A Director of Product Management is responsible for a businesss product planning and execution all through the lifecycle of the business.
This is inclusive of gathering and prioritizing requirements for the product, defining the vision for the product, and collaborating with other directors from the engineering, marketing, sales, and operations departments in order to ensure that the financial and consumer satisfaction goals are met.
In addition to this, the Director of Product Development also ensures that that the company's overall strategy and goals are supported by those of the product; that the product goals and strategy do not deviate from that of the business.
Communication Skills:The Director of Product Development will also possess excellent communication skills. These are necessary because the position is one of a cross-functional nature that demands constant interactions and deliberations with other departmental directors. In addition to this, the Director of Product Management will constantly make presentations to the Chief Product officer and stakeholders as well as representing the business and the product in external functions. All these roles require that the individual occupying the position; have superior communication skills both in verbal and in written form.
Analytical Skills:As mentioned in the functions, the Director of Product Management is responsible evaluation and authorization of proposed solutions and strategies from junior managers. As such, candidates will need to have a superior ability to synthesize diverse and complex information and data and design refined strategies, solutions, workflows, and procedures that are presentable to the Chief Product Officer and stakeholders.
People Skills:Due to the high level of interactions that is demanded by this position, candidates must have excellent people skills and not just leadership skills. People skills enable the creation of long-lasting working relationships with consumers and well as facilitation of smooth collaboration and performance of functions internally.
