Role: Senior Vice President (SVP), Product
Reports to: Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO)
Location: Anywhere in Canada
Company: Rightsline, https://www.rightsline.com/
Type: Full Time / Permanent
Travel: Up to 15%
Company
Since 2012, Rightsline has been revolutionizing rights and royalties management with its leading IP Commerce SaaS platform. Rightsline partners with the largest IP holders in the world, including Disney, Amazon, Spotify, Getty Images, Fanatics, the NFL, Microsoft, and Merck. Rightsline delivers intelligent solutions for the entire intellectual property lifecycle, enabling IP creators, owners, and distributors to reduce risk and increase profitability. Serving industries from media and entertainment to life sciences, our scalable platform combines advanced analytics, business process outsourcing, and decades of industry expertise to tackle the most complex rights and royalties challenges.
With approximately 300 employees across global offices in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Toronto, London, and New Delhi, Rightsline combines industry-leading software platforms with robust intelligence, analytics, and business process outsourcing services. We pride ourselves on driving innovation, fostering collaboration, and solving any rights and royalties challenge that comes our way. The company is committed to providing a supportive and challenging work environment with competitive compensation and benefits.
Position
We are seeking a strategic and tactical Senior Vice President of Product to help define our multi-product platform strategy, own and maintain a complex set of roadmaps, and assume ownership of all facets of the Product function. This role requires a dynamic leader with expertise in managing complex enterprise SaaS solutions, integrating acquired products and teams, and driving operational excellence through metrics-driven methodologies. The ideal candidate will have an empathetic and supportive management style with an enthusiasm for mentoring product team resources of all levels, while inspiring cross-functional teams to deliver impactful results, by executing with a sense of urgency achieved through collaboration and decisive action.
The SVP of Product will report to the CPTO and oversee a team of Product Directors/Managers, Quality Assurance professionals, and UX experts across multiple time zones. This position will build and execute the product roadmap - ensuring alignment with key business goals - and deliver high-quality, customer-centric solutions based on market research, customer engagement data, and executive input. The role requires a collaborative ethos, strong analytical mindset, and the ability to leverage data to drive decision-making and continuous improvement. This leader will work closely with peers in Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Professional Services, and Customer Success, as well as liaise with executive leadership and private equity stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Product Vision & Strategy
- Define and communicate product vision aligned with company goals to inspire stakeholders
- Adapt product platform to meet future offerings and evolving market demands
- Identify opportunities for multi-year roadmap driving product evolution and innovation
- Align product strategy with business and go-to-market initiatives for growth
Roadmap Management & Execution
- Manage end-to-end roadmap process and communicate directly with senior stakeholders
- Set KPIs to track roadmap execution, quality, and scrum team performance
- Lead continuous improvement in functionality, quality, and UX to boost impact
- Represent product to executive leadership, providing updates on progress and priorities
- Champion a customer-first mindset in all product decisions and strategies
Portfolio Management & M&A Integration
- Manage multi-product portfolio with overlapping and mutually supportive roadmaps
- Lead product integration for acquisitions, harmonizing offerings and unifying platforms
- Address product gaps from acquisitions and facilitate seamless team integration
Team Leadership & Development
- Lead Product Management, QA, and UX teams across multiple time zones
- Foster an environment of professional growth, learning, and high performance
- Empower and mentor product resources across all levels
- Foster collaboration with Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success
Product Optimization & Adoption
- Monitor product adoption to identify opportunities to maximize product-market fit and optimize features
- Lead initiatives to boost engagement, reduce churn, and increase customer satisfaction
- Use analytics and insights to identify friction points and enhance customer experience
- Lead product operations with customer-centric and data-driven focus
- Leverage data, analytics, and feedback to guide product direction
Requirements
- A minimum of 10+ years professional experience in Product Management for complex enterprise SaaS solutions
- At least 5+ years in a senior leadership position (VP, SVP, etc.)
- Well versed in multi-product portfolios including rationalization/sunsetting strategies
- Experience managing teams of at least 25+ people, with a minimum of 4-6 direct reports
- Expertise in product-led development and Agile methodologies
- Strong data-driven decision-making skills focused on customer insights and KPIs
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
- Experience leading distributed, global teams in cross-functional collaboration
- Proven track record in driving business transformation
- Skilled in product development from customer feedback to market delivery
Benefits
Many perks and benefits including:
- Unlimited vacation
- Healthcare, Dental and Vision Benefits
- RRSP Match Program
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Hybrid & flexible work hours
The Rightsline Advantage
At Rightsline we encourage inclusiveness, purpose and innovation. We offer birthdays off, unlimited vacation time, team socials and career progression in a high growth environment.
- Rightsline was the very 1st cloud-based rights and contract management platform, so we're used to innovation. We're also used to incredible growth if you're into that sort of thing.
- You will become part of an amazing culture with a supportive executive team, smart colleagues who truly care, and a global team
- You'll often hear "Yes, let's try that!" and then have the chance to execute your ideas
- You will grow more here than you would at any other company. That's a promise
- A People First Company - 4.2 rating on Glassdoor
Equal Employment Opportunity
Rightsline is an equal opportunity workplace. All candidates will be afforded equal opportunity through the recruiting process. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity and/or expression. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team of highly talented individuals and creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. If you are contacted for an interview and require accommodation during the interviewing process, please let us know.
