Director, Product Management

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Position Summary:
The Vice President, Product Management for the Blazemeter Team at Perforce is searching for a Director, Product Management to join the team.  The Director of Product Management for a leading DevOps software company will be responsible for overseeing the entire product management lifecycle of the leading SaaS Automated Software Testing. This includes defining the product strategy, working closely with engineering teams, customer success, sales, and marketing to ensure the development of high-quality products that meet market needs and drive company growth. We are looking for a strategic leader who will oversee product roadmaps, ensure strong alignment between teams, and drive the evolution of our product portfolio to stay ahead of the competition in the fast-paced DevOps space.
BlazeMeter is an unrivaled performance testing platform that helps developers, QA leads, and testers ensure their software or app can stand the test of anything. Comprised of a wide range of advanced testing tools, BlazeMeter offers performance, functional, scriptless, API testing and monitoring, test data, and mock services capabilities. Large financial and entertainment enterprises worldwide rely on BlazeMeter for many of their testing needs from API and functional to performance and production-based testing. With BlazeMeter, development teams can speed their digital transformation and shift quality left.    

Responsibilities:

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Product Strategy and Vision:
• Define and drive the product vision and strategy for our Continuous Testing solution. Create and maintain detailed product roadmaps, aligned with company goals, user needs, and industry trends.
• Lead market and competitive analysis to identify customer needs, gaps in the current product offerings, and emerging opportunities.
• Partner with executive leadership to ensure alignment between business objectives and product development.

Leadership and Team Management:
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of product managers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and high performance.
• Establish clear goals and KPIs for the product management team, ensuring accountability and alignment to business outcomes.
• Work closely with the engineering, sales, customer success, and marketing teams to ensure effective product launches and customer satisfaction.

Product Development Lifecycle:
• Own the product lifecycle from ideation to launch, ensuring that each phase of development is executed efficiently, on time, and within scope.
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams to translate product requirements into actionable development plans, ensuring technical feasibility and scalability.
• Drive Agile product development practices, ensuring that sprints are well-defined, priorities are clear, and products are shipped on schedule.
• Work with UX/UI teams to ensure the product's user interface is intuitive, efficient, and meets customer expectations.

Customer and Market Engagement:
• Act as the voice of the customer, gathering feedback from internal and external stakeholders, including customers, prospects, and industry analysts.
• Work directly with sales and customer success teams to ensure that customer requirements are met and their issues are addressed promptly.
• Lead product demos, presentations, and training sessions for customers, prospects, and internal teams.
• Develop and refine pricing strategies, business models, and go-to-market approaches to maximize product adoption.

Innovation and Thought Leadership:
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends in AI, DevOps, CI/CD, cloud computing, containerization, automation, and software testing to ensure our products remain at the cutting edge.
• Drive the development of new product ideas, innovative features, and integration opportunities with other platforms and services.
• Represent the company at conferences, forums, and events to position our products as leaders in the DevOps space.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field. MBA or equivalent advanced degree i