Director of Product Strategy ID33849

4 days ago


Greater Kokstad Local Municipality, South Africa AgileEngine Full time

Overview Join to apply for the Director of Product Strategy ID33849 role at AgileEngine . We are looking for a Director of Product Strategy in Buenos Aires. AgileEngine is an Inc. 5000 company that creates award-winning software for Fortune 500 brands and trailblazing startups across 17+ industries. We rank among the leaders in areas like application development and AI/ML, and our people-first culture has earned us multiple Best Place to Work awards. If you are looking for a place to grow, make an impact, and work with people who care, we\'d love to meet you Responsibilities Client engagement & Pre-sales - Act as a trusted advisor in the pre-sales process, confidently engaging with potential clients to understand their vision, challenges, and goals. Strategic product consulting - Provide strategic product consulting, helping clients refine their product direction and align their vision with actionable roadmaps. Discovery sessions - Lead and facilitate discovery sessions, ensuring a structured approach to defining business problems and opportunities. Decision-making & business value - Influence decision-making by articulating a clear product strategy and validating business value. Proposal development & Consultancy - Work closely with internal teams to shape compelling proposals that align with the client’s business needs. Strategic recommendations - Provide strategic recommendations on product direction, market positioning, and user experience. Design efforts estimation - Define and estimate design efforts, contributing to proposal timelines and approaches. User-centered design advocacy - Advocate for user-centered design, ensuring that proposals include practical, impactful design solutions. Design leadership & execution - Facilitate prototyping efforts, especially in the early stages of engagement, driving napkin/high-level prototypes/concepts when needed. Cross-functional alignment - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align design with business strategy and technical feasibility. User experience guidance - Guide design decisions that enhance user experience while considering business and technological constraints. Center of Excellence - Build the Center of Excellence (CoE) for Product Management. Best practices - Establish best practices for product management and strategic design within the company. Team growth - Grow the team of product owners, upskill the team on product thinking, user research methodologies, and market validation techniques. Frameworks & guidelines - Develop frameworks and guidelines that help teams deliver high-quality product strategies across projects. Product-driven culture - Advocate for a product-driven culture, ensuring teams maintain a balance between business needs, user needs, and technical execution. Agility & Adaptability Agility & adaptability - Comfortably switch between different projects, industries, and challenges, adapting quickly to new client needs. Fast-paced environments - Excel in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities and ambiguous situations. Problem-solving & collaboration - Take initiative in problem-solving, stakeholder management, and cross-team collaboration. Communication & Influence Communication - Communicate complex ideas clearly and persuasively, ensuring alignment across stakeholders. Relationships & bridging - Foster strong relationships with clients, internal teams, and leadership, acting as a bridge between business and design. Presentation & defense - Confidently present, justify, and defend design and product decisions to both internal and external audiences. Must Haves Executive/Managerial experience - Conduct meetings with executive stakeholders (C-level, VPs, Directors, etc), creating and driving presentations that showcase strategic thinking with a clear business impact. Experience - 3+ years in Executive roles such as Director/Head/VP of Product Strategy, and/or 5+ years of Manager roles in Product Management and UX Design, or Product Strategy and UX Design roles. Expertise in Product Strategy - Ability to define, refine, and validate product concepts with clients. Strong UX Background - Hands-on experience in wireframing, prototyping, and user research. Consultative Mindset - Experience working with clients, facilitating workshops, and shaping product visions. Business Acumen - Understanding of market trends, competitive analysis, and product-market fit. Excellent Communication - Comfortable leading client discussions, presenting ideas, and influencing stakeholders. English - Upper-Intermediate level. The Benefits of Joining Us Professional growth - Accelerate your professional journey with mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps. Competitive compensation - We match your ever-growing skills, talent, and contributions with competitive USD-based compensation and budgets for education, fitness, and team activities. A selection of exciting projects - Join projects with modern solutions development and top-tier clients that include Fortune 500 enterprises and leading product brands. Flextime - Tailor your schedule for an optimal work-life balance, with options of working from home and going to the office – whatever makes you happiest and most productive. To proceed, please check your email and complete your registration on our Applicant Site. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Product Management Industries IT Services and IT Consulting #J-18808-Ljbffr



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