiatives.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Gather and synthesize customer, market, and competitive intelligence to inform product decisions.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Partner closely with executive leadership to identify strategic growth opportunities.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Drive product innovation and long-term product vision.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Evaluate emerging technologies and market trends, including AI-driven capabilities and applications.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Collaborate with engineering, customer success, sales, and marketing teams to ensure successful product delivery.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Lead product-market fit initiatives and competitive positioning efforts.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Support cloud modernization and platform evolution initiatives.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Identify opportunities to expand product offerings into adjacent markets and customer segments.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Establish and track key product performance metrics to measure success and guide decision-making.</li>
</ul> Qualifications <ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">5+ years of Product Management experience within a SaaS environment.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Demonstrated experience owning product strategy and roadmap execution.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Strong understanding of software product development lifecycles.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience working directly with executive leadership teams.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Proven ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on execution.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.</li>
</ul> Preferred<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience serving customers in highly regulated industries.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Background in:</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Medical Device Software</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Life Sciences Software</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Pharmaceutical Software</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Biotech Software</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Regulatory Technology (RegTech)</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Governance, Risk &amp; Compliance (GRC)</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Quality Management Software</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Financial Services Technology</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience with cloud-based SaaS platforms and modernization initiatives.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Exposure to AI-enabled products and emerging AI trends.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience working in private equity-backed or high-growth software companies.</li>
</ul> Leadership &amp; Team<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Opportunity to lead and influence a small product and development team.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Potential responsibility for a team of approximately 4–5 developers.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Strong emphasis on cross-functional leadership and influence rather than large-scale people management.</li>
</ul> What Success Looks Like The successful candidate will help establish a clear product vision, execute a high-impact roadmap, and position the company for continued growth within regulated industries. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to leadership, helping drive innovation, customer value, and long-term market expansion. Why This Opportunity?<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Direct exposure to executive leadership and company strategy.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Significant influence over product direction and innovation.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Opportunity to help scale a private equity-backed SaaS company during a period of accelerated growth.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Remote flexibility with a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Competitive compensation package including base salary and bonus.</li>
</ul>

Senior Product Manager / Director of Product

Location: Remote (U.S.-Based)

About the Opportunity

Our client is a private equity-backed SaaS company serving highly
regulated industries through a mission-critical compliance and
quality management platform. Following recent investment and
strong market momentum, the company is entering an exciting phase
of growth and product expansion.

With a well-established presence in its core market, the
organization is investing in product innovation, cloud
modernization, and strategic expansion into adjacent regulated
industries. This is an opportunity to join a growing business and
play a key role in shaping the product's and the company's future
direction.

Position Overview

We are seeking a strategic, customer-focused Senior Product
Manager or Director of Product to lead product strategy, roadmap
development, and execution.

Reporting directly to the CEO, this individual will serve as a
key member of the leadership team, helping define the long-term
product vision while balancing customer needs, market
opportunities, regulatory requirements, and business objectives.

The ideal candidate is both a strategic thinker and an
execution-oriented product leader with experience building and
scaling SaaS products within highly regulated industries.

Key Responsibilities

* Define and execute product strategy aligned with company growth
objectives.
* Own and manage the product roadmap, prioritization process, and
feature development initiatives.
* Gather and synthesize customer, market, and competitive
intelligence to inform product decisions.
* Partner closely with executive leadership to identify strategic
growth opportunities.
* Drive product innovation and long-term product vision.
* Evaluate emerging technologies and market trends, including
AI-driven capabilities and applications.
* Collaborate with engineering, customer success, sales, and
marketing teams to ensure successful product delivery.
* Lead product-market fit initiatives and competitive positioning
efforts.
* Support cloud modernization and platform evolution initiatives.
* Identify opportunities to expand product offerings into
adjacent markets and customer segments.
* Establish and track key product performance metrics to measure
success and guide decision-making.

Qualifications

* 5+ years of Product Management experience within a SaaS
environment.
* Demonstrated experience owning product strategy and roadmap
execution.
* Strong understanding of software product development
lifecycles.
* Experience working directly with executive leadership teams.
* Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder
management skills.
* Proven ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on
execution.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Preferred

* Experience serving customers in highly regulated industries.
* Background in:
* Medical Device Software
* Life Sciences Software
* Pharmaceutical Software
* Biotech Software
* Regulatory Technology (RegTech)
* Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
* Quality Management Software
* Financial Services Technology
* Experience with cloud-based SaaS platforms and modernization
initiatives.
* Exposure to AI-enabled products and emerging AI trends.
* Experience working in private equity-backed or high-growth
software companies.

Leadership & Team

* Opportunity to lead and influence a small product and
development team.
* Potential responsibility for a team of approximately 4–5
developers.
* Strong emphasis on cross-functional leadership and influence
rather than large-scale people management.

What Success Looks Like

The successful candidate will help establish a clear product
vision, execute a high-impact roadmap, and position the company
for continued growth within regulated industries. This individual
will serve as a trusted advisor to leadership, helping drive
innovation, customer value, and long-term market expansion.

Why This Opportunity?

* Direct exposure to executive leadership and company strategy.
* Significant influence over product direction and innovation.
* Opportunity to help scale a private equity-backed SaaS company
during a period of accelerated growth.
* Remote flexibility with a collaborative and entrepreneurial
culture.
* Competitive compensation package including base salary and
bonus.

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