Director, Platform and Emerging Capabilities

FoodChain ID Group, Inc

102d•Remote

About The Position

The Platform Product Manager is responsible for defining and driving the strategy, roadmap, and adoption of shared product capabilities that span multiple FoodChain ID solutions, including reusable agentic services, third-party integrations, and automation components. This role ensures cross-product consistency, improved leverage, technical feasibility, and commercial alignment while partnering closely with internal teams and external partners to deliver major features or additional modules that generate user value and business impact. This role also includes responsibility for competitive analysis, go-to-market alignment, and gathering market intelligence that feeds directly into roadmap priorities. This position is not responsible for day-to-day delivery or detailed backlog ownership; instead, it sets the vision and guides execution through collaboration with dedicated product owners, engineering, commercial teams, and functional stakeholders.

Requirements

Proven experience owning strategy and roadmaps for platform-level or shared product capabilities across multiple solutions.
Conversational understanding of AI and automation use cases, with the ability to define product applications and partner with SME and engineering teams on feasibility.
Relevant experience with SaaS go-to-market (GTM) planning, pricing, and lifecycle management.
Experience defining and tracking product KPIs such as delivery timelines, adoption rates, and revenue contribution from commercial features.
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives with stakeholders across engineering, security, marketing, and commercial functions.
Strong knowledge of APIs, data pipelines, and third-party integration models.
Excellent communication skills with ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Familiarity with data governance, regulatory, or security compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001) in a product context.

Nice To Haves

Background in food and beverage, supply chain, or process manufacturing preferred.

Responsibilities

Conduct competitor and market analysis to identify opportunities and inform strategic direction.
Own the high-level and mid-level roadmap for cross-product platform features that would be used across R&S, F4PLM, and F4PLM Labeling and other FCID products
Run the Product Steering Committee and owns the representation of the DS roadmap externally and internally
Define and prioritize initiatives based on customer needs, market trends, internal dependencies, and business impact.
Ensure alignment across solution domains while coordinating timelines and expectations with vertical product managers.
In coordination with other Product stakeholders, shape and prioritize reusable AI services, automation tools, and integration frameworks designed for use across multiple products.
Provide clear inputs to product owners responsible for day-to-day delivery, backlog prioritization, and user stories.
Ensure technical feasibility, consistency, and compliance in collaboration with engineering, architecture, and security teams.
Partner with relevant teams to plan and evaluate pilots, early adoption programs, and phased rollouts of new features.
Partner with marketing and sales to shape go-to-market strategy, track competitive differentiation, and gather market insights.
Collaborate with customers to gather feedback, validate needs, and demonstrate new platform capabilities.
Support sales and commercial teams in positioning platform capabilities during commercial cycles.
Coordinate with product marketing to align messaging and support launch planning for shared capabilities.
Represent the company at trade events and industry forums as needed.
Collaborate with engineering, security, and IT stakeholders to ensure data privacy, governance, and security compliance requirements.
Partner with product marketing, pricing analysts, and sales enablement to define strategy while retaining product ownership over pricing and messaging inputs.
Lead early phases of SDLC across teams to ensure shared understanding of requirements and intended outcomes.