Director of Product Management
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About the Role
Hiive is looking for a Director of Product Management to lead product strategy and scale the product organization. Reporting to an industry veteran, you will refine the SDLC, mentor PMs, and ensure the engineering team ships the right features to drive business growth.
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Responsibilities
- Define and evangelize the product roadmap, ensuring every feature aligns with Hiive’s long term business goals and marketplace dynamics
- Partner with the Director of Product Design and Engineering leadership to optimize the SDLC, ensuring a seamless flow from discovery to delivery
- Recruit, mentor, and scale a team of Product Managers, fostering a culture of rigorous thinking, data informed decision making, and extreme ownership
- Act as the primary bridge between Product and cross functional partners in Sales, Marketing, and Operations to ensure successful GTM execution
- Implement and refine mental models for prioritization (e.g., balancing customer delight vs. technical debt vs. revenue growth)
- Establish a gold standard for how the team uses data to validate hypotheses and measure the ROI of shipped features
Requirements
- 10+ years of Product Management experience
- At least 3+ years in a dedicated leadership or people management role within a high growth startup environment
- Experience scaling products from early traction to significant market share within complex ecosystems
- Expert level ability to query data, define KPIs, and use BI tools to drive product strategy
- Ability to distill complex technical or business trade offs into clear, actionable narratives for executive stakeholders
- Deep understanding of how changes in one part of a system ripple through to affect user behavior and business health
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About Hiive
- Hiive is redefining how private companies and their shareholders access liquidity through its institutional grade platform for secondary transactions in venture backed, pre IPO companies.
- Recognized as one of Canada’s fastest growing companies and backed by leading U.S. investors, Hiive is profitable, well capitalized, and building a high performance team.
In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Include
- Defining and evangelizing the product roadmap, ensuring every feature aligns with Hiive’s long term business goals and marketplace dynamics.
- Partnering with the Director of Product Design and Engineering leadership to optimize the SDLC, ensuring a seamless flow from discovery to delivery.
- Recruiting, mentoring, and scaling a team of Product Managers, fostering a culture of rigorous thinking, data informed decision making, and 'extreme ownership.'
- Acting as the primary bridge between Product and cross functional partners in Sales, Marketing, and Operations to ensure successful GTM execution.
- Implementing and refining mental models for prioritization (e.g., balancing 'customer delight' vs. 'technical debt' vs. 'revenue growth').
- Establishing a gold standard for how the team uses data to validate hypotheses and measure the ROI of shipped features.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of Product Management experience, with at least 3+ years in a dedicated leadership or people management role within a high growth startup environment.
- Experience scaling products from early traction to significant market share, specifically within complex ecosystems.
- Expert level ability to query data, define KPIs, and use BI tools to drive product strategy.
- The ability to distill complex technical or business trade offs into clear, actionable narratives for executive stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of how changes in one part of a system (e.g., a marketplace) ripple through to affect user behavior and business health.
Preferred Qualifications
- Deep knowledge of liquidity, clearing, or complex transactional platforms.
- A background in Software Engineering or a deep technical understanding of modern API first architectures.
- Advanced experience with Amplitude, SQL, and Figma to facilitate close collaboration with our Design and Data teams.
- Experience managing the nuances of high touch enterprise customers alongside a scalable product vision.
Compensation, Benefits & Perks
- Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.
- Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing company through our employee stock option plan.
- Comprehensive 100% employer paid health & dental premiums and a Health/Personal Spending Account for Canadian employees.
- If based in Vancouver, enjoy a dedicated desk in our Vancouver, BC HQ with onsite gym and rooftop amenity.
- CAD 20 per day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.
- Engaging social calendar including bi weekly catered lunches, bi weekly 'Friday bar,' team workouts, annual summer party, and holiday party.
- Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.
- Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.
- Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation for exceptional candidates.
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