Director of Product Management

Rational Dynamics

About The Position

As Head of Product / Director of Product Management, you will own the full product lifecycle for Rational Dynamics’ AI products, from customer discovery and rapid prototyping through launch, iteration, and scale. Reporting to the VP of Engineering, you will help define how enterprises use AI to transform high-cognitive-complexity workflows, starting with financial services. This is a senior leadership role, but not a purely managerial one. You will be expected to operate as a hands-on builder: rapidly turning customer problems into working prototypes, pressure-testing ideas with modern AI-native tools, and partnering deeply with engineering and research to convert bespoke solutions into repeatable products. You will lead a team of product leaders, raise the quality of product thinking across the company, and ensure we are building products that create differentiated insight and measurable customer value.

Requirements

Significant product management leadership experience, including experience owning products from concept to launch in enterprise software, AI, data, or other highly technical environments
Demonstrated experience managing and developing teams of product leaders, not only individual contributors
Proven track record of full-stack product ownership: discovery, prototyping, requirements, launch, customer iteration, and roadmap management
Demonstrated ability to personally prototype products and workflows using modern AI-native tools; this role requires a builder who can move from idea to working artifact quickly
Strong technical fluency and product judgment in AI-enabled systems, including LLM-powered applications, workflow tooling, data products, APIs, or adjacent platform technologies
Highly flexible and effective in fast-changing environments where the product, customer, and approach may evolve rapidly
Clear and collaborative communicator who can align executives, engineers, researchers, and customers around decisions and tradeoffs
Hands-on desire and ability; you are willing to build, test, and refine ideas yourself rather than delegate all early product exploration
Capable of developing and communicating insight; you can synthesize customer input, technical possibilities, and market signals into clear product direction
Relentless curiosity, learning, and improvement; you actively adopt new tools, methods, and technologies to increase product velocity and quality

Nice To Haves

Experience building AI products in financial services or other high-consequence domains
Experience taking products from 0 to 1 and then evolving them into repeatable, scalable offerings
Strong design and workflow intuition, especially for products that simplify complex expert work
Experience partnering closely with engineering and research organizations in technically demanding environments
Experience leading product in an early-stage or high-growth startup
Advanced degree in computer science, engineering, business, design, HCI, economics, or a related field
Graduate degree preferred

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end product lifecycle across discovery, strategy, prototyping, specification, launch, and iteration
Work directly with customers and internal stakeholders to identify high-value workflow problems and translate them into product direction
Personally build rapid prototypes, demos, and workflow experiments using modern AI tools such as Lovable, Replit, and similar platforms to accelerate learning and decision-making
Turn ambiguous customer needs and emerging technical capabilities into clear product strategy, priorities, and execution plans
Lead and develop a team of product leaders and product managers; set a high bar for judgment, communication, and ownership
Partner closely with Engineering, Research, and Forward Deployed teams to transform customer-specific solutions into scalable platform capabilities
Drive product prioritization with strong judgment around tradeoffs, sequencing, and business impact rather than process for process’s sake
Establish tight feedback loops with customers, usage data, and internal teams so the roadmap evolves quickly as the market changes
Ensure product decisions are grounded in deep understanding of user workflows, technical constraints, and long-term strategic advantage
Help shape Rational Dynamics’ product culture around speed, insight, clarity, and hands-on execution
Develop metrics to manage and guide team execution, customer success, and product quality