Senior Director - Head of Product Velocity

Job Description

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Turn Ideas into Impact—Fast

Cor Partners seeks a Senior Director, Head of Product Velocity to lead our enterprise acceleration engine. This role establishes and scales a modern, product-led delivery model combining Extreme Co-Design, AI-enabled engineering, and rapid prototyping to move from idea to MVP in days, not months. You’ll replace slow, requirements-driven processes with collaborative, business-aligned innovation—dramatically reducing time-to-value while improving adoption and quality across Engle Martin, Eberl, Envista, and DBI.

What You’ll Do

Strategy \& Leadership

• Define and execute the enterprise Product Velocity strategy and product-led operating model
• Align delivery with enterprise priorities, architecture standards, and platform strategy

Extreme Co-Design \& Rapid Delivery

• Lead and scale Extreme Co-Design, enabling teams to move from idea prototype MVP scaled solution
• Build a Co-Design Center of Excellence to standardize execution and drive adoption

AI-Enabled Acceleration

• Drive the use of agentic AI tools to accelerate product definition and engineering delivery
• Enable teams to generate requirements, workflows, and prototypes faster while reducing ambiguity

Product Management \& Value Delivery

• Establish modern product management practices: ownership, roadmaps, outcome-based prioritization
• Partner with business leaders to identify high-impact opportunities and align initiatives
• Ensure solutions are user-centered, adopted, and designed for real operational workflows

Performance \& Metrics

• Establish and track Product Velocity metrics: idea-to-prototype timelines, MVP speed, adoption rates, ROI
• Continuously improve delivery effectiveness and eliminate bottlenecks

Team Leadership

• Build and lead a high-performing team of Product Owners, Co-Design facilitators, and AI/automation specialists
• Foster a culture of speed, accountability, and continuous improvement

What We’re Looking For

• 12–15\+ years in product management, digital delivery, or technology leadership
• Proven experience building and scaling product-led delivery organizations
• Deep expertise in Agile, rapid prototyping, MVP delivery, and cross-functional collaboration
• Experience leveraging AI and automation in product or engineering workflows
• Strong track record in matrixed, multi-business unit environments
• Transformation mindset with focus on speed, quality, and measurable business impact
• Atlanta or NY/NJ are preferred locations but open for the right candidate