Yext (NYSE: YEXT) helps organizations build digital experiences across any channel on our open and composable platform. The Yext Digital Experience Platform collects and organizes content to deliver AI-led experiences for any organization’s customers, employees, or partners. For more than 15 years, thousands of companies worldwide have trusted Yext to create seamless customer experiences at scale across search engines, websites, mobile apps, and hundreds of other digital touchpoints. Learn more at yext.com.

Yext is looking for an Associate Director of Product with a passion for redefining the CMS market with an AI-led composable CMS! In this role, you will be responsible for leading the strategy, roadmap and market success of Yext Content. The ideal candidate will possess a unique blend of business and technical acumen, a big-picture vision and the drive to work closely with a team of elite product managers, engineers, designers, data scientists and cross-functional teams.

• Define and articulate the product vision and strategy for Yext Content, Connector and Studio, ensuring alignment with Yext business priorities.
• Lead the Yext Content product management team, fostering a culture of innovation, dedication and user-centricity.
• Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and gather customer feedback to advise product roadmaps and feature development.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, marketing, sales and customer success teams to ensure successful product launches and adoption.
• Define OKR for the product line, adjusting strategies and team mix as necessary to achieve growth and retention targets.
• Act as the CMS product evangelist both internally and externally, including customer advisory boards, AR/PR briefings, customer webinars, and product council meetings
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the CMS, DXP and AI market landscape, emerging technologies and standards.
• Drive product innovation through a culture of rapid iteration, experimentation, lean UX and constant customer feedback cycles.
• Oversee and prioritize product backlogs, rolling 6 months roadmap, and work with engineering counterparts to allocate resources to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products.
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of dedicated product managers to deliver and iterate on innovation to the market frequently.

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
• 3-5 years of experience in a product management, industry experience or computer science role
• 3+ years of experience in leading a team is a plus
• A deep understanding of data modeling, relationships, content types, and headless architecture
• Experience and knowledge in MACH domain (CMS, commerce, search, experience design, data layer), DXPs and API is most
• Familiarity with modern CMS tooling: Contentful, Contentstack, Drupal, Adobe, etc.
• Product mentality - inclination and ability to envision a product and then marshal and drive resources to realize that vision
• Flexible, fast learner who thrives in a constantly changing work environment
• Able to generate creative, simple solutions to sophisticated problems
• Ability to quickly understand, reason about, and fluently discuss existing and proposed software systems
• Excellent writing and presentation abilities
• Strong leadership and mentorship skills
• Ability to work productively in a collaborative team environment
• Works well under pressure
• Effective time-management skills and the ability to juggle multiple projects
• Proven work ethic

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The base salary at the time of hire for this position is expected to be between $203,000-$339,500. Pay ranges at Yext are established based on an analysis of salaries for positions with a similar level of accountability and impact in the relevant labor market. Salary levels are expected to change to reflect an employee’s job performance (results and impact) over time. Salaries at the time of hire are typically offered in the lower to middle of the above-referenced range in order to provide the opportunity to reflect performance-based increases over time. In addition to base salaries, employees at Yext are typically eligible for a comprehensive package of benefits, and successful candidates may also be eligible for equity (stock) based compensation and/or variable pay programs based on performance relative to goals and targets.

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