Director of Product Management

About the role

Due to recent growth in our product work streams, we are on the look out for a new Director of Product Management to help lead our incredible team and evolve our PM process to ensure we continue to deliver customer outcomes through the Auror product our customers love. This role will work closely alongside our two current Directors of Product Management and is a key leadership position in our Product Team. You will be leading a small team of product managers and will be responsible for the overall strategy of the products they own. We're looking for someone who aligns with our philosophy on how to build great products. That is, teams should have a strong understanding of who uses their product, how they use it, and how they feel about it. We believe PMs should be embedded with design and engineering teams, collaborating with cross-functional team members to make sure their product solves the problems they set out to. Practically, this role will involve: Product leadership: Co-managing our New Zealand based product management team (15 people), providing strategic direction and leadership, helping them grow and do the best work of their career. You'll be working alongside our other two Directors of Product Management to set a high standard for product excellence and foster a collaborative and innovative product culture. Commercial and Strategic Leadership : Lead strategic decisions across product lines. Understand the commercial impact of your product lines on customers and the business. Observe and drive the response to changes in the competitive landscape. Product strategy: Collaborate with the Chief Product Officer, Directors of Product Management and other key stakeholders to align product strategy across our product suite with overall company goals and objectives. Product delivery: Play a key role in ensuring we ship high quality product, at a high cadence, that consistently delivers on customer outcomes, and taking ownership of ensuring we have effective go-to-market strategies. Product operations : Working with the product managers, wider product org, and customer teams to evolve how we support other teams to do their best work. Innovation: Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies, and drive innovation across our product teams to ensure our products remain cutting-edge and competitive. Leverage Data and AI Thoughtfully: Identify opportunities to integrate AI into the platform in a sensible, safe, and impactful way. Collaborate cross-functionally to drive ethical AI practices. Measure and Communicate Su ccess: Be fully across key metrics for your product lines and drive the response to changes in the metrics. Ensure wide visibility of the outcomes and learnings to stakeholders and the wider business. Mentorship and coachin g: Coach and mentor your team of product managers to ensure they are effective. This role reports to Bradley Scott , SVP of Product. You're the ideal candidate if you have/are: Multiple years experience managing and leading teams of at least 3 product managers. A proven track record delivering world class B2B SaaS products to market. Strong strategic thinker with a history of owning and driving product strategy. Strong executor with a proven track record of shipping products fast to a high quality. Demonstrate strong commercial acumen with the ability to drive the financial side of product at the strategic cross-product line level. Experience building teams that love to work together and produce world class results. Strong people manager who cares deeply about the people around them, growing their careers and enabling them to

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About Auror At Auror, we're empowering the retail industry to tackle theft and Organised Retail Crime, a $150 Billion problem globally. It's high volume crime that's increasingly organised in nature and is putting people, retailers, and communities at risk every day. Founded in New Zealand 12 years ago, we're working with some of the best and largest retailers in the world across the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. Auror is connecting people and intelligence to reduce crime. We're using technology for good. Our mission is clear: reduce violent retail crime by 50% in 5 years. It's an ambitious goal - and one we believe is achievable. In partnership with our leading retail partners, we need people with the passion, determination, and innovation required to overcome one of the world's largest problems. If you're looking to make a difference with and for the people dedicated to stopping crime, for good, then we want you on our team. We're also embracing the potential of AI to supercharge our impact - whether that's enhancing the way we detect trends, support our customers, or improve internal workflows. As a company, we're committed to responsibly incorporating AI into how we work and what we build, and we encourage all Aurors to be curious about how AI can elevate their work, regardless of role or function.

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