VP, Product Management and Innovation

An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Vice President, Innovation & Product Management!! 

Location: Austin, TX and California

Job ID: 40883

 

As Vice President of Innovation and Product Management for HID Global’s Biometric Identity Technologies, you’ll lead the strategic vision and technology portfolio that defines the future of biometrics. Reporting to the SVP, you’ll drive innovation, foster cross-functional collaboration, and represent the company at key industry events. This role is about transforming market insights into customer-centered solutions, leveraging AI, partnerships, and acquisitions to position HID and ASSA ABLOY as pioneers in a rapidly evolving space.

 

 

Who are we? 

HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely.

We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,500 worldwide employees. Check us out here: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo 

 

 

Biometric Identity Technologies BIO: 

At the Biometric Identity Technologies Business Area, within HID, we aim to create a safer world with biometric solutions that enhance everyday life, ensuring trust and reliability in every interaction. As a trusted biometric leader, we seamlessly and ethically protect people, places, and things, where we create a secure and equitable environment where everyone’s data is protected and their privacy respected.  

Driven by years of innovation, we offer a broad range of biometric identity technologies for transactions requiring irrefutable proof of identity, such as customer onboarding, fraud prevention, loss prevention, seamless travel, forensic investigation, background checks, border security, and government benefit issuance. We provide peace of mind to a great array of organizations and industries who know that they are getting the highest level of safety and security through trusted identity. 

 

As our Vice President, Innovation & Product Management, you’ll support HID’s success by: 

•  Leading Product Management & Innovation teams to own long-to-short term portfolio strategy
• Encouraging innovation, proportional risk taking and thinking outside-the-box in order drive new products ideas to ensure the BA is leading the market vs following
• Leading by example; embracing empowerment to foster a culture of innovation
• Guiding, mentoring and thoughtfully managing teams to drive career development
• Enhancing and expanding the organization to align with the growth and direction of the BA
• Instilling a culture of accountability via governed cost/revenue/customer-satisfaction metrics o Drive an outcome-based culture utilizing agile delivery; celebrate fail-fast learn-fast mindset
• Keeping a strong pulse on the biometric landscape and trajectory, traditional and new players such as big tech, to drive a portfolio that balances delivering value today and, in the future,
• Ensuring a market leadership position through a strong pipeline of innovation programs that trigger roadmap and M&A strategies
• Identifying key technology partnerships that accelerate our position within the market
• Leading an innovative team to deliver forward-leaning programs that differentiate HID from commodity players with a heavy emphasis on ethical AI
• Overseeing a portfolio that crosses various segments such as commercial and public while cutting across both hardware and software products
• Serving as the leading voice on biometrics for HID and ASSA ABLOY at conferences / panels / advisory councils / analyst meetings/ key