Director of Product Strategy & Design

COMPANY: Canoe Intelligence
WEBSITE: https://canoeintelligence.com/
TITLE: Director of Product Strategy & Design
LOCATION: New York City (hybrid) or Fully Remote in the United States
SALARY: $185,000-$225,000 base salary (based on NYC, will be adjusted for geo)
The Role:
Lead the strategic vision, product discovery, and design system for Canoe. Own the process of shaping and implementing product strategy, ensuring it is rooted in deep user research, a repeatable framework for idea evaluation, and best-in-class product systems. Build products that solve high-value customer problems and deliver measurable outcomes.
What You'll Do:

• Develop and articulate a long-term vision and strategy for all SaaS/data products.
• Lead end-to-end product discovery: conduct user research, frame jobs-to-be-done, and rigorously validate ideas with LPs, GPs, consultants, and wealth clients.
• Shape and maintain the product system: establish repeatable frameworks for ideation, prioritization, and go-to-market planning (Lean, JTBD, etc.).
• Drive implementation of design thinking across teams; coach PMs and designers in using prototyping, journey mapping, and experimentation.
• Build and continuously improve processes for capturing customer feedback, translating it into actionable insights, and closing the loop with clients.
• Lead annual/quarterly roadmap and investment planning cycles, prioritizing initiatives for the greatest business and client impact.
• Partner with commercial/GTM leaders to position, launch, and refine products for institutional adoption.
• Manage and develop product managers and designers as a center of strategic, customer-obsessed excellence

What We're Looking For:

• 7+ years in software product management, with deep ownership of both product strategy and product systems/process.
• Demonstrated mastery of user research, including qualitative/quantitative feedback, and product-market fit testing.
• Built and implemented a repeatable product process (ideation, discovery, validation, launch, learning) that shaped team and org culture.
• Deep familiarity with private markets, asset management, or institutional investment workflows.
• Strong record of managing and mentoring PMs/designers; builds high-performing, learning-oriented teams.
• Critical thinker and creative problem solver.

What You'll Get:

• Medical, dental, vision benefits
• Flexible PTO
• 401(k)
• Flexible work from home policy
• Home office stipend
• Employee Assistance Program
• Gym/Wifi reimbursement
• Education assistance
• Parental Leave

Our Values:

• Client First -> Listen, and deliver client-centric solutions
• Be An Owner -> Take initiative, improve situations, drive positive outcomes
• Excellence -> Always set the highest standard for yourself and others
• Win Together -> 1 + 1 = 3

Who We Are:
Canoe is reimagining alternative investment data processes for hundreds of leading institutional investors, capital allocators, asset servicing firms and wealth managers. By combining industry expertise with the most sophisticated data capture technologies, Canoe's technology automates the highly-frustrating, time-consuming, and costly manual workflows related to alternative investment document and data management, extraction and delivery. With Canoe, clients can refocus capital and human resources on business performance and growth, increase efficiency, and gain deeper access to their data. Canoe's AI-driven platform was developed in 2013 for Portage Partners LLC, a private investment firm.
Canoe is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.