Vista Equity Partners

Vice President – Product Management

Vista Equity Partners

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • Illinois • United States

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Salary

💰 $350,000 - $375,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Partner with portfolio company leadership to define and refine product vision, strategy, and roadmaps aligned to Vista’s investment thesis and value creation plans.
  • Drive adoption of best-in-class product management practices across portfolio companies, with a strong emphasis on commercial outcomes (ARR growth, retention, expansion, pricing leverage).
  • Assess product-market fit, portfolio rationalization, platform strategy, and build/buy/partner decisions.
  • Translate market, customer, and competitive insights into actionable product priorities.
  • Establish and scale product operating models that emphasize accountability, speed, and measurable impact.
  • Drive consistency in product discovery, roadmap planning, delivery, and lifecycle management across portfolio companies.
  • Introduce and reinforce metrics-driven product management (e.g., OKRs, North Star metrics, outcome-based roadmaps).
  • Ensure tight integration between Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success in highly matrixed environments.
  • Coach, mentor, and develop CPOs, VPs of Product, and senior product leaders across the portfolio.
  • Leverage modern AI-powered product tools and workflows to improve product velocity and quality.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of product leadership experience , with a significant portion at the executive level.
  • Former or current Chief Product Officer (or equivalent senior product leadership role) at a technology or large enterprise software company.
  • Demonstrated track record of building and shipping commercial software at scale.
  • Deep experience leading multi-level product organizations , including managers of managers.
  • Proven success operating in matrixed environments with strong cross-functional dependencies.
  • Strong commercial orientation - understands how product decisions translate into revenue, margin, and enterprise value.
  • Experience working with private equity–backed businesses is strongly preferred.
  • Exceptional judgment, executive presence, and ability to influence without direct authority.
Benefits
  • The base pay is just one component of the total compensation package for employees.
  • Other components may include an annual cash bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
product managementproduct strategyproduct visionproduct-market fitmetrics-driven product managementcommercial software developmentportfolio rationalizationplatform strategyOKRsoutcome-based roadmaps
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachingmentoringinfluence without authorityexecutive presencejudgmentcross-functional collaborationaccountabilitycommunicationstrategic thinking