VP, Product Management

LaunchDarkly is the runtime control plane for the AI software development lifecycle (AI-SDLC). The company is hiring a leader of Product Management who reports to the Chief Product Officer and owns the product management organization end to end, including people, operating system, roadmap commitments, and commercial outcomes across every product pillar. The role sits at the technology leadership table as the Product Management peer to the heads of Engineering and Product Design. It is described as a hands-on operating role for a product leader who builds the machine, makes tradeoffs, and finishes the work.

Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional product leadership as the product counterpart to Engineering, Product Design, Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, and Finance; Build and lead the product management organization, including organization design, resource allocation, talent bar, succession plans, and clear ownership for every product surface; Own the product operating system, including quarterly commitments, leadership reviews, squad-level inspection, launch briefs, new product introduction (NPI), and the product-to-field handoff; Drive roadmap delivery across every product pillar (Enterprise, Foundation, Observability, Experimentation, Agent Control, Automation, and the platform beneath them); Create portfolio discipline without slowing the company down, with new bets entering through explicit decisions and marketing dates treated as commitments; Drive finishing so that products, launches, and processes are iterated on, amplified by the field, and create leverage for the team; Own packaging execution and commercial outcomes, including how pricing and packaging land in the product and in the field; Stay close to customers and the field, translating insight into product decisions; Use AI to increase product and engineering leverage while maintaining quality and judgment

Requirements

Minimum of 15+ years of experience in Product Management, including 7+ years leading Product Managers and product leaders across a multi-product B2B platform; Experience leading Product Management at the VP, SVP, or equivalent level across a multi-product B2B platform; Experience leading a product management organization of 20 or more product managers at a company with approximately $100M to $500M in revenue; A track record of building and developing a product organization, rather than simply inheriting one; Demonstrated ability to turn company strategy into a reliable operating system that delivers roadmap commitments and measurable business outcomes; Experience working with a founder or visionary executive and converting a high volume of ideas into a sequenced, resourced portfolio; Experience building products for engineering organizations and selling to CTOs, platform leaders, and data science teams; Strong commercial fluency, including experience owning or materially influencing pricing, packaging, attach, expansion, and go-to-market execution; Experience balancing enterprise and self-serve motions, including an understanding of what drives a large enterprise expansion and what creates value for a developer on a free plan; Practical experience using AI agents in your own work and applying AI-native approaches to product management or software development, with clear opinions about how AI changes product management supported by things you have shipped; Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity, make decisions with incomplete information, and improve delivery speed without compromising product quality

Benefits

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs); Health, vision, and dental insurance; Mental health benefits; All pay zones inclusive of 25% bonus target