Chief Product Officer

Summary

Join Lightcast as their visionary Chief Product Officer (CPO) to spearhead their global product organization and shape the future of workforce intelligence. As a key member of the executive team, you will scale a high-performing team, influence a diverse product portfolio, and drive strategic initiatives. You will lead in a values-driven culture, building category-defining products that deliver real market advantage. The CPO will define and champion the long-term product vision, ensure customer and market alignment, and lead a global product organization. Collaboration with engineering, design, go-to-market, and customer success teams is crucial, as is partnering with the partnerships team to support joint solutions. The role also involves contributing to enterprise-wide planning and strategic decision-making and representing Lightcast externally.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive product leadership experience, including 3+ years in executive product roles at a high-growth, B2B software or DaaS company
• Proven success in leading product organizations with global scale, diverse vertical markets, and a partner-embedded product strategy
• Experience delivering complex, data-rich solutions that require cross-functional coordination, user-centered design, and analytics-driven prioritization
• Track record of shipping enterprise software products with measurable outcomes—such as revenue growth, CSAT improvements, retention metrics, and market expansion
• Demonstrated success working across multiple customer segments—preferably corporate, education, and public sector
• Experience managing large, distributed teams (50+) and scaling product operations in tandem with business growth
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in business, data science, or technology-related field preferred

Responsibilities

• Define and champion the long-term product vision and roadmap that aligns with Lightcast’s strategic priorities and growth ambitions across B2B segments
• This includes setting and delivering against clear, measurable outcomes such as roadmap milestones, closing competitive feature gaps, and improving CSAT/NPS through product enhancements
• Product priorities are carefully balanced between short-term execution and long-term innovation, with a strong focus on customer value, defensibility, and scalability
• Own the Customer Advisory Board structure and cadence to gather actionable feedback that directly influences the roadmap and strengthens market alignment
• Conduct ongoing competitive analysis and benchmarking to identify gaps and opportunities, prioritizing innovations that position Lightcast as a category leader
• Develop a deep understanding of customer workflows, challenges, and use cases across industries to deliver differentiated, high-impact solutions
• Lead, coach, and scale a global product organization of over 60 team members, fostering a culture rooted in accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Ensure cross-functional alignment with engineering, design, go-to-market, and customer success teams by clearly communicating product priorities, success metrics, and transparent execution plans
• Collaborate closely with Marketing and Sales to support product launches and track enablement and adoption metrics that demonstrate market traction
• Collaborate closely with the partnerships team to ensure the product strategy and execution support joint solutions, data sharing, and embedded experiences with key global partners
• Establish scalable frameworks for partner-integrated product features while maintaining strong alignment with both commercial and technical partner teams
• Serve as a key member of the executive team, actively contributing to enterprise-wide planning and strategic decision-making
• Promote a product-first culture across the organization by fostering clarity, focus, and excitement around product innovation and customer success
• Represent Lightcast externally and internally as a spokesperson for the company’s product vision and innovation roadmap

Preferred Qualifications

Strong preference for candidates with domain expertise in data-as-a-service, labor market analytics, or workforce intelligence