Sr. Director of Product - (Event Technology) - Remote

Company: MeetingPlay
Location: Orlando
Posted on: May 15, 2022

Job Description:

External Job Title: Sr. Director of Product
Internal Job Title: Sr. Director of Product
Cohort Level: Director
Department: Operations
Reports to: Chief Product and Innovation Officer
Full Time Location of Role: Remote
Travel: None
Position Type: Full-Time-Exempt

About Our Company:

MeetingPlay + Aventri is an award-winning end-to - end event technology company, focused on creating innovative solutions for in-person, virtual and hybrid events and providing insight to event planners and organizers about the data driven behind their event. With every meeting and event, MeetingPlay + Aventri creates transformative experiences that enable their customers, attendees, and sponsors to make valuable, face-to-face connections. Companies of all sizes entrust MeetingPlay + Aventri to solve all their event challenges from small intimate gatherings to massive events with 1000 attendees. For more information, visit www.meetingplay.com and www.aventri.com.

Position Summary:

MeetingPlay + Aventri is always looking for innovative, self-driven, outgoing people with a mind geared towards business, tech development, and high-end customer care. We're looking to bring on an experienced, organized, and detail-oriented Sr. Director of Product to our growing Development team. This role will lead the forefront upon building and fostering new relationships among channel partners, event specialists, production companies, and the overall corporate meeting space.

Joining the MeetingPlay +Aventri team provides amazing opportunities for growth, success, and networking. The MeetingPlay employees come from many backgrounds and industries: hotels, medical, franchises, technology, hospitality, customer service, marketing, development, design, and more.
Individually we have a multitude of talents, skills, abilities, and experiences. Together we create the MeetingPlay + Aventri team. Join us on the adventure of a lifetime - one that has revolutionized the event technology industry day in and day out - and one that has impacted our own lives, individually and collectively.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

Working closely with all relevant executives to ensure that the product is aligned with the Company's culture, strategy, vision, and sales/business objectives
Overseeing the product organization including product management, and design
Owning the entire product roadmap and execution
Focusing on customer needs to deliver a delightful product experience, working closely with the customer success teams, running focus groups, UX research and directly engaging customers daily
Defining product/feature packaging, alignment with the market segmentation, and product marketing strategy for the go-to-market
Taking full responsibility for a product's constant refinement so that it continues to appeal to loyal customers and attract new ones
Making objective, data-driven decisions by way of consistently defining and analyzing metrics related to product performance and feedback
Orchestrating processes across multiple departments, and coordinating principals (across Product, Marketing, Engineering, and service delivery etc.) to meet key product and marketing objectives
Building, mentoring, and training a highly efficient product management organization
Studying and understanding the market to identify new target segments and markets and evaluate market trends, while considering new approaches to delivering value to customers
Acting as an external spokesperson for the organization, including engineering and marketing led events. Meet with prospective and current customers to assist in sales and relationship building, gain insight into potential product enhancements and add-ons, and to understand customer desires and needs
Communicating effectively at executive meetings about progress on initiatives
Building effective processes and developing metrics to assess the success of products and features
Constant eye towards deprecating product features while building new towards reducing product footprint and creating seamless experiences for customers
Agility driven minimum lovable product iterations towards adoption

Requirements:

Minimum of 12+ years working in product development for a SaaS product/platform; product marketing experience a plus
5+ years of management experience
Extensive experience in B2B or B2C product development and modification to sell to different market segments, as required
Experience with establishing and running focus groups
Experience growing and scaling a team and product offering
Proven experience in product development, analytics, and design
Demonstrated experience in project management and product ownership
Genuine passion for segmenting the user base as per sales statements, to ensure an effective product offering to various market segments
A never-ending drive to make products better, and more relevant, and imparting this motivation onto other Leaders
Industry certifications in product management a plus

Our success is based on the respectful, fair treatment of all employees, candidates, clients, and vendors regardless of differences. We foster a work environment that is diverse and inclusive. We proudly adhere to all anti-discrimination legislation. We do not tolerate any type of discrimination against or harassment of our employees, or any of our affiliates. If you are looking to join a team that values a diverse range of backgrounds, opinions, and skills, we would like to meet with you.

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