Vice President of Product – Digital Platform

Safeguard Global

$160K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience leading product teams in dynamic environments
  • Strong decision-making skills with a focus on prioritization and trade-offs
  • Proven ability to convert strategy into actionable plans and measurable results
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities
  • Expertise in relationship-building and influencing across various organizational levels
  • Leadership approach that fosters autonomy while ensuring accountability and coaching
  • Commercially aware with a track record of driving measurable business results
  • In-depth understanding of the intersection of product, design, and engineering for quality outcomes

Responsibilities

  • Lead and enhance the performance of 10 product management teams
  • Own and drive product delivery from initial discovery to realization of value
  • Translate overarching product strategy into concrete priorities and measurable outcomes
  • Guide prioritization decisions, focusing teams on the most impactful initiatives
  • Collaborate with Product Directors to manage prioritizations and ensure a cohesive product experience
  • Establish effective working methods and governance for team delivery
  • Monitor and adjust workflows to maintain project timelines without causing delays
  • Engage with Design and Engineering to balance customer experience with technical constraints and speed

Benefits

  • Dynamic leadership role with a focus on product impact
  • Opportunity to enhance team performance and collaboration
  • Ability to implement continuous improvement strategies
  • Involvement in adopting AI and advanced tooling for operational efficiency
  • Engagement in a collaborative environment with cross-functional teams
Full Job Description

Vice President of Product – Digital Platform

We’re looking for a Vice President of Product to lead our digital platform product teams, ensuring they consistently deliver high-quality, measurable outcomes for our customers and the business.

Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, you will be responsible for the performance of 10 product teams, leading a group of Product Managers across levels, and working closely with Product Directors, Design, Engineering, and business stakeholders.

This role is focused on execution, outcomes, and team performance — translating strategy into clear priorities, ensuring delivery is on track, and holding teams accountable for impact.

What you’ll do
  • Lead and develop a team of Product Managers, creating a high-performing environment built on autonomy, accountability, and coaching

  • Own delivery and outcomes across 10 product teams, from discovery through to value realisation

  • Translate product strategy into clear priorities, plans, and measurable outcomes for your area

  • Make and guide prioritisation decisions, ensuring teams focus on the highest-impact work

  • Partner with Product Directors to align priorities, manage trade-offs, and maintain a coherent experience across domains

  • Establish clear ways of working, governance, and planning processes that enable teams to deliver effectively

  • Monitor progress closely, stepping in where needed to keep delivery on track without becoming abottle neck

  • Work with Design and Engineering to ensure solutions balance customer experience, technical constraints, and speed to value

  • Optimise delivery across teams by managing dependencies, sequencing work, and driving consistency

  • Drive continuous improvement in how teams operate, including the adoption of AI and tooling

What success looks like
  • On-time, predictable delivery: The majority of committed work is delivered within agreed timelines and acceptable variance

  • Achievement of business outcomes: Product initiatives meet defined objectives and deliver measurable value

  • High-quality execution: Work delivered is accurate, well-defined, and aligned to customer and business needs

  • Strong team performance: Product teams are engaged, effective, and continuously improving

  • Increased efficiency: Ongoing improvements in speed, quality, and productivity across teams

What we’re looking for
  • Proven experience leading multiple product teams in a complex environment

  • Strong product judgement, with the ability to prioritise effectively and make clear trade-offs

  • Experience translating strategy into execution and measurable outcomes

  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

  • Strong relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence across teams and leadership levels

  • A leadership style that balances autonomy and accountability, with a focus on coaching and development

  • Commercial awareness, with a focus on delivering measurable business impact

  • Solid understanding of how product, design, and engineering come together to deliver high-quality experiences

We are hiring this position across multiplecountries;compensation varies by hiring location. For target marketslocatedwithin the European Union(EU),base salariesstart from:

[Spain]: 80,000

We are committed topaytransparency and equal pay for equal work at Safeguard Global. Compensation decisions are based on objective criteria including skills, experience, scope of responsibility, and market benchmarking, in line with internal salary structures.

Why this role

This is a critical role within our product organisation, focused on ensuring our digital platform teams deliver consistently, effectively, and with clear impact. You’ll play a key role in improving how we operate, how we deliver, and how we translate strategy into real outcomes.

Next Steps:

To express your interest, please click on the following link. We wish you the best with your application. Our Guardian promise to you is to keep in touch to arrange the next stage should your application meet the position's requirements, and or a gentle update if you have been unsuccessful at this time.

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