TL;DR

Vice President of Product, Emerging Markets (Product Management): Identifying, validating, and accelerating new product opportunities across high-growth, early-stage markets. Focus on transforming ambiguous, cross‑functional problems into clear, testable concepts with the potential to scale. Focus on customer value, willingness‑to‑pay signals, scalable go‑to‑market pathways, and operational/regulatory feasibility.

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Company

Verra Mobility is a global leader in smart mobility developing technology-enabled solutions that help the world move safely and easily.

What you will do

  • Build and lead a high-performing emerging markets product organization.
  • Translate company strategy into a clear emerging markets vision.
  • Establish a rigorous discovery practice combining qualitative research, market analysis, rapid prototyping, and quantitative validation.
  • Operationalize a structured approach to experimentation with clear frameworks for hypothesis creation, test selection, success metrics, and learnings.
  • Partner with Engineering, Design, and Data to bring early-stage concepts to life through prototypes, beta releases, and pilot implementations.
  • Partner with Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success to test messaging, identify segments, develop field-tested value propositions, and validate pricing models.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in Product Management, Innovation, Strategy, or related functions, with 5+ years building and leading product teams.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science or a related field of study.
  • Proven experience developing 0→1 products, validating new markets, and driving early-stage product development cycles.
  • Background in B2B SaaS, platforms, IoT, mobility, telematics, or adjacent innovation-focused domains in highly regulated markets preferred.
  • Strong command of experimentation frameworks, research methodologies, and metrics for early-stage product validation.
  • Highly collaborative partner to Engineering, Design, Marketing, Sales, and Executive leadership teams.

Culture & Benefits

  • Work in alignment with the Verra Mobility Core Values: Own It, Do What’s Right, Choose Courage Over Comfort, Win Together.
  • Employees ensure accountability, optimize and align work, focus on the customer, and cultivate innovation.
  • Team members model ethical behavior, demonstrate good judgment and are courageous.
  • Challenge assumptions, address issues early and prioritize progress over ease.
  • Seek people who collaborate, value differences, think and act globally, foster an engaging work environment, and recognize and develop others.