Director of Product, Automation

Retool • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

We’re looking for an product leader to help define and grow the next generation of automation at Retool. This role will explore how we extend our platform beyond internal applications into broader workflows and AI-driven automation, shaping how our customers orchestrate processes, integrate systems, and unlock new value. You’ll be responsible for setting direction for a rapidly emerging product area, balancing vision with pragmatism, and navigating a fast-changing market landscape.
You’ll work closely with engineering, design, go-to-market, and executive leadership teams to bring clarity to ambiguous problems, identify the right bets to make, and drive execution from concept to adoption. The scope is intentionally broad as its spanning product strategy, roadmap definition, customer discovery, GTM alignment and building the foundations for scale. We’re seeking someone comfortable operating in open-ended spaces, who can combine curiosity, synthesis, and conviction to shape where we go next.

You’ll be joining the product team at Retool, working alongside engineers, designers, and GTM leaders who are passionate about redefining how software is built and run. The Automation team in particular is charged with extending Retool’s reach beyond internal applications into backend automation and AI agents, helping our customers orchestrate critical processes end-to-end. The team is small but growing quickly, with a mix of people who have built at fast-scaling startups and at-scale tech companies.

Requirements

• Experience defining and shipping products in ambiguous, fast-changing markets, ideally 10+ years of experience
• Strong synthesis skills: you can parse a noisy competitive landscape, distill customer needs, and articulate a crisp strategy
• Execution focus: you know how to balance vision with pragmatism, setting a roadmap that drives meaningful outcomes in 6–12 month windows
• Comfort with deeply technical products and customers; you’re able to collaborate with engineers and speak the language of developers while also influencing non-technical stakeholders
• Curiosity and conviction: you seek input widely but aren’t afraid to take a stand and drive a decision forward
• Collaborative leadership style, with the ability to rally cross-functional teams and inspire confidence at both the tactical and executive level

Responsibilities

• Develop a clear point of view on the automation software market and Retool’s role in it
• Define the product strategy and roadmap for Retool Workflows and Agents, making deliberate tradeoffs about where to play
• Partner with engineering and design to translate ambiguous problems into clear product bets, driving them from concept through adoption
• Work with GTM teams to position Retool’s automation capabilities, craft narratives that resonate with customers, and ensure alignment on launch and adoption goals
• Build strong feedback loops with customers to validate ideas, measure impact, and continuously refine Retool’s automation offering
• Set the foundations for scale: establish the metrics, processes, and team structure needed to grow this product area into a core pillar of Retool’s business

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed