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Align Technology, Inc.

Director, Product Management

Align Technology, Inc., San Jose

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Director, Product Management

Department: Marketing

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: US-California-San Jose

Compensation: $226,900 - $312,000 / year

Description

The Director of Product Management is a senior product leader responsible for defining and driving multi-year product strategy while ensuring disciplined execution across our Retainer product offerings. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, delivery, and outcomes — translating long‑term vision into actionable roadmaps, measurable results, and market impact. The Director will partner closely with executive leadership, engineering, commercial, operations, and regional teams to align product investments to business priorities and customer needs. The ideal candidate brings strategic clarity, operational rigor, and hands‑on product leadership , ensuring that bold vision becomes reality through consistent execution excellence. Located in our San Jose office.

Role expectations

Product Strategy & Vision

  • Define and own multi-year product vision and strategy , aligned to corporate objectives, market dynamics, and customer needs
  • Lead portfolio-level roadmap development, balancing innovation, technical debt, regulatory requirements, and revenue growth
  • Translate strategy into clear, prioritized product initiatives with measurable business outcomes

Execution & Delivery Excellence

  • Ensure product strategies are operationalized through clear roadmaps, milestones, and delivery plans
  • Establish strong product operating rhythms, including planning, prioritization, dependency management, and release governance
  • Drive accountability for delivery outcomes across cross‑functional teams

Stakeholder & Executive Leadership

  • Act as the senior product voice in executive and cross‑functional forums
  • Partner with Engineering, Design, Marketing, Sales, Regulatory, and Operations to ensure alignment from concept to launch
  • Communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to senior leadership

Customer & Market Leadership

  • Champion deep customer understanding through data, research, and market insights
  • Ensure product decisions are grounded in validated customer value and market opportunity
  • Guide pricing, packaging, and lifecycle decisions in partnership with commercial teams

Team Development & Product Maturity

  • Set product management standards, best practices, and career development paths
  • Mentor and develop product leaders, raising overall product management maturity and impact

Supervisory Responsibilities

  • Directly manages Senior Managers and/or Managers of Product Management
  • Responsible for hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development of product management leaders
  • Establishes team structure, capacity planning, and skill development to support long‑term strategy

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
  • 12–15 years of progressive experience in MedTech or Medical Device, including 7+ years in senior product marketing leadership roles.
  • Demonstrated success defining and executing multi-year product strategies in complex environments
  • Proven ability to lead cross‑functional teams in matrixed, global organizations
  • Strong experience with product roadmapping, and outcome‑based delivery
  • Exceptional executive communication, influence, and decision‑making skills

Pay Transparency

Base salary ranges are presented to reflect the expected level of experience and the total compensation package for this position. Salary ranges may be adjusted geographically for other locations outside of the primary location.

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