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ToptalSVP, Product - US-Based
Toptal operates a worldwide network of talent that helps companies scale their teams on demand, and it calls itself the biggest fully remote workforce anywhere. This…
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Toptal operates a worldwide network of talent that helps companies scale their teams on demand, and it calls itself the biggest fully remote workforce anywhere. This remote, full-time, exempt role is the most senior product post at the company. The SVP reports to the Chief Executive Officer, takes a seat on the executive team, and partners with the heads of engineering, design, finance, marketing, emerging ventures, professional services and customer…
Job Description
Toptal operates a worldwide network of talent that helps companies scale their teams on demand, and it calls itself the biggest fully remote workforce anywhere. This remote, full-time, exempt role is the most senior product post at the company. The SVP reports to the Chief Executive Officer, takes a seat on the executive team, and partners with the heads of engineering, design, finance, marketing, emerging ventures, professional services and customer teams. The posting is open to candidates in the United States.
The job covers the core platform, talent and client experiences, internal systems, customer-facing products, plus the data and AI platform beneath them. The posting treats AI as the heart of the product agenda rather than an add-on. The SVP decides where agents and models belong, makes build-or-buy choices, and sets how AI quality is measured through evaluations and review processes. The role is hands-on: the SVP is expected to write specifications, analyze data personally, and test agent prototypes before budget is committed.
Other duties include shaping the multi-year portfolio roadmap, deciding what to retire, creating the product operating model and its metrics, integrating acquired products, and organizing product teams, including resourcing and hiring. The SVP also sets the hiring standard for the product organization.
Candidates should have at least fifteen years of software product management, including eight or more years leading product organizations and other product leaders. A technical bachelor's degree is expected, with a master's degree strongly preferred. The posting also asks for experience delivering AI-enabled products with measurable business results, and for working knowledge of agent design, retrieval, fine-tuning and evaluation. The position is full-time and exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Applications and correspondence must be in English.
Responsibilities
- Define Toptal's AI product strategy across the marketplace, talent and client experiences, internal systems and go-to-market offerings
- Choose which AI capabilities to build and which to skip, including build-or-buy calls for models and tooling and pricing of AI features
- Own the portfolio vision and multi-year roadmap, deciding what to sunset and how investment splits between growth, platform work and operational leverage
- Establish the product operating model, planning rhythm and the metrics teams are judged on
- Lead the product side of acquisitions and new launches, and represent the needs of talent and clients
- Decide how product teams should be structured, staffed and hired, and set the bar for hiring
Requirements
- At least fifteen years building software products as a product manager
- Minimum of eight years managing product organizations, including leaders who run product teams
- A track record in resourcing and workforce planning, with hiring results that can be counted
- History of owning a whole product portfolio at a fast-growing tech company, judged on business results
- Experience leading AI-enabled products that produced measurable business gains
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, ideally in a technical subject such as engineering, computer science or information systems
- Master's degree, strongly favored
- Practical grasp of agent design, retrieval, context work, fine-tuning and model evaluation, and what models cost to run
- Growth marketing skill across acquisition, activation, conversion and retention
- Background in marketplace, platform or two-sided companies
- Earlier work as a software engineer
- Comfort with SQL or spreadsheets, and with running research with both internal staff and outside users
Core Skills
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Where is this role based?
The posting lists it as remote and open to candidates in the United States. It does not mention visa sponsorship.
What experience is required?
At least fifteen years in software product management and eight years leading product organizations, including other product leaders.
Is the role full-time and what is the salary?
The posting describes a full-time, exempt position. It does not state a salary or pay range.
How do I apply?
The posting does not describe the application steps. It says applications and correspondence must be in English.
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