Vice President of Product Innovation

**This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Vice President of Product Innovation based in United States.** This executive product leadership role is designed for a visionary builder who thrives at the intersection of innovation, technology, and business strategy. You will drive the creation of next-generation products, with a strong focus on AI-powered solutions and emerging technologies. You will own the journey from early market discovery and customer validation through roadmap development, execution, and commercialization. Working closely with engineering, sales, marketing, operations, and executive leadership, you will shape the future direction of a growing product ecosystem. This is a hands-on strategic role where you will balance individual contribution with executive-level influence. You will define product opportunities, create alignment across teams, and transform ambitious ideas into scalable solutions. The ideal candidate is a commercially minded product leader who enjoys building from the ground up and creating meaningful customer impact. ### Accountabilities: In this role, you will serve as the strategic and operational leader responsible for identifying, developing, and launching innovative product initiatives. You will combine deep product expertise with strong market awareness to validate opportunities, define strategy, and drive execution across cross-functional teams. - Lead discovery efforts for emerging product opportunities by engaging with customers, understanding market needs, and identifying high-value workflows that can be improved through technology and AI. - Act as the primary product owner for new AI-focused product initiatives, managing roadmaps, defining requirements, creating technical specifications, and guiding delivery from concept to launch. - Establish clear product strategies that connect innovation investments to measurable business outcomes, including revenue growth, customer value, and long-term market differentiation. - Collaborate with product, engineering, sales, marketing, and operations teams to ensure alignment between innovation initiatives and existing platform capabilities. - Partner with executive stakeholders to shape go-to-market strategies, pricing approaches, enterprise positioning, and strategic customer engagements. - Define execution frameworks, success metrics, and delivery expectations to ensure product initiatives move forward efficiently and with clear accountability. - Build strong product narratives and communicate vision effectively to technical teams, business stakeholders, and enterprise customers. - Champion a culture of thoughtful debate, continuous learning, and collaborative problem-solving while maintaining a high standard of execution. ## Requirements: The ideal candidate is an experienced product leader with a strong track record of building innovative B2B technology products and bringing new solutions to market. You should combine technical fluency, commercial judgment, and the ability to influence stakeholders across an organization. - 8+ years of experience in B2B SaaS product management, enterprise software, developer platforms, APIs, or related technology environments. - Proven experience launching greenfield products, including identifying market opportunities, validating customer demand, defining strategy, and delivering products from concept to adoption. - Demonstrated expertise in AI-driven product development, including experience with AI systems, large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agent-based workflows, or semantic data technologies. - Strong understanding of infrastructure platforms and products designed for developers, technology teams, or enterprise users. - Experience conducting customer discovery, building business cases, and connecting product decisions to commercial outcomes. - Hands-on product management capabilitie…