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Sr. Director, Product Management (Platform)

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Since launching in 2010, WP Engine has become the world’s leading WordPress Digital Experience Platform (DXP), now with over 185,000 customers in 150 countries. We’re proud of the technology and service we offer our customers that move their businesses forward faster. At WP Engine, we strive to do the best work of our careers and feel empowered to do what is right for our customers. We love investing in employee success and uncovering opportunities for you, the best, to get better. 99 percent of employees believe you’re made to feel welcome at WP Engine. Be you. Be here.

What's cool about this job:

A key member of the WP Engine’s leadership team, the Senior Direct of Product for Platform will play a major role in upleveling our foundational platform and product organization. The Senior Director of Product will report to our “Power and Manage” VP of Product, and will be responsible for leading the product vision, strategy, and roadmap execution for the critical and underpinning product area of WP Engine - the core Platform on which WP Engine customers, and internal products team, build.

Responsible for the “PaaS” product area, this role will create the internal and external customer product and own all capabilities and features included in the infrastructure (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure cloud providers, edge technologies, telemetry, performance data), along with proprietary and open source software required to power WP Engine’s Managed WordPress offerings. The charter of this role is to ensure the developers and site owners achieve industry-leading site performance, security, reliability, and scalability.

The key goal for this role will be to increase market share and NPS of WP Engine's managed WordPress offerings, bringing unique differentiation through IaaS technologies.

The Senior Director of Product will work cross-functionally with Engineering, Marketing, and Sales in order to develop WP Engine’s product discovery and long-term roadmap, while being a critical part of how WP Engine continues to revolutionize customer value through Platform product enhancements. This role is both highly strategic and hands-on, and would be a great fit for someone who is ambitious, structured, data-driven, performance oriented, with a passion for the craft of product management.

The Day to Day:

Develop a comprehensive platform and product strategy leveraging the best-of-breed cloud infrastructure providers such as GCP, AWS, and Azure.
Lead product discovery and execution activities, taking a strategic and data driven approach to creating a long-term plan that delights customers and accomplishes important business goals
Work closely with customers, prospects, and partners to understand their needs, advocate for their perspectives and led innovation on how our platform can be leveraged and adapted to meet those needs
Own the whole product; lead and engage in rich discussions around pricing, product positioning and go-to-market strategy
Lead the breakdown of strategies and business objectives into small rapidly deliverable value and/or experiments
Deliver product outcomes on regular short cycles, while aligning rolling 4-12 week product plans with longer term product vision and strategy
Act as a product evangelist through thought leadership, speaking, and engagement with industry communities
Work cross-functionally with internal partners to create clarity, collaboration, alignment and force behind our objectives and product plan
Recruit, coach and retain top product management talent
Partner with Engineering and GTM in terms of migration approaches and investment priorities between new customer features and technology improvements
Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and empathy for the customer
Model a growth mindset and curiosity for the organization by giving and receiving feedback effectively
Advocate for and represent the product organization at the executive level, communicate across functions and leaders at WP Engine to identify core opportunities for growth

Your Expertise and Passion:

10+ years of product management experience, ideally in PaaS or B2B SaaS. (Developer experience and 100k+ users is nice to have)
7+ years of leadership and people management experience with defined strategies and approaches
Building and scaling efficient platforms with industry-leading cloud providers, while avoiding vendor lock-in
You are adaptable, analytical, positive, people-smart, and ambitious, seamlessly partnering and delivering value to all internal and external stakeholders
Experience building and leading high performance product teams that partner well with engineering, marketing, sales and customer success
Track record of career velocity and multiple management roles showing increasing depth and scope of responsibilities and product management capabilities
Demonstrated track record of passion and success for innovating on behalf of customers.
World-class problem-solver with a proven track record of growing, developing and hiring for excellent product management teams
Strong verbal and written communication skills. You love helping other people understand not just the outputs and insights, but the background behind all decisions made
Proven ability to use qualitative research, quantitative analysis, to make difficult prioritization and tradeoff decisions
Experience prioritizing and balancing product plans based on customer insights, business impact and technology evolution
Ability to influence and align with executives and other major stakeholders on product priorities while also remaining hands-on
Track record of hitting product based metrics and revenue based metrics
Ability to implement and drive a robust process that complement the company and team through various levels of scale

The Perks and Benefits:

Company Stock Options (Every employee is an owner in the company)
Great Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance)
Fertility Benefits (IVF/Fertility drug coverage)
HSA Company contribution $500 for employee / $1000 for family
401(k) with a 4% match
Disability Insurance
Paid Family and Caregiver’s Leave
Employee Assistance Program
Generous Vacation Time (Who doesn’t like time off)
One-time $500 payment to set up your home office
4 Company Wellness Days a year
1 floating holiday
$100 monthly wellness allowance to spend on what you want
Access to free on-demand fitness classes
Free subscription to Calm
Pet Insurance
On-going education through LinkedIn Learning, Workday Learning and our Career Growth Portal

At WP Engine, we strive to have the broadest possible view of diversity, going beyond visible differences to include the background, experiences, skills, and perspectives that make each person unique. WP Engine is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Base Salary Range

$204,000.00 - $306,000.00

We believe that compensation should be reflective of the impact you have within the organization relative to the market value of your role. The estimated base salary range for this position is as listed above. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay. Our salary ranges are determined by job role and responsibilities and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for salaries for the position nationwide. The actual base pay will vary based on various factors including job-related skills and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. Your talent acquisition partner can share more about the total rewards package at WP Engine including any additional total rewards components such as equity, variable pay plans (if applicable), and benefits during the hiring process.