Job Description
About The Role
We believe in delivering value to our customers by simplifying their unique problems. To help us achieve this goal, we require a Director of Product who can continuously innovate and adapt to the dynamic requirements of the industry. In this role, you will work cross-functionally to guide products from conception to launch by connecting the technical and business worlds. You will be responsible for breaking down complex problems into steps that drive efficient product development.
About you
You thrive in a small team where you can make a significant impact. You are a risk-taker and ready to prove yourself in a challenging role with the expectation that you will rapidly pick up increased responsibilities. You have an innate drive to be successful, and you bring both the acumen and the grit to achieve your objectives. As a foundational member of an early-stage start-up, you want to take the initiative, tackle new obstacles, and solve problems we have not encountered before. Each problem you solve will leave a mark, shaping the future of our sales strategy. You don’t shy away from even the most challenging issues and are relentless in consistently looking for better solutions. When you know a better way, you voice your opinion.
What You’ll Do
Being the Director of Product, you are expected to lead the entire lifecycle of VComplys’ products. Collaborate and motivate product development team, oversee the entire process of product creation, testing and rolling-out. Efficiently identify the roadblocks an and counter-shoot them to mobilize the product development. Bring Innovation and take initiatives to make VComply the industry leader.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Drive product ideation, testing, recommendations, and execution on the consumer facing website with a focus on growing user engagement
- Partner closely with the executive and engineering teams to develop product strategies for driving exceptional product led growth opportunities for VComply.
- Lead the product team, strategy and prioritize requests according to overall business objectives and create a culture of collaboration
- Conduct market research to understand the competitors, market and customers.
- Prepare, groom and maintain a product roadmap that represents the product’s vision and goals.
- Lead the product function by applying agile principles, resulting in shorter development cycles, fast feedback, and continuous discovery.
- Continuous improvement of policies & procedures
- Communicate optimally with all stakeholders and set realistic expectations around delivery of initiatives
- Hypothesize, experiment, and iterate user experiences, improving learning and accelerating product development
- Product Owner for engineering teams working on the product – daily stand-ups, grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and refinement etc.
- Gather, analyze, and document product requirements with the ability to turn Epics into User Stories with detailed acceptance criteria
- Work with marketing partners to identify areas of opportunity and support them in asset creation
- Analyze data and keep tab of operational metrics such as user acquisition, conversions, and revenue
- Work effectively as part of a geographically distributed team
- Interact with industry experts, partners, internal staff, customers, etc.
- Financial responsibilities for the product portfolio
Basic Qualification
- 7+ years of product/project/program management or related experience, with a minimum of 5+ years of experience in building SaaS products
- Engineering background is a plus
- Demonstrated experience acting as a thought-leader to identify solutions and move them to implementation
- Demonstrated experience effectively communicating to a broad range of stakeholders, up to C-Level Executives
- Have a strong sense of entrepreneurial spirit and ownership of projects
- PMI, PMP, or similar certification/training
- Passionate about solving customer problems with a strong appreciation for customer experience
- Knowledge of the Scrum framework and Agile principles
- Ability to communicate technical or detailed information clearly to non-technical audiences
- Intellectually curious and not just willing, but excited, to dive deeply into a new area of knowledge and quickly develop an expertise
- Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams in a matrix organization
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Why VComply
- Opportunity to have a direct impact on the growth of a fast-growing & dynamic company
- Challenging work environment with End-to-end ownership of your role
- Incredible growth opportunities – we are a meritocracy, and the best will always have room for growth in the company
- Opportunity to work directly with senior leadership
- Accelerated learning environment with a high performing team surrounding you
- Culture that promotes challenging oneself & continuous improvement.
- Perks of Joining VComply include competitive salary, health benefits, sick leave, paid time off, learning and training.
About VComply Technologies
VComply is an agile cloud (software as a service) GRC platform with capabilities to manage GRC in an easy-to-use and intuitive environment that delivers business value, brings a contextual understanding of GRC to enable an organization to reliably achieve objectives while addressing uncertainty and acting with integrity. VComply was founded in 2019 with a focus to deliver a SaaS Cloud GRC solution that is highly configurable and adaptable to a range of industries with a particular focus in the mid-market. Organizations across industry verticals benefit from VComply’s simple and modular approach to GRC that transforms GRC management in an increasingly mobile, social, global, and virtual business environment. VComply is an innovative, intuitive platform that modernizes how people work and interact with GRC processes across the enterprise. It is used to collect, organize, link, report, and analyze GRC data with increased control, collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
Company Highlights
- Well-funded: $8.5M raised through Series A from top-tier investors including Accel & CounterPart Ventures
- Team of 30+ and doubling in 2022
- Headquartered in Palo Alto, with offices in San Jose, Hyderabad, and Kolkata
