Director of Platform Product Manager, Panopto
$140-150k
+ Eligible for a bonus as part of the compensation package
Video capture, streaming, search, and archiving solutions
Be an early applicant
Video capture, streaming, search, and archiving solutions
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$140-150k
+ Eligible for a bonus as part of the compensation package
101-200 employees
Company mission
Committed to designing smarter ways to work and learn with video.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: Minimum of 8+ years of Product Management experience, with at least 3 years focused specifically on B2B SaaS platforms, API products, or platform services
- Technical Acumen: Proven ability to understand complex technical architectures, distributed systems, and modern cloud technologies. While not an engineering role, you must be able to speak fluently with engineers about design trade-offs and technical debt
- Strategic Thinking: Exceptional ability to translate business goals into a clear, prioritized, and technical platform execution plan
- Communication & Influence: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams (Engineering, Product, Marketing,
- Experience in a fast-growing, private equity-backed environment is advantageous
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related technical field
Desirable
- Experience with AI Services and Platforms: Prior work or familiarity with integrating or enabling platform services for AI/ML model deployment, inference APIs, or GenAI services is a significant plus
- Exceptional Communication and Presentation Skills: Demonstrated ability to articulate complex technical platform strategies and roadmaps clearly to diverse audiences, including engineers, product managers, and executive leadership. Must be proficient in writing detailed technical specifications and delivering engaging presentations to drive alignment and decision-making
- Experience in EdTech or L&D Sectors: Prior product management experience within the higher education or corporate Learning & Development (L&D) markets, particularly with VCMS or enterprise content solutions
- Partnership Experience: Experience in evaluating and managing technology partnerships or involvement in technical due diligence for M&A activity is a strong plus
- M&A/Integration Lifecycle Experience: Direct experience participating in the post-merger integration of acquired products or technologies into a unified platform
- Understanding of Security/Compliance Standards: Familiarity with key enterprise compliance standards relevant to data security and privacy in the corporate and academic spaces (e.g., GDPR, FERPA, SOC 2
What the job involves
- As we continue to support growth and expansion, we are seeking an experienced Director of Platform Product Manager to lead our efforts in building the next generation of our audio video learning platform
- The Director, Platform Product Manager (PPM) is a high-impact, strategic role reporting directly to the CPO, responsible for defining the vision and roadmap for the shared platform services that power both the Panopto VCMS and the Elai AI video solution
- The PPM will drive scalability, performance, and security across the entire product suite
- Additionally, this role will assist the CPO in evaluating Technology Integration Partnerships and conducting product reviews for M&A opportunities. This position is critical to Panopto’s growth and technical foundation
- Build the Learning Platform Roadmap: Define, prioritize, and manage roadmap commitments for all shared components, including but not limited to:
- AI enabled services and capabilities as platform components
- Authentication and Authorization (SSO, identity management)
- Core APIs and microservices utilized by both product teams
- Data storage, analytics, and data-sharing services
- Infrastructure scalability, reliability, and performance enhancements
- Security and compliance features that apply across the platform
- Drive Architectural Alignment: Work closely with Engineering leadership across Product teams (Panopto and Elai) to ensure shared platform services meet their needs, promote reuse, and maintain technical consistency and efficiency across the organization
- Define Success: Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics for platform health, adoption, and performance
- Be the Internal Voice of the Learning Platform: Act as the champion and communicator of platform capabilities, trade-offs, and future vision to internal stakeholders
- Engage and foster engagement with customers: Work in conjunction with the colleagues in Product and Customer Experience to engage in Customer Councils and Advisor Boards. This includes getting advice into roadmap efforts and market research
- Technology Integration Partnerships: Assist the CPO in identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing technology partners to enhance Panopto’s product ecosystem. This includes defining integration requirements, assessing market fit, and helping to manage the partnership lifecycle
- M&A Review and Due Diligence: Support the CPO in the technical and product review of potential mergers and acquisitions (M&A) targets. This includes assessing the target company’s technology stack, product fit, integration complexity, and value proposition alignment with the Panopto platform goals
- The Director, Platform Product Manager will work within the Product Management team, which is focused on ensuring Panopto remains at the cutting edge of video capture and knowledge management
- The team’s core goal is to innovate and integrate technologies that drive value for our users, positioning Panopto as a leader in video learning solutions
Application process
- The standard interview process at Panopto involves several steps, outlined below, to ensure we approach the process thoughtfully and consistently:
- Application Review
- Recruiter Call
- Video Interview & Assessment
- Hiring Manager Call
- Interview Loop
- Debrief
- Offer
Our take
The concept for Panopto developed in the early noughties when the founders noticed that storing videos on computer hard drives was becoming cheaper than storing them on tape. The company’s foundations were in a free software paid support service that provided the tools for downloading videos onto a computer. Nearly two decades later, Panopto provides educational institutions and enterprise businesses with screencasting, lecture recording, streaming and video content management software.
Panopto’s modern platform offers clients in education, aviation, telecoms, and healthcare, among others, an all-in-one video platform for creating and publishing video content. Its audience engagement tools, alongside GenAI video production software (through the acquisition of Elai), keep the company in step with modern innovations within the content production sector.
Panopto continues to grow its reach and in 2024 launched a cloud hosting service in Japan and acquired cloud hosting and GenAI startups to fuel its growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Aug 2016
$42.8m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jan 2011
$4m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $48.5m
Company benefits
- Time Off Benefits - Generous and flexible leave policies. Unlimited Take What You Need PTO, including sick days for when you need it most. Holidays to celebrate with loved ones. Extended bereavement program to support you during difficult times. Tenured Leave opportunities for long-term employees to recharge and reflect. Extended Maternity and Paternity Leave to cherish family moments. Volunteer time off to give back to your community
- Core Benefits - At Panopto, we prioritize both professional growth and a fulfilling,balanced life for our employees. Our core benefits include comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and ancillary insurance plans. We provide access to a benefits preview to understand how Panopto benefits would support you and short-term and long-term disability insurance for peace of mind
- Retirement and Savings Benefits - 401k plan with company match to secure your financial future. Healthcare spending and reimbursement accounts for your well-being
- Healthful Living Benefits - At Panopto we understand well being is about more than physical health. We’re proud to offer workplace perks such as daily mental health break walks, a wellness rewards program to support your well-being, an employee assistance program for confidential support and a mindfulness program for stress reduction
- Remote Work Benefits - Enjoy all the benefits of a remote-first workplace that supports full work from home for ultimate flexibility. Childcare schedule flexibility to balance work and family life. Asynchronous work to accommodate your unique schedule
- Rewards, Recognition, and Employee Perks - Our great team is Panopto’s most valuable asset. We’re proud to offer an employee recognition program to celebrate your achievements, a Values Awards program to embody our company culture and referral bonuses for bringing great talent to Panopto
- Career Development Benefits - Panopto’s career tracks and competency and skills training will help you advance your career. We offer access to the LinkedIn Learning Program to expand your knowledge, AWS services and architecture training to stay ahead, and secure coding training to enhance your skills
Company HQ
North Shore, Pittsburgh, PA
Leadership
Jason Beem
(CEO)Previously Interim CRO at Advantive, COO at Stackline, Operating Executive at ST6 and Senior Vice President at Accruent.
Andrew Herning
(CFO)Previously Senior VP of Finance at Billtrust, CFO at UniTek Global Services, Inc. and American Standard.
Amit Mondal
(CTO)Previously worked as Group Vice President of Development at PowerSchool Group, was an Official Member of the Forbes Technology Council, Senior VP at SumTotal Systems and was the Director at Oracle.
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