Director, Product Management

Ottimate

. Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Ottimate's new-initiatives portfolio, including procurement, budgeting and spend planning, and contract management .

Posted 9/15/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $175,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in product management with a focus on B2B SaaS platforms, including procurement, budgeting, and contract management. Proven ability to lead teams, drive product vision, and utilize data for strategic decision-making.

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Product ManagementB2B SaaS PlatformsDesign and UX LeadershipAnalytical SkillsCustomer Discovery

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Hard Skills

Product StrategyRoadmap DevelopmentMVP DefinitionMetrics DefinitionData Analysis

Soft Skills

LeadershipClear CommunicationMentoring

Tools & Technologies

Design SystemsAI/ML Features

Industry Keywords

ProcurementBudgetingContract ManagementSpend ManagementAccounts Payable

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Ottimate's new-initiatives portfolio, including procurement, budgeting and spend planning, and contract management
Lead customer discovery and market validation for new product categories
Identify problems worth solving, size opportunities, and build business cases for investment
Take new products from concept through launch by defining MVPs, setting success metrics, and iterating based on customer and market feedback
Manage, mentor, and grow a team of product managers and designers
Set clear goals, develop talent, and build a culture of craft and accountability
Lead the Design and UX function, owning design quality, consistency, and evolution of Ottimate's design system
Partner with engineering and data science leadership on prioritization, sequencing, and delivery
Ensure the team ships predictably against committed milestones
Collaborate with sales, marketing, and customer success on positioning, pricing inputs, launch readiness, and early customer adoption
Define and track portfolio-level metrics and use data to make build/kill/pivot decisions
Communicate progress to executive leadership
Represent the voice of the customer in executive planning
Represent the product externally with customers, prospects, and partners

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years in product management, including 3+ years managing product managers, designers, or both
Deep experience with B2B SaaS platforms; fluency in workflow, data, or automation products
Domain experience in one or more of: procurement / procure-to-pay, budgeting and spend management, contract lifecycle management, or sourcing
Track record of taking new products from concept to launch
Comfort with ambiguity, customer discovery, and building the case for investment before the data exists
Demonstrated leadership of design and UX, either through direct management of designers or hands-on partnership with design organizations
Strong analytical instincts; comfortable defining metrics, reading product data, and using it to drive decisions
Experience working with multi-entity, multi-location, or otherwise operationally complex customers
Clear, credible communication with executives, engineers, and customers
Domain knowledge in accounts payable, source-to-pay suites, or finance operations (nice to have)
Experience shipping AI/ML-powered features (nice to have)
Familiarity with design systems and design ops at scale (nice to have)
Exposure to agentic / MCP-based architectures (nice to have)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual bonus
Medical, Dental, Vision and other Company-Subsidized Benefits for you and your family
Employer-sponsored 401(k) with company match
Paid Time Off (and the encouragement to use it)
Annual company retreats
Promote from within philosophy
Agency to solve difficult problems creatively
Freedom to explore work that inspires you
Infrastructure to ensure you're constantly challenged and developing
Diverse and inclusive workforce
People-first leadership approach
Growth opportunities