Director, Product Management

Reports to

Location

• United States

About Ottimate

About The Role

Requirements

• 8+ years in product management, including 3+ years managing product managers, designers, or both.
• Deep experience with B2B SaaS platforms; fluency in workflow, data, or automation products.
• Domain experience in one or more of: procurement / procure-to-pay, budgeting and spend management, contract lifecycle management, or sourcing. This is highly valuable and will be weighted heavily.
• A track record of taking new products from concept to launch — comfort with ambiguity, customer discovery, and building the case for investment before the data exists.
• Demonstrated leadership of design and UX — either direct management of designers or a career-long, hands-on partnership with design organizations, with strong instincts for product craft.
• Strong analytical instincts — comfortable defining metrics, reading product data, and using it to drive decisions.
• Experience working with multi-entity, multi-location, or otherwise operationally complex customers.
• Clear, credible communication with executives, engineers, and customers alike.
• Nice to Have
• Domain knowledge in accounts payable, source-to-pay suites, or finance operations.
• Experience shipping AI/ML-powered features and an intuition for where automation should be confident and where it should ask for help.
• Familiarity with design systems and design ops at scale.
• Exposure to agentic / MCP-based architectures.
• What Success Looks Like In your first year, you've taken at least one new product category from concept to paying customers, built a validated roadmap for the broader new-initiatives portfolio, elevated the craft and consistency of Ottimate's product design, and built a combined product and design team that ships with confidence.

Benefits

• We care deeply about making Ottimate an incredible place to work and invest a significant amount of time and energy into creating and maintaining a company culture that provides our team with a generous level of support whilst inspiring them to do their best work. The specific benefits/perks we offer are continually evolving, but currently include:
• Salary Range: USD $175,000-190,000 per year + annual bonus.
• Medical, Dental, Vision and other Company-Subsidized Benefits for you and your family.
• Employer-sponsored 401(k) with company match.
• Paid Time Off (and the encouragement to use it).
• Annual company retreats.
• Promote from within philosophy.

Beyond the tangible benefits, though

• You will be part of a growing team, at a pinnacle moment of scale for the business, and experience the excitement of working in a startup where each action makes a huge difference.
• You will have the agency to solve difficult problems creatively, the freedom to explore work that inspires you, and infrastructure to ensure you're constantly challenged and developing.
• You will work with sharp, passionate teammates solving some of the most unique challenges and positioning our product as a premier finance automation solution.
• Our commitment to empowering a diverse and inclusive workforce, celebrating differences, and creating a safe space for our employees to bring their whole selves to work is second to note.
• We are transforming entire industries using innovative technology including Artificial Intelligence, Payment Tech, and Neural Networks.
• Our leaders lead with a people-first approach; inspiring excellence, nurturing ideas, and finding creative ways to eliminate obstacles for cultivating growth.
• We truly love what we do and who we do it with - and we think you will too!
• Ottimate is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or marital status. If you are excited about the role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply. Nothing in this job posting should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment.