BLANKSLATE Partners is hiring a
VP of Product in Canada

Summary

BLANKSLATE Partners is seeking a highly driven Vice President of Product with deep expertise in SaaS platforms, Machine Learning, and Generative AI to join their executive team. This role involves shaping the product vision, strategy, and roadmap, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and managing budgets for product development initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or related field
• Minimum 10 years of experience in product management, with at least 5 years in a leadership role
• Strong background in SaaS platforms and Machine Learning/Generative AI is essential

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the executive team to craft the product vision
• Lead cross-functional teams to align and execute on this vision, ensuring it aligns with overall company objectives
• Represent the Engineering/R&D function to key external stakeholders
• Regularly interact with customers and users to gather feedback and insights, integrating them into the product vision and roadmap
• Build organizational capability within the engineering teams by recruiting and retaining outstanding talent
• Understand the company’s protectable technologies and core technical competencies and in collaboration with Legal, manage the company’s patent portfolio
• Develop and execute a product roadmap with a strong emphasis on Machine Learning, Generative AI, and scalability
• Incorporate user experience and design thinking principles into the product development process
• Foster an agile and adaptive development environment, promoting rapid iteration and responsiveness to market changes
• Champion technical best practices in partnership with engineering leaders across mobile, front end, backend, platform, SRE, security, privacy, data engineering, QA, and IT & DevOps
• Ensure products and systems are trusted and meet all industry standards for compliance, trust and safety
• Drive continuous improvement in software development, resilience, and operational activities
• Balance rapid product innovation and architecture to minimize technical and product debt
• Perform competitive analysis to ensure the company has the freedom to practice its core technologies without infringing on existing patents
• Collaborate and lead technical due diligence for potential M&A deals
• Be a thought leader, contributing technical updates and product information for both internal and external audiences

Benefits

• Manage the budget for product development initiatives
• Conduct ROI analysis and strategic resource allocation to prioritize high-impact projects and initiatives
• Implement a budgeting approach that balances innovation, growth, and operational efficiency