Director of Product Management

Job Description

Job Title: Director of Product Management

Location: Bangalore (On-site; full-time)

About Locus

Battle-tested in 350 deployments across 30 countries, Locus is an agentic Transportation Management System for all-mile, all-channel, trusted by enterprises like Unilever, Nestl, and Siam Makro.

The platform unifies orders, capacity, and carrier networks into one living plan, aligning planning, execution, and settlement so promises become proof. AI co-pilots with guardrails surface risk early and recommend the next best move to protect SLAs and reduce empty miles.

In 2025, Locus joined the Ingka Group (IKEA Retail) family, marking a major milestone in our journey. Backed by the scale and strength of IKEA, we continue to operate independently while accelerating our mission to make global supply chains faster, smarter, and more sustainable.

Our Journey and Impact

Since 2015, Locus has been on a mission to make logistics decision-making intelligent, sustainable, and real-world ready. Our platform has powered billions of deliveries across 30 countries for global enterprises, driving measurable impact in cost savings, carbon reduction, and SLA performance. With the strength of the IKEA ecosystem behind us, were scaling that impact even further.

Our Global Footprint

Headquartered in Bangalore, with teams across the U.S., U.K., UAE, and Southeast Asia, Locus brings together 170 engineers, designers, and problem-solvers united by a single goal: to reinvent how the world moves goods.

Traits We Value

We look for people who are:

• Global in mindset: curious about diverse markets and ideas.
• Unrelenting in drive: energized by complex challenges.
• Intelligent in approach: analytical, creative, and thoughtful.
• Dynamic in execution: adaptive and decisive in fast-moving contexts.
• Exact in craft: detail-oriented and committed to excellence.

Job Overview: Director of Product Management

Were seeking a strategic and hands-on Director of Product Management to lead multiple product streams within Locus enterprise logistics SaaS platform. Youll own the vision, roadmap, and execution for critical modules driving measurable impact across strategy, delivery, adoption, and customer growth. Youll work cross-functionally with engineering, design, solutions, customer success, and go-to-market teams, while scaling and mentoring a high-performing team of product managers.

This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of technology, strategy, and execution in a fast-scaling SaaS environment.

What Youll Own Strategic Ownership

• Define and own the product vision and multi-year roadmap for your portfolio of product streams within Locus.
• Translate company strategy into product goals, metrics, OKRs, and execution plans aligned with our modular, AI-native platform.
• Collaborate with the leadership team to ensure roadmap coherence across modules and alignment to overall business objectives.
• Lead market, competitive, and customer research to inform prioritization, evaluate opportunities, and guide innovation.

Execution & Delivery Excellence

• Lead the full product lifecycle from discovery and ideation through launch, adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Drive alignment and execution across multiple product teams and engineering squads.
• Establish and track delivery KPIs such as predictability, quality, reliability, and Time-to-value.

Market & Customer Impact

• Engage directly with enterprise customers to validate needs, gather feedback, and represent Locus as a thought partner.
• Define and monitor analytics across usage, adoption, retention, and ROI to measure success.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success on pricing, packaging, launch readiness, and go-to-market execution.
• Support enterprise deals, product adoption, and expansion initiatives while championing a customer-first, data-driven mindset.

Team Leadership & Culture

• Build, mentor, and scale a team of 58 product managers and related roles. Establish frameworks for coaching, performance feedback, and career progression.
• Foster a high-performance, customer-obsessed, data-informed product culture.
• Lead hiring, onboarding, and cross-functional collaboration across teams.

Success Metrics

Youll be measured by the outcomes your portfolio delivers, including:

• Customer & Business Impact: Growth in adoption, retention, and revenue influence across product streams.
• Execution Excellence: Predictable delivery, high release quality, and measurable reliability improvements.
• Operational Efficiency: Reduced time-to-market and stronger alignment across teams.
• Customer Value: Improved satisfaction, activation, and time-to-value through superior product experiences.

What Were Looking For

• 8-10 years of Product Management experience, including at least 4 years leading an enterprise SaaS product portfolio.
• Proven success managing multiple product streams, owning end-to-end lifecycle, and prioritizing across dependencies.
• Deep domain knowledge in logistics, transportation, or supply-chain technology (TMS, WMS, visibility, orchestration) is strongly preferred.
• Strong technical fluency in SaaS architectures, APIs, integrations, analytics instrumentation, AI/ML workflows, and multi-tenant platforms.
• Leadership experience in building and mentoring product teams in high-growth, matrixed environments.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills able to articulate vision, influence across exec, tech, and customer levels.

Why Join Us

• Shape the future of logistics technology at a global scale.
• Lead a mission-critical product portfolio driving AI-native transformation.
• Work with passionate innovators redefining how enterprises orchestrate logistics.
• Be part of a culture that values innovation, ownership, and measurable outcomes.

At Locus, we move fast, think globally, and obsess over customer success.

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