[Hiring] Director, Product Development @LanguageLine Solutions

Role Description

The Director, Product Development is a senior leadership position that defines and delivers the product vision, strategy, and roadmap, leading a team responsible for the launch of new and enhancement of existing products and services. This position leads the Product Development team which is responsible for:

• Preparing product strategy recommendations
• Providing expert consultation
• Performing assessments and analyses supporting corporate priorities, market strategies, product strategies, and product launches

This is a multi-faceted position that requires strong interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work across teams delivering results in a fast-paced environment. The successful individual will possess the ability to solve business challenges with technology while establishing long-term solutions to improve the quality and delivery of LanguageLine’s products and services.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ experience leading Product Management, Product Development, or Product Engineering teams in a software-driven industry.
• Proven track record defining product vision and transforming that vision into market reality.
• Excellent critical thinking, analytical problem-solving, and negotiating skills.
• Demonstrated strategic orientation pertaining to Product Placement, Marketing, R&D, and Vendor collaboration.
• Superior analytical and quantitative skills; experience using data and metrics to test theories, confirm assumptions, and measure success.
• Skillful at building consensus and making thoughtful, data-driven recommendations for key decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Masterful at cross-functional communication to ensure all stakeholders have everything needed to collaborate effectively.
• Proven “radar” for recognizing when a given problem or solution needs additional guidance or knowledge.
• Strong experience delivering solutions that delight customers and stakeholders.
• Excellent team building, mentoring, and leadership abilities.
• Proven ability to manage multiple activities in parallel and to deliver product features on time.
• Ability to see multiple solutions to problems and identify the optimal one for the situation.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Computer Science, or a related field from an accredited college/university or equivalent business experience.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree from an accredited college/university (preferred).
• Experience using rapid prototyping and other creative mechanisms to gather direct customer feedback early in the product development process (preferred).
• Experience in working across multiple cultures, countries, and working with complex geographically diverse teams (preferred).
• Technical aptitude and an interest in new and upcoming technologies (preferred).
• Experience with Pragmatic Product Development Methodology and Jobs to be Done (JTBD) Framework (preferred).
• Up to 25% travel requirement for this position.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and a 401(k) plan.
• Bonus potential.