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Director of Product jobs: 967 open roles, pay, industries and skills

967 open Director of Product jobs, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as Product Director, Director, Product, Senior Director of Product, Global Director of Product, Regional Director of Product. Listings that state pay show a median of $232,500 a year.

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The market for Director of Product work

Every figure is counted from verified open listings. Pay is what the employer advertises for the job.

Verified open Director of Product jobs
967

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$232,500

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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State with the most openings
California (257)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Industry hiring the most
Technology & Software (40%)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Listings that are remote
42%

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Listings that ask for an AI skill
42%

Source: NextChapter verified openings, read in full.

What a Director of Product does

Director role in Product.

A director of product leads a team inside the function and answers for the product roadmap, the product managers and the decisions about what gets built.

Usually reports to a vice president or a C-suite leader, and manages managers and individual contributors. Senior and global director titles are counted here.

Other ways this role is written

  • Director of Product
  • Product Director
  • Director, Product
  • Senior Director of Product
  • Global Director of Product
  • Regional Director of Product
  • Director of Product Management

Listings under any of these titles are counted on this page. Assistant, associate, manager and staff titles are not.

Open Director of Product jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

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Director of Product salary

From 338 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.

Lower quarter
$200,000
Median
$232,500
Upper quarter
$276,000

Leadership pay often includes bonus and equity that a listing does not state. Treat these figures as the floor of the conversation, not the whole package.

Best industries for Director of Product jobs

Employers hiring the most, as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry. Median pay shown where at least 8 listings state it.

Where Director of Product jobs are

States with the most open listings; median pay where at least 8 listings state it.

Skills Director of Product jobs ask for

Named in the listings themselves, as a share of 428 Director of Product listings that name skills. Leadership listings name fewer skills than individual-contributor ones, so this is a signal, not a checklist.

Most named in Director of Product listings

  1. 1. go-to-market22%
  2. 2. onboarding11%
  3. 3. cross-functional leadership10%
  4. 4. supply chain10%
  5. 5. machine learning9%
  6. 6. risk management9%
  7. 7. sql8%
  8. 8. agile8%
  9. 9. forecasting7%
  10. 10. excel7%

Across all Product openings

  1. 1. agile9%
  2. 2. go-to-market6%
  3. 3. onboarding4%
  4. 4. project management3%
  5. 5. supply chain3%
  6. 6. sql3%
  7. 7. stakeholder management3%
  8. 8. scrum3%
  9. 9. jira3%
  10. 10. excel2%

AI skills for Director of Product jobs

Specific AI skills named in the full posting text, such as prompt engineering, AI governance or an AI tool. A general mention of AI does not count.

42% of 483 open Director of Product listings ask for a specific AI skill, against 25% of all Product openings.

AI skills named most often

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work19%
  2. 2. AI workflow automation15%
  3. 3. AI product management14%
  4. 4. LLM application engineering8%
  5. 5. AI governance and risk8%
  6. 6. AI adoption and change management4%

Do AI skills change director of product pay?

For Product roles in general, as of November 10, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for director of product alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Product listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +7.5% (about $16k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$213,000
median, from 952 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$181,500
median, from 340 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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The Product ladder

The same function at other levels: where this role comes from and where it leads.

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Job titles under Director of Product

The exact titles employers use, with their own job and salary pages.

Employers hiring for Director of Product roles

  • Prescryptive Health 41
  • Fuze Health 32
  • Capital One 29
  • CVS Health 26
  • GE Aerospace 11
  • Axon Enterprise 10
  • ServiceNow 10
  • Walmart 9
  • Qualcomm Technologies 8
  • Chronosphere 8
  • Qualcomm 7
  • JPMorgan Chase 7

Recruiters who place Director of Product roles

Search firms with live public searches in Product, counted from their own job postings, not self-described. Each has at least two at this level.

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Product leadership turnover

Departures and appointments reported in SEC filings and news in the last 120 days, for the product leadership seat above this role. Each links to its source.

  • 1stdibs.com

    1stdibs.com's CEO David Rosenblatt is stepping down effective January 1, 2027, and Chief Product Officer Bradford Shellhammer will become the new CEO. A search for a replacement usually follows.

    Nov 5, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • Fractyl Health

    Fractyl Health's President and Chief Product Officer Jay Caplan is retiring, and the CEO is taking on the President role. New leaders often bring in or reshape the senior team under them.

    Oct 22, 2026

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  • Fluence Energy

    Fluence Energy's Chief Product Officer departed the company effective October 8, 2026, and no permanent successor has been named.

    Oct 9, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • lululemon athletica

    lululemon athletica appointed a new President and Chief Product Officer and a new Chief Operating Officer, while its Chief Brand and Product Activation Officer and Chief Supply Chain Officer will depart. New leaders often bring in or reshape the senior team under them.

