Director of Product Management

Mixpanel•New York City, NY

About The Position

As Director of Product Management for Core Product, you will lead a mid-sized team of Product Managers responsible for Mixpanel’s key revenue-driving product areas. You will own strategy for the group while developing the people and practices that help the team do its best work. In close partnership with product leadership, you will set direction, raise the bar on product craft, and create leverage across the organization. Mixpanel’s Product Managers help customers make informed product decisions by finding useful answers in product data. The team works with high ownership and trust, uses Mixpanel internally to test product ideas, and focuses on making product insights accessible to builders without a statistics background. This position is eligible for equity, medical, vision, and dental insurance, as well as other benefits. The listed total target cash compensation range is $298,500–$373,000 USD across US locations. Compensation includes base and variable pay; individual compensation depends on experience, skills, qualifications, and other factors.

Requirements

At least 7 years of product management experience.
Experience managing a team of Product Managers and serving as a player-coach.
Track record of developing, articulating, and executing product strategies that achieved measurable business outcomes.
Experience coaching Product Managers and building strong product practices and rituals.
Deep experience conducting user research and working with customers to test product hypotheses.
Ability to synthesize quantitative and qualitative signals to clarify what to build.
Experience influencing senior stakeholders and aligning cross-functional teams.
Experience using AI tools in product management workflows, such as competitive research or prototyping.

Nice To Haves

Experience using Mixpanel as an end customer.
Experience in B2B SaaS, analytics, or data products.
Experience writing production-grade software.
Experience designing products using tools such as Figma, Sketch, or Abstract.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Product Managers through coaching, feedback, and career development.
Set product strategy and direction for the group using customer conversations, market insight, and Mixpanel’s product data.
Raise product craft across the team, including written communication, prioritization, experimentation, and storytelling.
Prioritize potential investments by balancing customer impact, business value, and team capacity.
Define and track metrics to evaluate product outcomes and course-correct when needed.
Align engineering, design, sales, marketing, and support around a shared roadmap and priorities.
Communicate the team’s work to internal and external audiences, emphasizing customer problems and stories that make product value tangible.
Monitor the market and competitive landscape to inform Mixpanel’s investment decisions.
Partner with product leadership to shape the product function, its responsibilities, its collaboration with other teams, and its future scale.
Help hire and build a high-performing product team.