Associate Director of Product

Pune | Full time | Work from office | 6+ years of product management experience

About the client The client is an AI-first commercial management company for hotels and hotel operators in the US. They help their clients grow revenue through a unified, tech-led solution and service. We are a rapidly growing startup, 230+ members strong, funded by top investors, and already profitable with several million USD in revenue.

About the role

As Associate Director of Product, you will shape the product direction and lead delivery from customer discovery through launch and adoption. You will work closely with company leadership, engineering and customer-facing teams, and manage and develop a team of Product Managers. This is a hands-on role for a product leader who can connect customer problems, technical choices and measurable business outcomes.

What you will do

- Set product priorities and turn hotel workflows and customer needs into a clear roadmap for AI-enabled, autonomous products.
- Spend time with hotel customers and Atica teams to understand how work gets done, identify where automation will help, and test product ideas before investing in them.
- Partner with engineering and AI teams on product design, integrations, data needs, reliability, exceptions and appropriate human oversight.
- Lead and coach at least three junior Product Managers, raising the quality of discovery,



product decisions and execution across the team.
- Guide products from problem definition to launch, adoption and ongoing improvement; use customer feedback and product data to measure whether they are delivering value.
- Keep leaders and partner teams aligned on priorities, trade-offs, risks and progress, and make timely decisions when information is incomplete.

Who we are looking for

- At least six years of product management experience, excluding experience in other roles. You are currently a Senior Product Manager or hold an equivalent level of responsibility.
- Experience directly managing at least three junior Product Managers and helping them grow in their roles.
- Product experience in a B2B software company. Experience serving customers across multiple countries is a strong plus; B2C or D2C product experience alone is not a fit for this role.
- Strong technical depth: you can work credibly with engineers on software architecture, APIs, data and integrations, and understand the practical limits of AI systems.
- An AI-first approach to product work, with hands-on use of AI tools and sound judgment about where AI can automate work and where people should stay involved.
- Clear communication, robust stakeholder management and the ability to bring customer, commercial and technical teams to a decision.

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