Director, Product Management

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Effective communication skills, Machine learning techniques, Natural Language Processing (NLP), SaaS

Job Description

Babel Street illuminates identity and information for a safer, more productive world. Engineered for mission-critical applications, our proven AI-powered products transform data into knowledge, build a more complete picture around identity, and discover digital evidence. Our advanced data analytics and intelligence platform, combined with a robust text analytics engine, helps teams rapidly transform massive amounts of global, multilingual data into actionable and contextual insights so they can act with confidence. Every day, we work with our customers in highly-regulated, high-stakes industries such as financial services, healthcare, legal and law enforcement, and the global public sector. The actionable insights we deliver safeguard lives and protect critical assets around the world. Learn more at babelstreet.com.

The Director, Product Management works closely with the EVP, Product Management in defining and executing corporate product vision for assigned products. The Director performs strategic assessments of opportunities and threats, defines plans to address them, incorporates them into the product vision and product roadmap, and communicates direction to key stakeholders throughout the company. The Director works closely with the broader Product Management team, engineering, sales and our customers, ensuring that the strategy and roadmap are translated into functional solutions and defining methods for measuring their success. As a senior leader in the Product organization, the Director, Product Management takes on a critical role in shaping our company’s future!

Responsibilities:

• Work with the EVP Product Management to define product vision for assigned products
• Develop strong relationships with our internal and external customers to understand their specific needs and incorporate their requests as possible into the roadmap
• Perform strategic assessments of opportunities and threats, and define plans to capitalize on opportunities and defend against threats
• Work with the EVP and stakeholders to help create and prioritize items on the product roadmap
• Work closely with the Engineering Team to define and sequence roadmap items, ensure dependencies and blockers are accounted for, and participate in unblocking the team
• Work with the EVP and key stakeholders to define methods for measuring success for each product
• Work with all stakeholders to facilitate prioritization of the product roadmap
• Work with internal stakeholders to develop product positioning strategies, value propositions, marketing material, training content, pricing strategies, etc.
• Provide assistance and mentoring to others on the team.
• Work with Marketing to provide updates to enable their work in opening sales pipelines
• Communicate at all levels within the organization where the product is going, and solicit feedback

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in the software industry (NLP or AI/ML experience a plus)
• Proven ability to perform strategic assessments and use findings to define vision and direction
• Extensive experience in all areas of SaaS product development (engineering, product management, interaction with/understanding of multiple stakeholder groups)
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Experience with Agile and SCRUM approach to software development
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to take initiative and build strong, productive relationships

Benefits at Babel Street (just to name a few...)

• Health Benefits: Babel Street covers 90-100% monthly premium costs for Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability insurances – for you and your family!
• Retirement Plans: Babel Street offers both a Traditional and Roth 401(K) with a very competitive match.
• Unlimited Flexible Leave: We trust our employees to manage their own time and balance their personal and work lives. At a minimum, employees need to take a least 15 days per year.
• Holidays: Babel Street provides employees with 12 paid Federal Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement: We are committed to investing in our employees. One way we do that is with our Tuition Reimbursement Program for continuing education.

Babel Street is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Further, Babel Street will not discriminate against applicants for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing their pay or, in certain circumstances, the pay of their co‐worker, Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination. In addition, Babel Street's policy is to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works. Upon request, we will provide you with more information about such accommodations.