VP Product Strategy

Role Overview

• Define and evolve product strategy: Shape the strategic direction of our platform, translating customer challenges, market dynamics, and emerging trends into actionable roadmap priorities.
• Identify and unlock growth opportunities: Expand the platform vision across the aftermarket ecosystem, including services, lifecycle pricing, and commercial performance analytics.
• Act as the voice of the customer: Engage directly with customers and prospects to deeply understand pricing workflows and ensure product decisions reflect real operational needs and measurable value.
• Drive product co-creation: Partner closely with engineering and solution engineering to translate customer insights into prototypes, experiments, and scalable product capabilities.
• Establish feedback and innovation loops: Build structured co-creation models including design partners, beta programs, and advisory feedback cycles to accelerate validation and learning.
• Lead customer advisory initiatives: Own and develop the Customer Advisory Council to shape roadmap direction and strengthen strategic customer relationships.
• Build a product community: Foster peer exchange, shared learning, and product evangelism through a strong network of engaged customers.
• Shape a new category: Help define and establish the Pricing Performance category, positioning our platform as a modern alternative to legacy pricing systems.
• Represent Markt-Pilot externally: Act as a thought leader in industry events, customer forums, and strategic discussions with senior stakeholders.

Requirements

• Experience: You bring 10+ years of experience in pricing, product strategy, commercial transformation, or enterprise software leadership within B2B environments.
• Domain Expertise: You have deep knowledge of industrial pricing, aftermarket business models, pricing workflows, governance, and adoption challenges.
• Strategic Mindset: You are able to translate complex customer pain points into scalable product strategies and business-relevant software capabilities.
• Executive Presence: You are comfortable engaging senior commercial and operational leaders and leading high-impact strategic discussions.
• Systems Thinking: You understand enterprise ecosystems including ERP, CRM, CPQ, analytics, and pricing technologies.
• Product & Technical Collaboration: You have experience working closely with product and engineering teams to bring ideas from concept to scalable solutions.
• Customer-Centricity: You have a track record of building customer advisory programs, co-creation models, or product communities.
• Cross-functional Leadership: You excel at collaborating across Product, Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success to drive alignment and outcomes.

Tech Stack

• ERP

Benefits

• Inspiring Team Culture: Enjoy regular team events, modern downtown Chicago offices, and a dynamic work environment that fosters innovation and collaboration.
• Flexible Working Hours: Enjoy the freedom to design your workday with flexible hours and a hybrid/remote work option.
• Generous Paid Time Off: Recharge with 25 paid vacation days each year to relax, explore, or focus on personal growth.
• Sick Leave: We care about your health and well-being. In alignment with Chicago’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, you will receive 5 days of sick time per year to be used.
• Transit Benefits: Simplify your commute with our Transit Benefits Program, which provides subsidies for public transportation.
• Divvy Annual Subscription: Love a green commute? Enjoy a free Divvy bike share subscription, making it easy and eco-friendly to get around.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: We offer premium medical plans, including dental, vision, and life insurance, so you can focus on what matters most.
• Financial Support: Benefit from a 5% 401(k) match and an annual Learning and Development budget to support your professional growth.
• Supportive Parental Leave: Take advantage of 3 months of paid parental leave to be there for your loved ones when they need it the most.