Director, Product Management

DIRECTV•El Segundo, CA

35d•Remote

About The Position

The Director, Product Management leads enterprise portfolio governance, prioritization, and delivery execution across a large-scale product and technology organization. This role is responsible for driving strategic alignment, financial stewardship, and operational excellence across a complex capital project portfolio. The Director ensures high-impact initiatives are prioritized, funded, and delivered with transparency, predictability, and measurable business value.

Requirements

5+ years of product management experience.
Deep expertise in product management methodologies, lifecycle management, and roadmap development.
Exceptional leadership and team management capabilities.
Ability to influence and collaborate effectively with senior stakeholders.
Strategic thinking with strong operational execution skills.
Proven ability to drive results with minimal oversight.
Ability to integrate knowledge across multiple disciplines and technical specialties.
Creative problem-solving skills for complex, ambiguous challenges.
Strong analytical capabilities to measure product success and business impact.
Experience with both hardware and software product development.
Wide-ranging professional experience with ability to resolve complex issues creatively.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Adaptability in fast-paced, evolving environments.
Results-oriented mindset with accountability for business outcomes.
Portfolio Governance & Operating Models
Strategic Roadmapping & Prioritization
Financial Planning & Capital Management
Cross-Functional Leadership
Metrics & Performance Management
Executive Communication & Influence

Responsibilities

Portfolio Governance & Strategy Govern the prioritized enterprise backlog, ensuring alignment to strategic objectives and visibility across executive stakeholders.
Lead value-based prioritization to balance business impact, financial targets, and delivery capacity.
Establish and maintain governance frameworks including KPIs, stage gates, and executive review cadences.
Drive strategic roadmap alignment across cross-functional product and technology teams.
Financial & Capital Management Oversee a multi-million-dollar capital project portfolio, ensuring disciplined investment allocation and financial accuracy.
Partner with Finance and Technology leaders to manage development cycles, forecasting, and budget adherence.
Implement controls and reporting mechanisms to ensure fiscal transparency and accountability.
Delivery & Operational Excellence Build and maintain centralized dashboards for prioritization, financial tracking, and performance reporting.
Direct Program Increment (PI) prioritization cycles, making data-driven trade-off decisions to accelerate critical initiatives.
Lead enterprise-wide process optimization initiatives to improve delivery transparency, predictability, and throughput.