Director of Product Management, Cognism
International sales intelligence platform
Job no longer available
International sales intelligence platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To drive the next evolution of sales and marketing technology.
Role
Who you are
- 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
- While 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)
What the job involves
- As 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
- 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
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Cognism is a lead generation platform that provides clients with a SaaS solution that facilitates prospecting and improves conversions. According to Cognism, over 1.800 international businesses use its solution to drive new revenue, across industries such as marketing, HR, and technology.
The company differentiates itself through patented AI technology that delivers various data about leads to clients, helping them streamline the prospecting process. For example, Cognism provides clients with real-time company and people data and their AI technology identifies new business opportunities. Moreover, the solution easily integrates with all major CRM systems, which facilitates targeted communication strategies.
It also differentiates itself through its dedication to building a leading GDPR-compliant prospecting solution. The company's substantial funding has been primarily invested in international expansion across Europe, strengthening its position in the US, and improving its regulatory expertise in order to set the standard for data compliance.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2022
$87.5m
SERIES C
Mar 2021
$12.5m
LATE VC
Total funding: $129m
Company benefits
- Generous Annual Leave/ Paid Time Off (PTO)
- A day off for your Birthday!
- Great Maternity and Paternity packages
- Monthly Wellbeing Allowance
- Access to Spill – our slack integrated Wellbeing Service
Company HQ
Vauxhall, London, UK
Leadership
James Isilay
(CEO)Studied Information Systems Engineering at Imperial College London. Previously worked for 7 years at UBS Investment Bank, holding various positions such as Quantitative Developer, FX Derivatives IT Developer and Junior Exotic Options Trader.
Stjepan Buljat
(CIO)Previously worked for 10 years at ETNA, holding various positions such as IT Architect, R&D Team Leader and Product Development Manager.
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