Vice President, Product and Design

Versant•Englewood Cliffs, NJ

57d•$310,000 - $340,000

About The Position

VERSANT is seeking a highly motivated and experienced product leader to help build the future of CNBC’s digital products and drive digital growth. The role will develop products for CNBC’s large, affluent audience, including content and tools that may support a paid subscription offering. The Vice President will help craft product strategy with the Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO) and other executives and stakeholders, and lead a team of product managers and designers in close partnership with the VP of Technology and VP of Project Management. The position is suited to a leader with experience in retail investing, fintech, consumer products, or media, who understands customer needs and can coach teams to make sound product decisions. Experience building AI features and using AI to improve product practices is highly desired.

Requirements

7–10 years of product management experience, including at least 5 years leading a product and design team.
Demonstrated ability to drive product management, product planning, and roadmaps, including launching new products.
Understanding of web, mobile app, and OTT products in retail investing, fintech, or consumer (B2C) products and/or media and publishing.
Strong product judgment and product taste, with proven ability to hire and coach for those qualities.
Deep understanding of the retail investor space, including its tools and competitors.
Strong understanding of building features using AI, including chatbots and LLM prompting for summarization or insights.
Knowledge of building personalized experiences, including content recommendations and personalized alerts.
Unrestricted work authorization in the United States.
Submit a resume/CV through careers.versantmedia.com to be considered.

Nice To Haves

Ability to work with senior executives and advise them on complex product problems using user insights and thoughtful roadmap prioritization.
Proven ability to manage a multidisciplinary team, hire effectively, and build a high-performing team.
Strong experience advocating for customers through research, user insights, and user testing.
Experience in a subscription business, fintech, or retail investing; media experience is an added bonus.
Strong communication skills and ability to present to senior executives.
Ability to run a cohesive, collaborative team and build successful relationships across business areas.
Bachelor’s degree desired; MBA is a plus.
Experience building AI features and using AI to improve product practices.

Responsibilities

Work with the CPTO and executive stakeholders to craft product strategy for CNBC’s digital products.
Use business and product strategy to develop feature ideas, test them with consumers, and validate them using existing data and insights.
Create an ambitious feature roadmap and communicate it transparently to stakeholders.
Hire, motivate, and performance-manage a team of product managers and product designers.
Coordinate the roadmap with the technology team, balancing feature development with new capabilities, technical debt reduction, and bug fixes.
Ensure product and design work is rooted in customer insights.
Encourage creative problem-solving and consideration of alternative approaches to customer pain points.
Ensure design and UX work meets high standards and balances customer understanding, taste-making, and what is possible.
Transform product-team workflows by incorporating AI to reduce grunt work and accelerate requirements and specification writing.