JoVE is the world- leading producer and provider of video solutions with the mission to improve scientific research and education. Millions of scientists, educators and students use JoVE for their research, teaching and learning. Our institutional clients comprise over 1,000 universities, colleges, and biopharma companies, including such leaders as Harvard, MIT, Yale, and Stanford. As a rapidly growing company, with offices in the USA, UK, Australia, and India servicing clients in over 60 countries, we are seeking talented and ambitious individuals to join our company.
The Role:
As the Senior Director of Product, you will lead JoVE's product strategy, portfolio roadmap, and execution across our Science Research and Education markets. You will be responsible for shaping the long-term product vision, identifying high-impact growth opportunities, and delivering best-in-class teaching, learning, and research experiences for our users.
This role requires a strategic product leader who can balance customer insight, market trends, business goals, and execution excellence. If you are passionate about building impactful digital products, leading high-performing teams, and translating customer needs into scalable product innovation, we would love to speak with you.
Responsibilities:
- Define and lead the overall product strategy, vision, and roadmap for JoVE's product portfolio.
- Lead and mentor product managers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, customer obsession, and data-driven decision-making.
- Identify key customer needs, unmet market opportunities, and growth areas through partnerships with Consumer Insights, UX Research, Sales, Customer Success, and 1st- and 3rd-party research.
- Own product discovery, prioritization, roadmap planning, and execution across multiple product lines or platforms.
- Define, track, and communicate product metrics, delivery KPIs, and business performance indicators.
- Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, customer behavior, and competitive dynamics to inform product strategy.
- Drive innovation by challenging the status quo and influencing cross-functional teams toward impactful product improvements.
- Present product strategy, roadmap progress, customer insights, and business outcomes to executive leadership and key stakeholders.
- Ensure strong product management practices, including discovery, experimentation, prioritization, launch planning, adoption tracking, and lifecycle management.
Requirements:
- A Bachelor's degree
- 10+ years of experience in software or digital product management. 6+ years of experience leading and developing product management teams.
- Proven track record of building, launching, and scaling successful products that have driven measurable business growth.
- Strong experience owning product strategy, portfolio roadmaps, and cross-functional execution in a fast-paced environment.
- Results-driven with an ability to work in a fast paced environment.
- Strong analytical skills with experience defining product metrics, KPIs, business cases, and success measures.
- Excellent communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence executive, technical, and non-technical audiences.
- Customer-obsessed mindset with the ability to translate qualitative and quantitative insights into product direction.
Why Join JoVE
- A competitive compensation package.
- You will make a direct impact in accelerating science research and education.
- Opportunity to work with global teams and in an environment that promotes innovation and collaboration.
- Our strong promotion from within culture draws a clear path to advance your career with us.
