Role:

As the Team Lead of Product at CyberVadis, you will lead, mentor, and develop our product management team, driving the successful execution of our product strategy. You will actively apply a customer-centric approach and robust methodologies to build and refine a product roadmap that delivers value. Your focus will be on guiding the team's day-to-day success, managing the end-to-end product lifecycle, optimizing our product management framework, and ensuring product decisions are grounded in deep customer understanding and data. You report directly to the CTPO..

Main activities:

Lead and Develop the Product Team:

- Cultivate a collaborative, motivated, and results-driven product management team environment.

- Actively coach and mentor Product Managers in core competencies, including product discovery, requirements definition, Agile practices, backlog management, and effective communication.

- Define clear expectations, support career development, and implement relevant training to enhance the team's skills in Agile methodologies, customer interviewing, and data analysis.

- Manage the recruitment, onboarding, and retention of skilled product management professionals.

Manage Agile Product Development & Prioritization:

- Implement and continuously optimize CyberVadis' Agile product management framework, ensuring efficient workflows and clear processes for the team.

- Execute the established product vision and strategy by developing, managing, and clearly communicating an actionable product roadmap.

- Manage and refine rigorous prioritization processes to evaluate initiatives based on customer value, business impact, strategic alignment, and feasibility, ensuring the team focuses on impactful work.

- Foster a strong partnership with the Tech team to facilitate efficient, iterative product delivery cycles and smooth collaboration between Product Managers and Engineers.

Drive Customer Understanding and Engagement:

- Instill a deep focus on the customer within the product team and development process.

- Actively participate in and guide the team's engagement with clients through structured interviews, feedback sessions, and usability studies.

- Collaborate with Client teams to ensure efficient processes are in place for gathering, analyzing, and acting upon customer feedback.

- Ensure insights from customer interactions and data analysis directly inform roadmap planning and feature prioritization.

Effective Communication and Collaboration:

- Clearly communicate the product roadmap, priorities, upcoming features, and their rationale to the product team, leadership, and relevant stakeholders across the company.

- Ensure internal teams, particularly client-facing ones, are well-informed and supported regarding product updates and releases.

- Maintain strong collaborative relationships with Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Client Success to ensure product alignment and successful go-to-market execution.

Qualifications:

- Proven experience (8+ years) in product management including at least 3 years in a leadership role managing and mentoring other product managers

- Experience working in B2B SaaS environments is highly desirable; experience in cybersecurity or risk management is a strong plus.

- Excellent command of English (written and spoken).

Profile:

- Leadership: An inspiring and empathetic leader who can build, coach, and motivate a high-performing team. You lead by example and foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

- Customer-Centric: Passionate about understanding customer problems and translating their needs into product solutions.

- Data-Driven: Strong analytical skills with the ability to leverage qualitative and quantitative data to inform decisions, measure success, and drive prioritization.

- Collaborative: Excellent interpersonal skills, adept at building strong relationships and fostering alignment across diverse teams (Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Client Success, Leadership).

Requirements:

- Team Leadership & Mentoring: Coaching PMs, performance management, recruitment, team building, and fostering career development.

- Agile Methodologies: Deep understanding and practical application of Agile principles (Scrum, Kanban), backlog management, user story creation, and refinement.

- Product Discovery: Expertise in techniques like customer interviewing, usability testing, market research, competitive analysis, and persona development.

- Prioritization Frameworks: Skill in applying frameworks (e.g., RICE, MoSCoW, value vs. effort) to make informed trade-offs.

- Communication & Presentation Skills: Articulating product plans, progress, and results clearly to diverse audiences