roles

Primary Role:

Manages multiple PMs and owns a product portfolio

Reporting Relations:

Reports to Director/VP

Decision Making Authority:

Roadmap authority across portfolio

Stratigic Planning

Drives portfolio-level planning

Team Management:

Manages 2–5 PMs

Meeting Involvment:

Leadership team contributor

Project Management:

Oversees parallel product tracks

Communication:

Org-wide alignment

Professional Development:

→ Director of Product

Primary Role:

Leads multiple product teams; responsible for execution and people development

Reporting Relations:

Reports to VP/CPO

Decision Making Authority:

Budget + roadmap authority within domain

Stratigic Planning

Owns annual planning for org slice

Team Management:

Manages GPMs/PMs

Meeting Involvment:

Core leadership team member

Project Management:

Oversees delivery across teams

Communication:

Executive reporting responsibility

Professional Development:

→ VP of Product

Primary Role:

Executive accountable for product vision, growth, and long-term differentiation

Reporting Relations:

Reports to CEO; board-facing

Decision Making Authority:

Enterprise-level product authority

Stratigic Planning

Defines company-wide product vision

Team Management:

Leads full product leadership org

Meeting Involvment:

Executive + board leadership

Project Management:

Portfolio and M&A input

Communication:

External thought leadership; investor comms

Professional Development:

→ CEO