Director, Product Management

DIRECTV is a large-scale product and technology organization, and they are seeking a Director of Product Management to lead enterprise portfolio governance and delivery execution. This role focuses on strategic alignment, financial stewardship, and operational excellence across a complex capital project portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Govern the prioritized enterprise backlog, ensuring alignment to strategic objectives and visibility across executive stakeholders
• Lead value-based prioritization to balance business impact, financial targets, and delivery capacity
• Establish and maintain governance frameworks including KPIs, stage gates, and executive review cadences
• Drive strategic roadmap alignment across cross-functional product and technology teams
• Oversee a multi-million-dollar capital project portfolio, ensuring disciplined investment allocation and financial accuracy
• Partner with Finance and Technology leaders to manage development cycles, forecasting, and budget adherence
• Implement controls and reporting mechanisms to ensure fiscal transparency and accountability
• Build and maintain centralized dashboards for prioritization, financial tracking, and performance reporting
• Direct Program Increment (PI) prioritization cycles, making data-driven trade-off decisions to accelerate critical initiatives
• Lead enterprise-wide process optimization initiatives to improve delivery transparency, predictability, and throughput
• Exceptional leadership and team management capabilities
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively with senior stakeholders
• Strategic thinking with strong operational execution skills
• Proven ability to drive results with minimal oversight
• Ability to integrate knowledge across multiple disciplines and technical specialties
• Creative problem-solving skills for complex, ambiguous challenges
• Strong analytical capabilities to measure product success and business impact
• Experience with both hardware and software product development
• Wide-ranging professional experience with ability to resolve complex issues creatively
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Adaptability in fast-paced, evolving environments
• Results-oriented mindset with accountability for business outcomes
• Portfolio Governance & Operating Models
• Strategic Roadmapping & Prioritization
• Financial Planning & Capital Management
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Metrics & Performance Management
• Executive Communication & Influence

Requirements:

• 5+ years of product management experience
• Deep expertise in product management methodologies, lifecycle management, and roadmap development