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About the Role
The Director of Product leads complex product engagements for automotive clients, ensuring teams have clear direction for execution. This role spans strategic product management and the full product development lifecycle, applying a systems-minded approach to product strategy in a regulated automotive environment. The Director will leverage AI tools across various functions and embed within the client's product organization to build their AI-ready delivery capacity.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical and product discovery, identifying user needs, business requirements, and platform constraints.
- Conduct competitive and market analysis, user research, and translate findings into buildable requirements.
- Develop and maintain client-facing product roadmaps, translating strategic goals into phased plans.
- Represent the product roadmap and team in org-wide meetings.
- Own backlog prioritization and scope trade-off decisions.
- Define release criteria, quality benchmarks, and post-launch feedback mechanisms.
- Own end-to-end product delivery, writing product documentation, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Lead sprint ceremonies and manage cross-functional coordination.
- Serve as the primary product point of contact for external partners.
- Support business development with product input.
- Identify and implement process improvements, including AI-assisted workflows.
- Advise clients on adopting AI practices to build autonomous delivery teams.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in product management roles with a track record of owning complex engagements.
- Automotive product & interfaces background strongly preferred.
- At least one automotive product taken to launch.
- Working knowledge of how OEM and Tier-1 programs run.
- Deep working knowledge of agile delivery methodologies and product artifacts.
- Fluency in CMSes, platform architecture, API documentation, and integration planning.
- Experience with competitive/market analysis and user research.
- Strong client and partner communication skills.
- Comfortable managing scope conversations, reporting delivery progress, and navigating trade-offs with senior stakeholders.
- Command-level fluency with AI tools for research, prototyping, documentation, requirements analysis, and workflow.
- Experience mentoring junior team members.
- Experience contributing to technical scoping in new business contexts.
- Collaborative instinct across design, engineering, and research disciplines.
- Self-starter who can operate as a core member of the product organization.
Skills
- Product Management
- Agile Delivery Methodologies
- Product Artifacts (Epics, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria)
- CMS
- Platform Architecture
- API Documentation
- Integration Planning
- Competitive/Market Analysis
- User Research
- Client Communication
- Partner Communication
- AI Tools
- Technical Scoping
- Cross-functional Coordination
Experience Level
- Director
Salary/Compensations
- $170,000 – $200,000
About the Company
- Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency founded in 2001, operating at the intersection of creativity and technology.
- The agency solves consumer and business problems and establishes new capabilities for clients.
- They have a global client roster including Fortune 100 companies and start-ups.
- Teams are distributed across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
- The Code and Theory global network includes Kettle, Instrument, Left Field Labs, Create Group, Current, and TrueLogic.
- They work across various categories including tech, CPG, financial services, travel & hospitality, government, education, media, and publishing.
- They value collaboration with client partners such as Adidas, Amazon, Con Edison, Diageo, EY, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lenovo, Marriott, Mars, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, and TikTok.
- The network comprises nearly 2,000 people, with 50% engineers and 50% creative talent.
- They seek smart, driven, and forward-thinking individuals.