Hybrid Director of Product na Hope Media Group

Description

If you are a strategic product leader with strong business acumen, exceptional communication skills, and a passion for user-centered design, we encourage you to apply.

Join a company that truly impacts others!

Hope Media Group is a multi-brand ministry. Every story we share, every event we host, and every song we play is done to engage people to love Jesus, serve others, and spread Hope. Hope Media Group the home of KSBJ, WayFM, Vida Unida and NGEN radio. 

We invite you to apply for our Director of Product position in Houston, TX, and be a part of our growing ministry to Love Jesus, Serve Others, and Spread Hope. Our team describes our environment as fun, encouraging, collaborative, engaging, caring, family-oriented, and friendly. We would love for you to join us and be part of what God is doing in our ministry! This is an onsite position. 

Job Summary:

Hope Media Group is seeking a strategic and results-oriented Director of Product to lead our product team in delivering impactful, user-centered digital solutions that drive business growth and align with our mission of inspiring hope through uplifting content. This senior leadership role requires strong business acumen and exceptional communication skills to ensure alignment between product strategy and organizational goals. The Director of Product will collaborate across departments to prioritize opportunities, define strategy, and deliver exceptional products that balance user needs with business outcomes. This position is onsite. 

Essential Functions

Leadership:

• Act as a bridge between business, technology, and design teams, ensuring clear communication and alignment of goals. 
• Recruit, develop, and mentor a talented product team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. 
• Partner with leadership to ensure that product initiatives directly contribute to organizational priorities, revenue goals, and operational efficiency. 

Strategic Data Management:

• Establish and articulate a compelling product vision and strategy that aligns with Hope Media Group’s mission and business objectives. 
• Lead the creation and execution of a product roadmap that prioritizes business impact, user value, and long-term innovation. 
• Champion a deep understanding of user needs through research, interviews, and data, ensuring products provide value to our audience. 
• Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate product success and inform decisions with data. 
• Advocate for and implement Agile frameworks (Scrum/Kanban) to ensure efficient workflows, rapid iteration, and continuous delivery. 
• Present product strategies, updates, and outcomes to stakeholders at all levels, ensuring transparency and alignment. 
• Stay informed about market trends, emerging technologies, and audience needs to identify opportunities for growth and differentiation. 

 Demonstrated Faith:

• Committed to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Be spiritually grounded and Biblically literate.
• Comfortable praying for co-workers in team meetings, leading spoken prayer, and participating in ministry prayer meetings and Bible studies.
• Lives by the Christian principles defined by the Ministry Statement of Faith.
• Participates in on-air fundraisers and prays for donors as needed.
• Has a passion for leveraging the platform of radio for evangelism and discipleship.
• Exhibits a strong moral character.
• Is an active member of a Bible believing local church.

Non-Essential Functions:

• Other duties as requested.

Requirements and Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, design, or equivalent professional experience. 

Experience:

• 10+ years of product management experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Heart for Christian Ministry
• Strong moral character
• Has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Spiritually grounded and working knowledge of scripture
• Must be an active member of a Bible believing local church
• Strong business acumen with a proven ability to tie product initiatives to organizational goals. 
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and inspire teams. 
• Expertise in product strategy, road mapping, and execution. 
• Proven success in leading cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, user-centered products. 
• Proficiency in Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and tools (e.g., Jira, Aha!)
• A user-first mindset with a strong focus on solving meaningful problems. 
• Strategic thinker who can balance short-term goals with long-term innovation. 
• Collaborative leader who builds trust and alignment across diverse teams. 
• Preferred but not required:
• Experience in the media or nonprofit sectors.
• Familiarity with Hope Media Group’s mission and audience. 
• Experience with financial modeling or budget management as it relates to product development. 

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Immediate supervision of a small group of employees. Recommends candidates for hiring, termination; prepares and conducts performance appraisals and salary reviews and applies company policies.

Working Conditions and Environment

Travel:

• Occasional travel

Nights/Weekends/Holidays:

• Occasional for conferences or retreats.

Physical Requirements:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical Activity may include Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers including pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than the whole hand as in handling. Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.

 Full-Time Benefits Offerings:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Savings Accounts
• Short Term Disability/Long Term Disability
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Paid Time Off
• Service Days
• Paid Holidays
• 403B Retirement 
• Group Life Insurance
• Legal Shield/Identity Theft Protection