Chief Product Officer

NU Advisory Partners has been retained to lead the search for a Chief Product Officer for a growth-stage software company. This executive owns product vision, strategy, and execution, partnering closely with the CEO and executive leadership team to shape the company’s long-term trajectory. The role requires a commercially minded product leader who brings clarity, prioritization discipline, and operational rigor while building scalable product foundations for sustained growth.

About NU Advisory Partners

NU Advisory Partners is an AI-native executive search and advisory firm specializing in senior executive, operating, and board roles, with deep expertise in private capital-backed environments.

We’re breaking the mold in an industry that hasn’t changed in decades, pairing a top-tier team with tech, data, and AI to make search smarter, faster, and built for how businesses move today. The result? A better experience for clients, candidates, and ourselves. With 2,000+ searches and deep industry expertise, we deliver high-touch service and leadership talent that drives long-term value.

Key Responsibilities

Product Vision & Long-Term Strategy

• Define and articulate a clear multi-year product vision aligned with company growth objectives.
• Establish disciplined prioritization across multiple strategic paths, balancing short-term wins with long-term platform value.
• Ensure product strategy is grounded in external market signals and evolving customer needs.

Commercially Oriented Product Leadership

• Evaluate product investments through a commercial lens, weighing revenue impact, execution cost, risk, and time-to-value.
• Align product decisions with measurable business outcomes including growth, retention, and expansion.
• Partner closely with go-to-market leadership to ensure roadmap alignment with revenue strategy.

Customer-Centric Product Development

• Lead ongoing customer discovery and market research to inform validated roadmaps.
• Translate qualitative and quantitative insights into actionable product direction.
• Maintain direct engagement with customers to ensure product decisions reflect real-world workflows and value realization.

Operational Rigor & Delivery Excellence

• Own end-to-end product planning and delivery, ensuring clarity, accountability, and predictable execution.
• Raise standards across product management processes, roadmap discipline, and cross-functional coordination.
• Balance strategic leadership with hands-on involvement in a lean, scaling environment.

AI & Emerging Capabilities

• Define a pragmatic approach to incorporating advanced technologies into the product roadmap where they meaningfully improve customer outcomes.
• Ensure innovation efforts are disciplined, measurable, and aligned with business priorities.
• Establish standards for experimentation, evaluation, and responsible rollout.

Executive & Board Partnership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO, enabling clear strategic thinking and focus.
• Represent product strategy in executive and board-level discussions.
• Provide a confident, defensible narrative around investment decisions and roadmap direction.

Team Leadership & Capability Building

• Build, lead, and scale a high-performing product organization.
• Develop leadership depth across product management and adjacent functions.
• Create a culture of accountability, focus, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience operating at the Chief Product Officer level or in an equivalent senior product leadership role.
• Strong background in software product leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to define long-term product strategy and translate vision into disciplined execution.
• Track record of building and scaling high-performing product teams with operational rigor.
• Commercial fluency with the ability to connect product investment decisions to revenue and enterprise value.
• Experience introducing advanced capabilities through structured experimentation and measured rollout.
• Clear communicator with strong executive presence and judgment.
• Comfort operating in high-ambiguity, growth-stage environments.

How to Apply:

• Submit your resume.
• Our team will review your application.
• If your experience aligns with the role, we’ll reach out to discuss the opportunity further.
• Even if this role isn’t the perfect match, we’ll add you to our talent network for future opportunities.

At NU Advisory Partners, we’re committed to identifying and placing exceptional leaders in roles where they can drive meaningful impact. If your background aligns with this opportunity, we invite you to apply.