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Remote Product Management Director jobs

16 open positions in the United States, newest first.

Directors of product management lead a team of product managers and own the strategy for a product line or major product area. They are responsible for what that area invests in over the coming years, for the quality of the product managers who report to them, and for alignment with engineering, design and commercial leaders.

About the Product Management Director role

What the work looks like

  • Set the vision and multi-quarter roadmap for a product area and defend its priorities to executives.
  • Hire, coach and evaluate product managers and assign them to the right problems.
  • Review product specs and launch plans from the team and decide when work is ready to ship.
  • Negotiate headcount, scope and sequencing of work with the directors of engineering and design.
  • Report on adoption, revenue and retention for the product line and adjust investment accordingly.

What employers ask for

  • Extensive product management experience
  • People management of product managers
  • Product strategy and portfolio prioritization
  • Business case, pricing and revenue analysis
  • Executive communication and stakeholder alignment
  • Deep knowledge of the product's market

Doing this job remotely

The job consists largely of meetings, reviews and written strategy, which can be done remotely but leaves little unscheduled time. Leading a distributed team requires deliberate one-on-ones and clear written decisions. Many companies ask directors to travel periodically for planning sessions, executive reviews and customer visits.

Where it comes from and where it leads

Directors have usually been senior or group product managers who took on a team. Above this level sit vice president of product and chief product officer roles, and some move to general management of a business unit.