Director of Product Management [HT-1037707]

VisionSpark•Owensboro, KY

1d•$130,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Asmark Institute is seeking a Director of Product Management who is a curious, steady, business-minded product leader capable of turning complexity into clear next steps. The ideal candidate is accountable, steady, curious, discerning, a tough but fair coach, business-minded, and clear and collaborative. This role will help Asmark build stronger products and stronger product owners by bringing clarity, accountability, and good judgment to complex work, shaping how ideas become priorities, how teams work together, and how Asmark continues creating value for its clients. The role brings structure, clarity, and accountability to how Asmark turns ideas, customer needs, and business priorities into executable product work.

Requirements

Departmental leadership experience in a product, software, technology, or cross-functional delivery function, with ownership of priorities, team performance, and measurable results
Direct people leadership experience, including coaching, accountability, performance standards, and quality of work
Experience managing software, platform, or technology-enabled product work from idea through release, with responsibility for successful delivery across stakeholders
Experience building operating discipline through clearer process, documentation, tools, accountability, or operating rhythms
Strong product and business judgment, with experience prioritizing work based on customer value, operational impact, efficiency, revenue, ROI, or other measurable outcomes

Nice To Haves

Experience working with LMS or compliance-driven platforms
Experience in a regulated or operationally complex environment
Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar
Experience leveraging AI tools to improve workflows and documentation
Experience in AgTech, agricultural retail, safety, risk management, compliance, training, or related industries
Familiarity with EOS or similar operating systems
Strong understanding of product metrics, KPIs, and business case development

Responsibilities

Build and lead a strong product function with clear standards, ownership, and accountability across Product Owners
Ensure product work is ready before it reaches Engineering, including discovery, requirements, priorities, acceptance criteria, and readiness
Own the product roadmap and operating rhythm so priorities reflect business goals, customer needs, team capacity, and long-term product direction
Create backlog discipline that keeps the team focused on the right work, in the right order, with clear priorities and dependencies
Strengthen the handoff between Product, Engineering, UX/UI, and business teams so product work moves forward with clarity and alignment
Bring stakeholder input into the product process early so customer needs, business priorities, and technical realities are understood before decisions are made
Build practical product rhythms that make progress, capacity, blockers, priorities, and decisions visible to leadership
Lead and develop Product Owners into strong product thinkers, communicators, and problem solvers
Use clear measures of product success to connect customer value, adoption, retention, revenue growth, and team efficiency
Lead clear communication around product updates, release plans, tradeoffs, and decisions across the organization
Identify process gaps, capacity issues, and execution risks early, then create practical solutions that keep product work moving
Use tools, data, and emerging technology to improve product workflows, documentation, and team effectiveness