Senior Vice President, Product
Location : Flexible / Remote (with limited travel as needed)
Reports to : Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Organization : Confidential — Global Professional Training Venture in Sustainable Finance
About the Organization
We are an emerging global training and learning platform focused on equipping professionals with the skills and knowledge to drive measurable impact in finance and investment. Backed by a leading international impact network and strategic alliances with established credentialing bodies, the organization is entering its first phase of growth—focused on building world-class training programs, digital learning experiences, and institutional partnerships.
Our near-term focus is on training excellence and commercial scale, with a long-term ambition to evolve into broader credentialing and recognition frameworks.
Position Summary
The Senior Vice President of Product will serve as the organization’s senior product leader, responsible for shaping and executing the product strategy across all professional and corporate training offerings. This role demands both creative vision and financial discipline—translating learning innovation into sustainable, high-return business models. Reporting directly to the CEO, the SVP will be accountable for developing economically sound product portfolios, aligning resource allocation with measurable business outcomes, and ensuring each new initiative is underpinned by a clear business case and return-on-capital logic. This position offers a succession path to Chief Product Officer (CPO) within two years, contingent on performance, growth delivery, and leadership maturity.
Core Responsibilities
Develop a multi-year product roadmap grounded in market opportunity, financial modeling, and capital efficiency.
Lead the financial and strategic evaluation of all new training products and platform enhancements.
Oversee design, build, launch, and continuous improvement of digital and blended learning programs.
Anticipate emerging trends in workforce learning and upskilling; translate them into commercially viable offerings.
Align product strategy with technology, marketing, and sales priorities to maximize enterprise value creation.
Define KPIs for financial and learning performance—enrollment, completion, satisfaction, and gross margin.
Build and mentor a lean, high-impact product team combining creative and analytical capabilities.
Essential Skills & Qualifications
Experience Requirements
Why This Role
This is a rare opportunity to build a globally visible professional training enterprise from the ground up. The SVP of Product will lead the integration of business rigor and educational innovation, ensuring every product delivers both mission impact and measurable financial performance.
The position offers a clear pathway to Chief Product Officer within two years—ideal for a commercially minded product executive who can blend vision, discipline, and impact at scale.
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