Vice President, Product Management

Vista Equity Partners Management

1d•$350,000 - $375,000

About The Position

Vista Equity Partners is seeking a Vice President of Product Management to join the Product & Technology (P&T) Value Creation team. This role is designed for a seasoned product executive - ideally a former or sitting Chief Product Officer - who has built, scaled, and shipped commercial software in complex enterprise or technology environments. This leader will work across Vista’s portfolio to elevate product strategy, operating rigor, and execution maturity. The VP will partner closely with portfolio company executives (CEOs, CPOs, CTOs, CROs), Vista deal teams, and internal functional leaders to drive durable product-led value creation. This is not a portfolio “advisor” role. It is an operator’s role, focused on setting standards, driving change, and holding teams accountable to outcomes.

Requirements

15+ years of product leadership experience, with a significant portion at the executive level.
Former or current Chief Product Officer (or equivalent senior product leadership role) at a technology or large enterprise software company.
Demonstrated track record of building and shipping commercial software at scale. Not PRDs that became shelfware - actual software that customers paid for and renewed.
Deep experience leading multi-level product organizations, including managers of managers.
Proven success operating in matrixed environments with strong cross-functional dependencies.
Strong commercial orientation - understands how product decisions translate into revenue, margin, and enterprise value.
Exceptional judgment, executive presence, and ability to influence without direct authority.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with private equity–backed businesses is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Partner with portfolio company leadership to define and refine product vision, strategy, and roadmaps aligned to Vista’s investment thesis and value creation plans.
Drive adoption of best-in-class product management practices across portfolio companies, with a strong emphasis on commercial outcomes (ARR growth, retention, expansion, pricing leverage).
Assess product-market fit, portfolio rationalization, platform strategy, and build/buy/partner decisions.
Translate market, customer, and competitive insights into actionable product priorities.
Establish and scale product operating models that emphasize accountability, speed, and measurable impact.
Drive consistency in product discovery, roadmap planning, delivery, and lifecycle management across portfolio companies.
Introduce and reinforce metrics-driven product management (e.g., OKRs, North Star metrics, outcome-based roadmaps).
Ensure tight integration between Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success in highly matrixed environments.
Coach, mentor, and develop CPOs, VPs of Product, and senior product leaders across the portfolio.
Assess product leadership talent; support hiring, succession planning, and organizational design.
Act as a trusted thought partner and “force multiplier” for portfolio product leaders navigating scale, transformation, or turnaround scenarios.
Leverage modern AI-powered product tools and workflows (e.g., Figma, Lovable, and emerging AI-assisted discovery, design, and delivery platforms) to improve product velocity and quality. We're watching the PM function get fundamentally reimagined in real-time. You should have strong takes on what's hype versus what's actually compressing cycle times - whether that's AI-assisted discovery, design-to-code workflows, or automated insight generation.
Guide portfolio companies in responsibly integrating AI into product development processes and, where applicable, into customer-facing product capabilities.
Help modernize the PM function through automation, enhanced customer insight, and faster experimentation.
Operate effectively in complex, matrixed environments with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
Serve as a senior representative of the P&T function with Vista deal teams, investment professionals, and portfolio company boards when appropriate.
Provide clear, fact-based perspectives - grounded in experience - on product risks, opportunities, and trade-offs. You should be comfortable telling a CEO their roadmap is underwater and have the credibility to help them fix it.