Director of Product

About this role

Who We Are:

We’re a high-growth software company with a big mission: empowering K-12 district teams to do more with less.

At LINQ, we get K12. That’s why we help districts transform K-12 school operations with best-in-class, cloud-based software solutions built to help districts return more resources to classrooms. Integrating finance, HR, nutrition management, and payments into a single, secure platform, LINQ reduces administrative burden. LINQ is trusted by 30% of school districts across the U.S. to help them operate more efficiently and serve over 1 billion meals to 17 million students annually, process payroll for 364,000 educators, administrators, and staff, and engage with millions of families through the free LINQ Connect app.

Our team? They’re talented, committed, and fiercely loyal problem-solvers. At LINQ, you’ll find challenging and meaningful work, a team that respects and uplifts one another, and a commitment to constant improvement. Our customers love us because we’re attentive, patient, communicative, and solutions focused. They know they can count on us to not only anticipate their needs but to deliver the right answer every time.

LINQ’s Values:

• Act with Integrity & Build Trust: Trust is the foundation of our company. We operate with the highest standards of integrity, both internally and externally. We believe in transparency, honesty, and accountability. Building a culture where trust is earned and maintained.

• Deliver Excellence: We consistently exceed our clients’ expectations. In every interaction, we strive to anticipate needs, provide swift solutions, and go the extra mile to relentlessly impress our customers. We communicate clearly, consistently, and in a timely way to cultivate lasting relationships.

• Embrace Challenges: We embrace a growth mindset. Challenges offer opportunities to learn, grow, and improve. Continuous learning keeps us relevant and effective to ensure our solutions remain on the leading edge of innovation.

• Collaborate & Act as One Team: Diverse skills, ideas, and perspectives are our strength. Through open communication, shared goals, and a spirit of unity and mutual respect, we collaborate to achieve excellence, drive innovation, and propel our company forward as a cohesive force.

About the Role
We are looking for a Director, Product Management to own strategy for our Nutrition product line and
lead the team responsible for delivering it. You will set direction for Nutrition, partner at a peer level
with engineering directors and GTM leaders, and develop your direct reports into strong product leaders
and owners. You are accountable for how Nutrition connects to the broader portfolio, how it performs,
and how the team operates at scale. This role reports to the VP of Product.

What You’ll Be Doing
• Own Nutrition product strategy, ensuring decisions ladder up to company direction.
• Shape strategy across product boundaries — understand how decisions in Nutrition create
dependencies or opportunities elsewhere in the portfolio and coordinate accordingly.
• Anticipate market shifts and competitive moves; adjust direction proactively.
• Connect product strategy to business outcomes — revenue, retention, and market position.
• Build executive-ready business cases for Nutrition investments; partner with finance on planning
and forecasting.
• Coordinate execution across Nutrition and adjacent product areas with interdependencies;
resolve cross-area conflicts in priority and resourcing.
• Anticipate and mitigate delivery risks before they impact outcomes.
• Own P&L or business performance metrics for Nutrition.
• Partner with engineering leadership on platform investments, technical debt strategy, and data
strategy for Nutrition.
• Partner at a peer level with engineering directors, sales leadership, and customer success — co-
owning outcomes.
• Represent Nutrition clearly to executive leadership, with well-framed tradeoffs and investment
rationale.
• Engage directly with food service directors and other customer stakeholders to understand their
operational challenges; represent LINQ externally in the K–12 nutrition and food service space,
including at industry conferences.
• Lead and develop your direct reports through regular 1:1s, structured feedback, individual
development planning, and clear performance expectations.
• Build and retain a high-performing product team within Nutrition.
• Identify high-potential talent…