Product Director with International experience

Product Director

The Product Director leads the Product Management, Development and Operation teams with a focus on enhancing the definition and growth of the product in its market. The Product Director is the primary driver of the group’s vision; overseeing the development, management and delivery of the product’s roadmap based on the adopted strategies and vision.
As you may have predicted, the role of the Product Director is inherently cross-functional. This position requires a person that can manage Development, Product management and Operations and closely work with the engineering, design, marketing, sales, and other departments.
The role of Product Director demands that the individual in its occupation be a highly analytical individual who is able to work quite effectively in a international environment. The position also requires that the occupier be adept at synthesizing various technologies and capabilities into the business’s products in such a way that the consumers will love.
Objectives and Responsibilities of the Head of Product Management
Supervisory Role: The Product Director oversees the roles of Managers in Product development, Product management and Operations. The Product Director constantly ensures that the functions are properly and effectively executed.
Innovation: The Product Director is also tasked with overseeing the innovation and improvement of the business’s product as well as the day-to-day product activities in such a way that ensures that the product is constantly growing to suit the consumers’ needs.
Collaboration: As mentioned, the position of Product Director is of cross-functional nature and this implies a high level of collaboration with different departments and different levels.
Required Qualifications of the Head of Product Management
Education: A suitable candidate will have a master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science.
Experience: The candidate must have 10-12 years of experience in Product management of software, Product development of software and Operations in an international environment. Preferably, this experience will be inclusive of at least 5 years experience in the field of Economics.
Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills are a must for this position. The position is a supervisory position and communication must be effective down the line in order to ensure the proper execution of the roles/functions in all positions.
Leadership/People Skills: As the Product Director, you will demonstrate strong leadership skills with an ability to move his peers as well as his juniors and have them follow a common vision. Great leadership should further be coupled with excellent people skills. People skills are what will make people want to follow him and readily and happily apply his directives.
Analytical Skills: The Product Director should also demonstrate a high level of analytical and quantitative skills. He should possess the ability to use information/data and various metrics to develop an informed and factual business case. The Product Director also must have strong financial analytical capabilities that are used to further develop informed product strategies, which subsequently improves product and operational performance.