Job Description

Why PlaxidityX?

• You can be part of a leading technology company, driving innovation at the core of our industry.
• You can help shape the next chapter of a category-defining product from the ground up.
• You can work with cutting-edge, challenging technology across embedded, cloud, and AI-native domains.
• You can make a massive impact, lead our most important product bets, and change how the industry operates.

About the Role

We are seeking a dynamic, visionary, and hands-on Director of Product Management to own the strategic direction of our product portfolio and lead our most critical product initiatives.

In this role, you will start as a player-coach: personally setting the strategy, driving the roadmap, and owning our most strategic product areas. As the function scales, you will build, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of product managers reporting to you.

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who can envision three-year arcs while executing in three-month cycles, translate complex systems into clear business outcomes, and bring an AI-native mindset to everything we build.

Key Responsibilities

• Set the Strategy: Define what we build across embedded, cloud, and platform layers, clearly articulating the what, why, in what order, and for whom.
• Own & Execute: Personally drive PRDs, customer development, prioritization, and GTM partnership on the most strategic product areas until the team scales under you.
• Expand Market Reach: Identify and validate adjacent market opportunities that extend the reach of our platform and enhance the overall customer experience.
• Drive AI Innovation: Act as an AI champion, constantly pushing to apply LLMs, agents, and ML both inside our products and within our development processes.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner closely with Engineering, GTM, and Sales on product positioning, pricing, and strategic partnerships.
• Influence at the Executive Level: Present confidently in executive and board-level conversations with data-driven framing and crisp, clear recommendations.
• Build and Mentor: Hire, coach, and eventually lead a team of senior product managers, ensuring high standards of performance and excellence.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in product management, with at least 3+ years in leadership or managerial roles within B2B technology companies.
• Deep technical fluency and experience shipping products built on complex software systems (embedded, cloud platforms, security, infrastructure, or similar), with the ability to review an architecture diagram and ask the right questions.
• AI-Native Mindset with practical experience shipping AI-powered features, understanding model selection and cost trade-offs, and using AI in your daily work.
• Proven strategic thinking and business acumen, with a track record of translating market dynamics into successful product bets, unit economics, pricing, GTM motion, and board narratives.
• Strong executive presence and the ability to stand in front of a board, a customer's CTO, and a customer's CISO in the same week.
• Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills in English, with the ability to write sharp, high-impact one-pagers that cut through.

Advantages

• Background or experience in cybersecurity, automotive software, embedded systems, fleet platforms, or other regulated industries.
• Experience scaling or building a product organization from the ground up.
• Multi-region experience working with global teams.