    Oct 7, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • Nextdoor Holdings

    Nextdoor Holdings's Chief Product Officer is departing in October 2026, with no permanent successor named.

    Sep 25, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • Ralph Lauren

    Ralph Lauren's Chief Operating Officer is retiring, and the Chief Product & Merchandising Officer will be promoted to Chief Operating & Product Officer. A search for a replacement usually follows.

    Sep 3, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • Franklin Covey

    Franklin Covey's Chief Product Officer seat is being filled by the former President of the Education Division, and the Executive Vice President of Operations is retiring in June 2027 with a successor named to take over that role. New leaders often bring in or reshape the senior team under them.

    Sep 1, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • Marqeta

    Marqeta appointed Eugenia Gibbons as Chief Product Officer, effective August 31, 2026. New leaders often bring in or reshape the senior team under them.

    Aug 25, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

Conferences for Director of Product leaders

Events tagged for Product, with dates, cost and how to speak.

  • Gartner Product Leadership Conference

    Mar 8 to Mar 9, 2027 · Grapevine, TX

    Paid ticket. Price not read.

  • Product-Led Summit

    Feb 24 to Feb 25, 2027 · Austin, TX

    Paid ticket. Multi-city 2027 series: Austin Feb 24-25, New York Mar 25-26, Denver Apr 7-8, Seattle Jun 16-17; prices not seen.

  • Pendomonium

    May 3 to May 5, 2027 · Raleigh, NC

    Paid ticket. Save-the-date; registration price not yet published.

  • ASU+GSV Summit

    Apr 4 to Apr 7, 2027 · San Diego, CA

    Paid ticket. Apr 4-7, 2027, Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego. Prices shown at Cvent registration, not on the home page.

  • Forrester B2B Summit North America

    May 2 to May 4, 2027 · Phoenix, AZ

    Ticket $1,957 to $2,995. Early bird to Nov 30, 2026: client $1,957, non-client $2,097; standard from Dec 1: $2,795 client /…

  • Stripe Sessions

    May 4 to May 6, 2027 · San Francisco, CA

    Ticket $599 to $999. Early-bird $599 (regular $999), early-bird ends Jan 27, 2027.

Showing 6 of 61 conferences, 46 with dates announced.

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Training for Director of Product leaders

AI and Product courses from named providers, with cost shown.

All 2 Product courses

Podcasts and media Director of Product leaders follow

Hand-picked, each checked to be live. Links go to the publisher.

  • Lenny’s Podcast

    Podcast · Lenny Rachitsky

    Interviews with product and growth leaders, alongside a newsletter on product, growth and careers.

  • All Things Product

    Podcast · Teresa Torres and Petra Wille, Product Talk

    A podcast on product discovery and product management, alongside Product Talk articles.

  • The Product Experience

    Podcast · Mind the Product

    Conversations with people behind products, from a community with articles, events and meetups.

  • Acquired

    Podcast · Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

    Long-form histories of companies and the strategic decisions behind them.

  • Department of Product

    Newsletter · Department of Product

    A newsletter and research platform tracking how product-led companies launch, price and organize their teams.

  • The Reforge Blog

    Publication · Reforge

    Articles on product management, growth and AI for product teams.

Director of Product questions

What does a Director of Product do?
A director of product leads a team inside the function and answers for the product roadmap, the product managers and the decisions about what gets built. Usually reports to a vice president or a C-suite leader, and manages managers and individual contributors. Senior and global director titles are counted here.
What else is a Director of Product called?
The same job is also written Product Director, Director, Product, Senior Director of Product, Global Director of Product, Regional Director of Product, Director of Product Management.
How many Director of Product jobs are open?
967 verified open Director of Product jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
How much does a Director of Product make?
Among 338 open Director of Product listings that state pay, the median is $232,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $200,000 and $276,000. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
Where are Director of Product jobs?
California (257), New York (114), Texas (44), Massachusetts (42) have the most open Director of Product listings. About 42% of listings that state a work arrangement are remote.
Which state pays a Director of Product the most?
Of the states with enough listings that state pay, California has the highest median at $279,000.
Which industries hire for Director of Product roles?
Technology & Software (40%), Financial Services & Banking (16%), Healthcare & Hospital Systems (16%), Manufacturing & Industrial (7%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.
What skills do Director of Product jobs ask for?
The skills named most often in open Director of Product listings are go-to-market, onboarding, cross-functional leadership, supply chain, machine learning.
Do Director of Product jobs ask for AI skills?
42% of 483 open Director of Product listings read in full name a specific AI skill. The most common is AI tools in daily work.

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