VP of Product

Perform Yard is a profitable, growth-stage B2B SaaS company transforming how organizations manage and measure employee performance. Our AI-enabled platform is widely adopted for its customizable performance processes, ease of use, and measurable business impact. As we scale, Perform Yard has significant opportunities to accelerate growth by creating AI-native workflows, expanding into adjacent talent modules, and modernizing our user experience.

We are seeking a customer-obsessed, strategically minded Vice President of Product to translate Perform Yard's AI-native vision into validated, high-impact product experiences. By delivering AI-native innovation, modernizing the user experience to accelerate adoption, and expanding monetization pathways, this leader will directly impact ARR growth and long-term market leadership.

Reporting directly to the CTO and partnering closely with the executive team, the VP of Product will build and scale a high-performing product organization, drive a culture of data-informed decision making, and ensure product investments translate into tangible business outcomes. With a mandate to accelerate innovation and unlock durable competitive advantages, this leader will be central to Perform Yard’s next phase of growth.

• Own and evolve the long-term product vision, embedding AI-native innovation into the core platform and future offerings
• Translate company strategy into a multi-year product roadmap aligned with ARR expansion, market positioning, and enterprise value creation
• Identify and prioritize high-impact growth opportunities across product, pricing, packaging, and adjacent talent modules
• Establish durable competitive advantages and defensible differentiation within the HR tech landscape
• Lead product discovery practices grounded in customer insight, market intelligence, and data
• Maintain a regular cadence of direct customer engagement to ground product decisions in real user needs

• Drive product-led growth initiatives that improve adoption, expansion, retention, and customer lifetime value
• Develop scalable monetization strategies, including AI-driven feature differentiation and packaging evolution
• Own the end-to-end user experience vision and partner with Design to modernize the product interface, ensuring AI-native features are intuitive and adoption-ready
• Partner with Sales and Marketing to sharpen positioning, messaging, and go-to-market effectiveness
• Evaluate build/partner/buy decisions and guide product integrations to accelerate strategic growth

• Lead roadmap execution in partnership with Engineering, ensuring high-impact delivery with measurable outcomes
• Partner with Engineering leadership on platform modernization, scalability, and AI-first development priorities
• Develop team members and build a strong leadership bench to sustain organizational performance
• Lead a high-performance culture of accountability, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration
• Maintain operational excellence and efficiency as teams scale

• Serve as a key member of the executive leadership team to drive growth and enterprise value
• Present product strategy, roadmap priorities, and growth impact to the Board with clarity and confidence
• Advise on capital allocation, market opportunities, and strategic product investments to maximize business impact
• Quantify the business impact of product initiatives through clear, outcome-based reporting

• Product and Customer:
  Adoption rates, feature utilization, customer satisfaction and retention
• Revenue and Growth: ARR growth, upsell/cross-sell performance and churn reduction
• Product Delivery:
  Roadmap predictability, AI feature adoption, and time-to-value
• Team and Organization:
  Leadership development, team engagement, retention and performance

• Bachelor’s degree with a track record of leadership success in Product leadership roles within B2B SaaS companies
• Proven experience scaling product organizations in growth-stage companies (50-250+ employees)
• Demonstrated…