Vibes

Director of Product Management

Vibes

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: ChicagoIllinoisUnited States

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Salary

💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Define and own the long-term product strategy and roadmap for the Connect platform, aligned with business objectives and market needs.
  • Balance customer requirements, carrier constraints, technical feasibility, and revenue impact in prioritization decisions.
  • Establish clear success metrics for platform performance, reliability, and adoption.
  • Partner with Compliance and Messaging Ops to translate carrier policies, technical specifications, and certification requirements into actionable product requirements.
  • Ensure the platform supports efficient onboarding, audit readiness, and ongoing compliance enforcement.
  • Monitor changes in carrier policies and market conditions, proactively incorporating them into product planning.
  • Lead product development for platform services including APIs, provisioning, policy management, analytics, and reporting.
  • Ensure a consistent, high-quality experience for internal teams, external developers, and integration partners.
  • Advocate for strong developer experience while maintaining platform security, integrity, and carrier trust.
  • Build, lead, coach, and develop a team of Product Managers across Connect and infrastructure-adjacent domains.
  • Partner with Engineering to deliver reliable, scalable releases on predictable timelines.
  • Apply data-driven decision-making throughout discovery, delivery, and post-launch evaluation.
  • Serve as the primary product representative in cross-functional planning and executive discussions.
  • Communicate product priorities, tradeoffs, and timelines clearly to stakeholders at all levels.
  • Build alignment across Product, Engineering, Sales, Customer Success, Messaging Ops, and external partners.

Requirements

  • 8–12+ years of experience in Product Management, including leadership roles overseeing complex platform or infrastructure products.
  • Demonstrated experience in regulated or partner-driven ecosystems such as aggregators, CPaaS, telecommunications, payments, or similar domains.
  • Proven ability to deliver products that operate at scale and under external operational constraints.
  • Strong understanding of API-first platforms, distributed systems, and platform economics.
  • Experience managing products where reliability, compliance, and operational discipline are critical.
  • Ability to synthesize technical, regulatory, and commercial considerations into clear product direction.
  • Effective people leader with experience building and mentoring high-performing product teams.
  • Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate strategy, risks, and tradeoffs.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence across functions and drive alignment in complex organizations.
Benefits
  • Competitive salaries
  • Options
  • Medical, dental and vision coverage
  • Short- and long-term disability
  • Life insurance
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Flexible vacation
  • Summer Fridays
  • Winter Holiday break
  • Commuter benefits
  • 401(k) plan and match
  • Paid parental leave program

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
product strategyroadmap developmentAPI managementdata-driven decision-makingplatform performance metricscompliance enforcementanalyticsreportingtechnical specificationsproduct development
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationteam buildingmentoringinfluencingstakeholder managementstrategic thinkingcross-functional collaborationproblem-solvingadaptability