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Product Lead Director

· Job Posted January 11, 2026
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IQM is seeking an experienced Product Lead Director (Contractor) to lead and scale our product organization during a critical growth phase. This role is responsible for driving product strategy, execution velocity, and modern operating models across our Political and regulated advertising platforms, while preparing the organization to scale toward growth. This is a hands-on leadership role for a senior product operator who has built and scaled complex, data-driven platforms in fast-moving environments.

Job Responsibility

  • Own product vision, strategy, and roadmap across Political and generic advertising verticals
  • Translate business goals into clear product priorities, outcomes, and execution plans
  • Balance short-term delivery with long-term platform scalability and extensibility
  • Introduce modern product development practices including outcome-driven roadmaps, empowered teams, and data-informed decision making
  • Improve execution velocity, delivery predictability, and cross-functional alignment
  • Establish clear product rituals, metrics, and operating cadence
  • Lead evolution of IQM’s campaign management, optimization, reporting, and workflow automation platforms
  • Partner closely with engineering and data teams on AI-driven capabilities including automation, agentic workflows, and decision support
  • Ensure platform architecture supports scale, reliability, and regulatory requirements
  • Drive product strategy in highly regulated environments including political, advocacy, and healthcare advertising
  • Ensure compliance-first product design while maintaining speed and usability
  • Work closely with legal, policy, and compliance stakeholders
  • Mentor and up-level Product Managers and Product Owners
  • Help shape the future product org structure, roles, and hiring roadmap
  • Act as a force multiplier for the existing team rather than a top-down operator

Requirements

  • 12+ years of product management experience, including senior leadership roles
  • Proven experience as Head of Product, Director of Product, or equivalent in AdTech, MarTech, AI platforms, or large-scale SaaS
  • Strong background building data-intensive, workflow-heavy platforms
  • Demonstrated ability to introduce modern product operating models and execution discipline
  • Experience with DSPs, RTB, programmatic advertising, or two-sided platforms
  • Hands-on experience with AI-powered products, ML systems, or agentic workflows
  • Startup and scale-up experience alongside enterprise exposure
  • Engineering or technical background enabling strong architectural decision-making

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