Director, Product Management

We are Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS) - the trusted provider of software that enables our customers to develop, deploy and manage responsible, AI-powered applications and experiences with agility and ease.

We’re proud to have a diverse, global team where we value the individual and enrich our culture by considering varied perspectives because we believe people power progress. Join us as a Director, Product Management and help us do what we do best: propelling business forward.  

The Director of Product Management owns the end-to-end product strategy, execution, and outcomes for the Sitefinity Content Management System (CMS) product line, with broader exposure to Digital Platforms, Digital Journeys, and Customer Experience ecosystems. 

This role operates at the intersection of strategy, execution, and influence - balancing people leadership with hands-on product ownership. The Director acts as both a product leader of leaders and a senior individual contributor, capable of stepping deep into discovery, roadmap shaping, and complex decision-making when needed. 

The role requires exceptional cross-functional collaboration, strong organizational influence, and the ability to align diverse stakeholders across Engineering, Design, Sales, Marketing, Customer Experience, and Executive Leadership around a shared product vision and measurable business outcomes. 

In this role, you will:

Product Strategy & Vision 

• Own and articulate a clear, compelling product vision and outcome‑driven product strategy, ensuring that product investments are continuously validated against measurable customer and business impact and align with company-level objectives and digital platform direction. 
• Drive an AI-First product culture by actively probing emerging technologies, experimenting with new product ideas, and identifying white-space opportunities.  
• Stay ahead of market and competitive shifts by continuously scanning the landscape, validating trends through rapid iteration, and fostering a mindset of exploration, agility, and responsible AI integration. 
• Translate customer needs, market trends, and business goals into prioritized roadmaps that balance innovation, scalability, and revenue growth. 
• Define and evolve the product’s role within the broader digital journey and experience ecosystem, ensuring seamless integration with adjacent platforms and services. 
• Establish and monitor success metrics (business, customer, and product health KPIs) and use data to guide strategic decisions. 

Product Execution & Delivery 

• Oversee end-to-end product lifecycle management - from discovery and validation through delivery, launch, adoption and iteration. 
• Partner closely with Engineering and Design leadership to ensure high-quality, scalable, and user-centric solutions. 
• Drive disciplined prioritization and trade-off decisions, balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform sustainability. 
• Act as a hands-on product leader when required leading discovery efforts, shaping PRDs, validating solutions, and unblocking complex product challenges. 

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence 

• Serve as a trusted thought partner to leaders across Engineering, UX, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Support. 
• Align diverse stakeholders around shared goals, even in the presence of competing priorities. 
• Represent Product Management in senior forums, contributing to portfolio-level discussions, investment decisions, and strategic planning. 
• Act as a connector across teams and functions, ensuring clarity, transparency, and shared accountability. 

People Leadership & Talent Development 

• Lead, coach, and develop a highly engaged, motivated, and empowered product team, where people feel ownership, purpose, and pride in their work - and are supported in their career growth. 

• Create an environment of high accountability, psychological safety, and continuous learning. 

• Set clear expectations, provide actionable feedback, and model strong product leadership behaviors. 

• Balance team leadership with individual contribution - stepping in where depth, experience, or leadership presence is required. 

Partner, Stakeholder & Customer Engagement 

• Represent the Sitefinity product portfolio with industry analysts (e.g., Gartner, Forrester, IDC), shaping external product narratives, supporting briefings and inquiries, and influencing market perception through credible, consistent product positioning. 

• Maintain close engagement with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to deeply understand needs, pain points, and opportunities. 

• Act as a product ambassador for Sitefinity - representing the product vision and strategy in customer meetings, industry events, conferences, webinars, and partner forums, and serving as a credible, inspiring voice of the product externally. 

• Partner with Sales and Customer teams on strategic deals, customer escalations, and roadmap alignment. 

• Communicate product strategy and progress with clarity and credibility at all organizational levels, including executive leadership. 

Your background:

• Extensive experience leading Product Management function, with ownership of complex, revenue-generating products in a B2B or platform environment. 

• Deep expertise in product management discipline and frameworks, including problem framing and opportunity assessment, customer discovery and validation, solution experimentation, pricing and packaging, value proposition design, and evidence‑based decision making across the product lifecycle. 
• Proven ability to operate effectively as both as a manager of Product Management teams but also a hands-on ability to deliver as a senior individual contributor, balancing strategic ownership with hands-on product execution.  
• Demonstrated success defining and evolving product vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmaps aligned with business and platform objectives. 
• Domain expertise in Content Management Systems (CMS), with demonstrated experience across Digital Platforms, Digital Journeys, and end-to-end customer experience ecosystems is a plus. 
• Deep experience partnering with Engineering and Design to deliver scalable, high-quality, user-centric solutions. 
• Exceptional cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills, with a strong track record of driving alignment across Product, Engineering, UX, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Experience. 
• Ability to influence outcomes without direct authority, navigating competing priorities and organizational complexity. 
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments, making sound decisions with incomplete or evolving information. 
• Strong executive communication and storytelling skills, able to synthesize complex topics into clear, actionable narratives for senior leadership. 
• Proven people management experience, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development of Product Managers at different levels. 
• Ability to build and sustain high-performing, accountable teams while fostering psychological safety and continuous learning. 
• Strong strategic and systems thinking, with the ability to understand platform dependencies, scalability, and long-term architectural implications. 
• Demonstrated execution excellence, translating strategy into measurable outcomes through disciplined prioritization and delivery. 
• Leadership style characterized by collaboration, accountability, and results orientation, with a consistent focus on customer value and business impact.   

If this sounds like you and fits your experience and career goals, we’d be happy to chat.   

What we offer in return is the opportunity to experience a great company culture with wonderful colleagues to learn from and collaborate with and also to enjoy:    
   
Compensation 

• Generous remuneration package.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan Enrollment. 

Vacation, Family, and Health  

• 30 days paid annual vacation.

• An extra day off for your birthday.

• 2 additional days off for volunteering.

• Premium healthcare and dental care coverage.

• Additional pension insurance.

• Well-equipped gym on-site with CrossFit equipment and a climbing wall.

• Co-funded Multisport card.

• Daycare Center for your little ones onsite.

• Flexible working hours

• Free underground parking with a designated space for bikes, motorbikes and electric scooters.

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