Constructive Dialogue Institute

Director of Product

Constructive Dialogue Institute

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • New York

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Salary

💰 $155,000 - $170,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Serve as the Executive Director’s technical thought partner, shaping how and what we build in alignment with our overall product strategy.
  • Stay current on trends and emerging technologies in EdTech, AI, and related fields to inform product strategy and innovation.
  • Lead our technical strategy to ensure scalability, stability, security, accessibility, and responsible AI integration across all products.
  • Translate product priorities into a clear, actionable technical roadmap.
  • Set and track product OKRs and KPIs
  • Product Health & Scalability Own system monitoring, data pipeline integrity, and risk tracking to safeguard product performance and stability.
  • Prototype, validate, and deliver AI-powered features and new AI-driven products that advance CDI’s mission.
  • Ensure compliance with privacy, security, and accessibility standards.
  • Team & Vendor Management Manage a Product Specialist, fostering professional growth and high performance.
  • Lead relationships with all tech vendors — including development agency, platform hosting providers, and accessibility/security partners.
  • Manage the technical product budget, negotiate vendor contracts, and ensure high performance from all technical partners.
  • Maintain effective agile rituals for a hybrid internal/agency model, in partnership with the Product Specialist.
  • Cross-Functional Execution Collaborate with Education and Implementation teams to ensure CDI’s products support effective content delivery and meet partner and user needs.
  • Work with Partnerships (Sales) to fulfill technical contract requirements, including integrations and security/privacy documentation.
  • Partner with Operations on privacy, security, and AI guardrails.
  • Ensure cross-functional alignment on product development, launches, and feedback loops.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of B2B SaaS product management experience, including 3+ years leading or mentoring other product team members.
  • Experience in EdTech or a related field, with knowledge of data privacy/security and accessibility requirements; higher ed compliance experience preferred.
  • Proven success delivering products on a modular platform or third-party LMS.
  • Hands-on experience building AI-driven products; LLM experience strongly preferred.
  • Skilled in product discovery and learning methods, including A/B testing, user research, and analytics.
  • Track record of successfully managing budgets, vendor contracts, and delivery schedules.
  • Strong communicator, able to translate technical complexity for executives, developers, and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Deeply aligned with CDI’s mission and excited to help bridge divides and promote constructive dialogue.
  • Experience in startup or scaleup environments, comfortable in fast-paced, ambiguous contexts.