Director of Product Management

Cognism

  • London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 3 hours ago
WHO ARE WECognism is the leading provider of European B2B data and sales intelligence. Ambitious businesses of every size use our platform to discover, connect, and engage with qualified decision-makers faster and close more deals. Headquartered in London with global offices, Cognism's contact data and contextual signals are trusted by thousands of revenue teams to eliminate the guesswork from prospecting.OUR WORK MODELHybrid: This is a hybrid role, requiring you to work from our London office 3 days per week, with flexibility to work remotely on other days.YOUR ROLEAs our Director of Product Management, you will lead and scale a high-performing product management team, owning the strategy, roadmap, and execution of our flagship Sales Companion product. Partnering closely with Engineering, Design, and GTM leaders, you'll ensure Sales Companion delivers measurable value to customers and drive Cognism's continued growth. In this pivotal role, you will balance visionary thinking with execution excellence, ensuring our product strategy scales with the business as we move beyond $100M ARR.YOUR CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES
  • Define Product Strategy - Shape and execute a product vision and roadmap aligned to Cognism's mission, customer needs, and market opportunities.
  • Scale the Product Function - Build, mentor, and lead a team of product managers, establishing world-class practices that enable rapid growth.
  • Drive Customer-Centric Innovation - Partner with customers to uncover pain points, turning insights into products that deliver clear business outcomes.
  • Balance Vision & Delivery - Ensure product initiatives are both ambitious and achievable, fostering a culture of delivering value quickly while investing in long-term innovation.
  • Enable GTM Success - Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, and CS o launch products effectively and empower teams with the right positioning and messaging.
  • Own Metrics & Impact - Establish clear success measures (adoption, retention, revenue impact) and hold your team accountable for delivering measurable business outcomes.
OUR EXPECTATIONS
  • Proven Product Leadership - 8+ years of experience in product management, including 3+ years building and leading product teams at Director or equivalent level.
  • B2B SaaS Expertise - Strong track record of leading products in a fast-scaling SaaS environment, ideally at $50M-$200M ARR stage.
  • Customer-Obsessed Mindset - Ability to translate customer insights into innovative product solutions that create tangible business impact.
  • Strategic & Operational Balance - Capable of setting long-term product vision while driving short-term execution excellence.
  • Cross-Functional Influence - Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align executives, Engineering, Design, and GTM teams behind a shared roadmap.
  • Data-Driven Approach - Skilled at leveraging data, metrics, and experimentation to guide product decisions.
  • Strong Communicator - Able to clearly articulate product strategy, decisions, and impact to both internal and external audiences.
OUR TECH STACKWhile not a hands-on technical role, familiarity with common SaaS product development tools and environments is advantageous:
  • Product Tools - Jira, Figma, V.0, Confluence.
  • Analytics & Data - MixPanel and QuickSight.
  • Collaboration - Slack.
  • Engineering Environment - Familiarity with modern cloud/SaaS architectures (AWS, APIs, integrations).
WHY COGNISMAt Cognism, we're not just building a company - we're building an inclusive community of brilliant, diverse people who support, challenge, and inspire each other every day. If you're looking for a place where your work truly makes an impact, you're in the right spot!Our values aren't just words on a page-they guide how we work, how we treat each other, and how we grow together. They shape our culture, drive our success, and ensure that everyone feels valued, heard, and empowered to do their best work.Here's what we stand for:✅ We Are Nice! We treat each other with respect and kindness (because life's too short for anything else).
🤝 We Are Collaborative. We're in this together-great things happen when we work as one.
💡 We Are Solution-Focused. Every challenge is just an opportunity in disguise.
💙 We Are Understanding. We empower and support each other to do our best work.
🏆 We Celebrate Individual Contributors. Every role matters, and so do you!At Cognism, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and supportive workplace. Our values-Being Nice, Collaborative, Solution-Focused, and Understanding-guide everything we do, and we celebrate Individual Contributors. We welcome applications from individuals typically underrepresented in tech, so if this role excites you but you're unsure if you meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply!

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