Director, Product Strategy
The Director of Product Strategy at Octus is a senior leadership role focused on driving the strategic development and adoption of internal workflow and data tools. This position serves as a critical link between technical architecture and business operations, ensuring that internal systems function as competitive advantages that enable the company to scale effectively.
Key responsibilities include managing the product roadmap and backlog, developing a prioritization framework to maximize return on investment, and aligning cross-functional leadership to ensure that development efforts contribute to measurable business impact and operational excellence. The role also involves evaluating how individual tool enhancements affect the broader data lifecycle and workstreams, synthesizing quantitative and qualitative insights to inform product decisions, and leading change management strategies to drive high adoption and proficiency in new tools and features.
Candidates should have over eight years of experience in product management, data strategy, or user research within complex B2B environments. A deep understanding of back-end infrastructure, data pipelines, and internal workflow tooling is essential, with experience in financial information or publishing considered a significant advantage. The role requires a proactive 'owner' mentality, strong data fluency to build ROI frameworks, and exceptional communication skills to translate technical complexities into business value for executive leadership.
Octus offers a competitive salary range of $130,000 to $175,000 for this position, with actual compensation determined based on experience, skills, and other relevant factors. The company provides a comprehensive benefits package, including health benefits, matched 401(k) and pension plans, paid time off, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, and pet-friendly offices in the U.S.
Joining Octus means becoming part of a collaborative, high-performing team dedicated to growth and innovation. The company values action-oriented individuals with a customer-first mindset who excel in teamwork and are driven to achieve excellence. This role offers the opportunity to shape the strategic direction of Octus's flagship offerings in a mission-critical space, working at the intersection of content, data, and technology with a uniquely specialized user base.