Director of Product & Design, Chief
$215k
+ Equity
More information about location
Private membership network for female executive leaders
Job no longer available
Private membership network for female executive leaders
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$215k
+ Equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
Chief’s mission is to drive women to the top — and keep them there.
Role
Who you are
- Deep experience managing and building well-loved products in a B2C context, ideally across both web and mobile
- Experience leading product and design teams with proven ability to hire and grow talent
- Experience operating in ambiguity with a proven track record of building products that have clear impact to the business
- Deep experience leveraging data to make informed decisions with proven ability to set clear and measurable objectives
- Strong product intuition, showcasing deep user empathy in everything you do
- Proven track record in building collaborative partnerships across multi-disciplinary teams
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken, with the ability to influence and communicate cross-functionally and at all levels of the organization
- Must be authorized to work in the United States
What the job involves
- Chief is seeking an experienced Product Leader to lead the product and design teams responsible for Chief’s portfolio of digital products
- Your role will be to lead the overall product strategy and roadmap while partnering closely with key business leads across our Learning & Development, Member Success, and Events & Community to drive the digital enablement of those services
- This role is critical to setting the strategic direction for our digital products and will report directly to the Chief Product & Experience Officer
- Develop and communicate a clear digital product strategy and roadmap aligned with business objectives
- Lead and inspire a cross-functional team of product managers and designers
- Identify new opportunities and areas of investment to build innovative products
- Champion user-centric design principles and ensure a seamless and intuitive user experience across digital products
- Define clear measurable goals to ensure teams are set up for success and regularly report on product metrics
- Utilize data and research-driven insights to measure product performance and make informed decisions
- Collaborate closely with key stakeholders (e.g., Learning & Development, Member Success, Events, Community, Research, Data, Software Engineering) to to align product initiatives with overall business goals
- Drive best practices to guide the team and establish ways of working
Our take
Chief aims to help more businesswomen rise into positions of power with its private membership network. C-Suite, senior executives, and accomplished VPs are evaluated for membership based on seniority, professional experience, background, and impact, as well as a demonstrated history of supporting others along the way.
As of the start of 2023, 53 of the Fortune 500 companies had female CEOs - the first time ever that women have represented over 10% of this group. Women are also drastically underrepresented when it comes to leading funded startups, which is where the need for a community like Chief's comes from.
Chief's has over 20,000 members from organizations including the likes of Google, Nike, HBO, Pfizer, and Disney. It achieved unicorn status in 2021 and continues to make impressive moves such as the launch of "Chief Enterprise" for businesses looking to invest in their women leaders. That said, it has also seen its fair share of controversy over alleged discriminatory actions towards minority members, which it will need to properly address is it is to continue claiming a DEI-first mission.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2022
$100m
SERIES B
May 2020
$15m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $140m
Company benefits
- Bonus structures
- 401K
- Stock options
- Spending allowances to support your work
- Fully funded health insurance
- Partnership with Talkiatry to support our employees
- Chief employees receive quarterly stipends to support your wellness and work from home set up where eligible
- Flexible approach to PTO, 10 paid holidays, and a 4.5-day workweek
- Generous leave arrangements, and 4 weeks of sabbatical for team members when they reach their four year anniversary
- 20 weeks of parental leave for new parents of any gender, plus we design a personalized re-boarding program that eases the transition back to work
- Work from anywhere
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
Carolyn Childers
(Co-founder & CEO)Previous Operating Partner at Primary Venture Partners for 2 years and SVP of Operations at Handy HQ for 4 years.
Lindsay Kaplan
(Co-founder)Previous Social Media Manager at ELLE Magazine for 1 year and Communications Manager at Time Out North America for 2 years.
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