Director, Product & Design

About us:

Chief is the largest network of senior executive women, representing more than 10,000 companies and 77% of Fortune 100 companies. Chief members are located across the U.S. and 40% are in the C-Suite. 

Chief is designed to help our members maximize their leadership impact through powerful connections, valuable insights, and executive development. We offer a wide range of services both in-person and on our digital platform. We have clubhouse locations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, DC where our members can come together in community including at Chief-hosted events. 

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are central to our community and how we work. Knowing that our people are the most important driver of our success, we focus on building teams where the power of diverse voices, identities, perspectives, and experiences is celebrated.

Chief is backed by renowned investors including CapitalG, General Catalyst, Inspired Capital, and Primary Ventures and we’ve been recognized as one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies and one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies.

About the Role:  

Chief is seeking an experienced Product Leader to lead the product and design teams responsible for Chief’s portfolio of digital products. Your role will be to lead the overall product strategy and roadmap while partnering closely with key business leads across our Learning & Development, Member Success, and Events & Community to drive the digital enablement of those services. This role is critical to setting the strategic direction for our digital products and will report directly to the Chief Product & Experience Officer.

What you’ll do: 

• Develop and communicate a clear digital product strategy and roadmap aligned with business objectives
• Lead and inspire a cross-functional team of product managers and designers
• Identify new opportunities and areas of investment to build innovative products 
• Champion user-centric design principles and ensure a seamless and intuitive user experience across digital products
• Define clear measurable goals to ensure teams are set up for success and regularly report on product metrics
• Utilize data and research-driven insights to measure product performance and make informed decisions
• Collaborate closely with key stakeholders (e.g., Learning & Development, Member Success, Events, Community, Research, Data, Software Engineering) to to align product initiatives with overall business goals
• Drive best practices to guide the team and establish ways of working

What you’ve done and enjoy doing:

• Deep experience managing and building well-loved products in a B2C context, ideally across both web and mobile
• Experience leading product and design teams with proven ability to hire and grow talent 
• Experience operating in ambiguity with a proven track record of building products that have clear impact to the business 
• Deep experience leveraging data to make informed decisions with proven ability to set clear and measurable objectives 
• Strong product intuition, showcasing deep user empathy in everything you do 
• Proven track record in building collaborative partnerships across multi-disciplinary teams
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken, with the ability to influence and communicate cross-functionally and at all levels of the organization
• Must be authorized to work in the United States

Note: Candidates based in NYC preferred

Why You'll Want to Work Here:

• Competitive salary and equity
• Flexible vacation policy and 4.5 day work weeks
• 20 weeks of paid gender neutral parental leave
• Full medical, dental, and vision packages, 401(k)
• Opportunity to work for a startup focused on driving real change for women in business
• Opportunity to create and attend inspiring experiences and events with leaders of the industry
• Access to our ongoing virtual Chief member exclusive content, including workshops, thought leadership, and iconic speakers
• Lifestyle and Learning Stipends available

While we’re committed to remaining compliant and adhering to mandates, for us, pay transparency is more than a consideration of what’s lawful and unlawful but rather, an opportunity to disclose what’s required, and what we think is a fair and equitable compensation framework.

At Chief, we want to hire, develop, and retain the best talent, making Chief a top destination to accelerate your career. Our compensation framework is a key part of our vision, and we continually revisit and invest in our philosophy and framework to ensure we remain competitive and relevant, on a quest to achieve our vision.

The pay transparency mandates, as well as our own policies and practices, are a means of narrowing the gender pay gap and fostering an engaged and positive working environment that builds trust, on our mission to change the face of leadership.

The base salary for this role is: $215,000

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