Senior Product Strategist

Golden Section Technology•Houston, TX

6d•Remote

About The Position

Whale Song is a digital product studio backed by Golden Section, serving mid-market, enterprise, and government clients with custom software development, AI-enabled solutions, and product strategy services. We build right the first time, which means strategy before execution, clarity before build, and measurable outcomes before feature output. We're looking for a Senior Product Strategist who brings genuine senior-level product thinking and the presence to deploy it in a client-facing consulting environment. This is not a pure internal PM role. Depending on the engagement, you'll move fluidly between setting product strategy and owning hands-on product management execution — leading discovery, scoping, requirements strategy, delivery oversight, and stakeholder alignment across multiple client engagements simultaneously. The right person has led products, not just managed them. You understand the difference between writing user stories and driving outcomes. You can walk into a room with a VP of Engineering or a CMO and credibly lead a strategy conversation. And you know how to bring structure and clarity to ambiguous, complex product problems, and then stay in the work long enough to see it through.

Requirements

7+ years in product management, product strategy, or business analysis — with meaningful time spent in a client-facing, consulting, or agency delivery environment.
Demonstrated track record leading product work across B2B SaaS, custom software, or enterprise application development.
Comfortable moving between strategic advisory work and hands-on PM execution depending on what the engagement requires.
Experience working with cross-functional remote teams including engineering, UX, and business stakeholders.
Prior exposure to multiple industries preferred — healthcare technology, fintech, real estate tech, or enterprise software are all relevant backgrounds.
Product Strategy and Roadmapping
Requirements and User Story Writing
Client-Facing Delivery
Agile/Hybrid-Agile Methodologies
Business Analysis
Software Scoping & Estimation
UX Collaboration
Stakeholder Management
SaaS & Custom Application Delivery
AI-Enabled Product Operations
Backlog Management
Product QA & Release Coordination

Nice To Haves

You lead with strategy before jumping to solutions — you ask why before you ask how.
You can hold your own in a room full of executives or engineers, and you know which conversation you're in.
You're comfortable with ambiguity and skilled at bringing structure to it.
You write with precision. Your requirements documents don't leave room for misinterpretation.
You manage your own workload without being managed — you flag issues early, communicate proactively, and follow through.
You take quality personally. Rework is not an acceptable outcome.

Responsibilities

Lead client discovery sessions to define business problems, goals, constraints, and success criteria before a line of code is scoped.
Translate complex, ambiguous client needs into clear product strategy, prioritization frameworks, and phased roadmaps.
Develop and present strategic recommendations to executive stakeholders with confidence and credibility.
Produce development-ready requirement documents, user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications grounded in business outcomes.
Assess technical feasibility and integration requirements in collaboration with engineering leads.
Own scoping calls end-to-end: structure the conversation, identify risks, and produce the deliverable.
Step into hands-on Product Management ownership when engagements require it; managing backlogs, facilitating sprints, and driving delivery accountability.
Serve as the product authority during active delivery; guiding sprint execution, scope management, and release coordination.
Identify and escalate scope creep, delivery risks, and client expectation gaps before they become problems.
Act as a trusted advisor to client stakeholders, building credibility through consistent delivery and strategic thinking.
Maintain proactive communication across multiple concurrent client engagements.
Represent Whale Song professionally in all client interactions — written, verbal, and in person.
Support pre-sales solutioning and proposal development for new engagements.
Contribute to methodology refinement as Whale Song's product practice continues to mature.
Mentor and support junior team members on requirements quality and product thinking.