VP of Product
Confidential search overview
Confidential Search Overview
A confidential education client has retained HireAxis to appoint a VP of Product whose mandate covers owning product strategy, portfolio priorities and commercial outcomes of the product line across its education business. Based in Houston, TX on a on-site basis, the role reports to the senior vice president or the relevant c-suite executive and carries a remit of Functional leadership across several teams and regions. The organisation is 9,000+ employees and privately identified to shortlisted candidates only. The appointed leader inherits 60–220 people and will be measured on the strategic priorities set out below rather than activity.
This opportunity is being handled as a confidential executive search. Certain client and organisational details are withheld at the client's request and may be shared with qualified candidates during the recruiter-led process.
The leadership mandate
The Leadership Mandate
- Set the discovery, prioritisation and outcome-review standard
- Partner as a peer with engineering, design and commercial leadership
- Lead product directors and group product managers across the portfolio
First 12 months
Strategic Priorities
Day to day
Key Responsibilities
- Run continuous discovery with customers and the market
- Communicate the product narrative to customers, partners and the board
- Own the product strategy, roadmap and investment allocation
- Define measurable outcomes for each portfolio area and hold teams to them
- Lead pricing, packaging and lifecycle decisions with finance and sales
Leadership profile
Leadership Profile
- Strong customer research and analytical instincts
- Product leadership experience owning a portfolio and its commercial outcomes
- Record of shipping products that moved adoption, retention or revenue
- 12+ years, including 4+ leading managers of progressive leadership experience
- Experience operating in the education sector or an adjacent regulated market
Track record
Leadership Experience
- Proven leadership of 60–220 people, directly and through other leaders
- Accountability for a budget or P&L consistent with Functional leadership across several teams and regions
- Experience presenting to executive committees, boards or investment committees
How success is measured
Key Performance Expectations
Nice to have
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with pricing and packaging redesign
- Background in platform or integration-heavy products
What's offered
Benefits
Client Profile
Our client is 9,000+ employees in the education sector, headquartered in the United States and well established in its market. Further organisational detail — including the company name, ownership structure and leadership team — is shared with qualified candidates during the recruiter-led process.
Additional Information
- Department: Product
- Applications close January 22, 1970.
- DEMO CONTENT — this record was created for the HireAxis platform preview and is not a verified client mandate.
- Search process: confidential candidate review, advisor conversation, client presentation, client interview panel and final board or CEO meeting.
- Background, reference and, where relevant, regulatory checks are completed before any offer.
How to apply
Application Instructions
Express confidential interest through HireAxis with your executive profile and a short note on the leadership scope you have owned. A talent advisor reviews every submission and speaks with shortlisted executives before any profile is presented to the client.
Why This Opportunity
This is a rare seat — the incumbent is retiring after a long tenure and the succession has been planned carefully. The executive team runs on written strategy, transparent metrics and short decision cycles, with a strong preference for leaders who develop successors.
Request Confidential ConsiderationYour interest is received by the HireAxis search team only. Nothing is shared with the client organisation without your agreement.
Recruiter-handled
The Confidential Candidate Process
Every stage is managed by a HireAxis talent advisor. Nothing is shared with the client organisation without your agreement.
01
Express Interest
Send your executive profile and a short note on the leadership scope you have owned. Nothing is shared with the client at this stage.
02
Confidential Candidate Review
Our search team reviews your background against the leadership mandate and the client's stated requirements.
03
Recruiter Conversation
A talent advisor discusses the mandate with you in detail, including client context that is not published, and answers your questions.
04
Qualified Candidate Presentation
With your agreement, your profile is presented to the client as part of a shortlist of qualified executives.
05
Client Interview Process
Interviews with the executive committee, board or hiring principals, coordinated and briefed by your advisor.
06
Next Steps
Feedback, references, compensation discussion and offer support — handled through your advisor from start to finish.
Your point of contact
Senior Executive Talent Advisor
HireAxis Confidential Search Practice
Your information will be handled discreetly throughout the initial consideration process.
Demo contact profile — replace with the assigned advisor's details before this search is published.
Candidate Privacy
Information you submit for a confidential search is reviewed by the HireAxis search team and shared only with parties authorised for that search — normally the client organisation and its interview panel — and only after we have discussed the role with you. We ask for your agreement before your profile is presented. Details may also be shared where required by law or by an appointed background-screening provider. No online platform can guarantee absolute confidentiality, so please share sensitive information only when you are comfortable doing so.
Demonstration search content. This brief illustrates how HireAxis presents a confidential mandate and is not a verified live vacancy.