Vice President, Product and Innovation

Are you a strategic product leader who thrives at the intersection of innovation technology and client experience

Join Esquire as a Vice President Product & Innovation where youll define and drive Esquires product vision by translating company strategy client insight and emerging technologiesincluding AI-enabled capabilitiesinto scalable platforms tools and offerings that fuel differentiated profitable growth.

Why Choose Esquire

Esquire is a leader in legal support services known for innovation professionalism and delivering exceptional quality. At Esquire we are focused on Getting it Right for our clients our partners and our employees. We believe the client experience begins with us and we empower leaders to think boldly act decisively and deliver solutions that create measurable business impact.

About the Role

The Vice President Product & Innovation defines and owns Esquires enterprise product vision and roadmap ensuring product investments deepen client engagement improve employee productivity and deliver meaningful return on investment. This role serves as a senior leader and advocate for innovation partnering closely with Operations IT Sales Marketing and Executive Leadership to bring strategy to life through disciplined product execution.

Key Responsibilities

Product Vision and Strategy

• Define and own a clear multi-year product vision aligned with Esquires enterprise strategy and value-creation priorities.
• Translate strategic objectives into a pragmatic sequenced product roadmap spanning core platforms internal tools and client-facing innovation initiatives.
• Ensure product decisions are grounded in measurable business outcomes return on investment and client impact.
• Own final prioritization recommendations for the enterprise production roadmap balancing growth efficiency risk and scalability considerations.

Innovation Adjacencies and New Product Development

• Identify incubate and scale new product concepts adjacent offerings and enabling capabilities.
• Evaluate and pursue build buy or partner approaches to accelerate innovation and reduce time to value.
• Act as a visible advocate for innovation and client experience in senior leadership discussions.
• Make data-informed recommendations on product investment experimentation continuation or sunsetting.

Client and Market Insight

• Engage directly with client and internal users to understand workflows pain points and unmet needs and translate those insights into product decisions.
• Translate client and market insights into clear product requirements prioritization decisions and trade-off recommendations.
• Partner closely with Operations Sales and Marketing to ensure products reflect real-world usage buying dynamics and delivery constraints.
• Ensure product discovery and validation practices are embedded consistently across the organization.

Technology and Platform Enablement

• Partner with IT and technology leaders to shape platforms and systems that support internal users and external clients.
• Ensure internal tools materially improve employee productivity and enable a consistent high-quality client experience.
• Ensure client-facing platforms add tangible value for users and contribute to revenue growth.
• Clarify and uphold the division of responsibilities between Product and Technology with Product accountable for business outcomes and Technology accountable for solution delivery.

AI Leadership and Enablement

• Serve as the organizations senior product and business leader for artificial intelligence initiatives.
• Identify prioritize and champion AI use cases that enhance client value and internal workflows.
• Build organizational fluency around AI opportunities trade-offs and limitations through education and applied use cases.
• Ensure AI initiatives align with data privacy security ethical use and legal-industry standards.

Product Delivery and Execution

• Ensure high-quality product requirements user stories acceptance criteria and backlog hygiene.
• Own end-to-end product delivery from discovery through launch iteration and ongoing optimization.
• Drive prioritization and sequencing decisions across competing initiatives and stakeholders.
• Hold the product team accountable for delivery quality timeliness and outcomes.
• Establish and monitor product performance metrics including adoption usage business impact and client satisfaction.

Go-to-Market and Commercialization

• Lead product launches with clear positioning for clients and internal teams.
• Partner with Marketing Sales and Operations to drive adoption usage and value realization.
• Monitor post-launch performance and guide iteration based on usage data feedback and business results.
• Align with relevant stakeholders on pricing packaging and value articulation to support revenue growth and margin improvement.
• Collaborate with Operations IT Marketing and Sales on implementation strategy planning and execution

Product Organization and Talent

• Lead and develop a small high-impact product team with clear roles accountability and performance expectations.
• Operate as a player-coach balancing strategic leadership with hands-on guidance and problem-solving.
• Build team capabilities over time while delivering near-term priorities.

Leadership and Influence

• Influence without authority across functions and senior stakeholders.
• Drive cross-functional alignment through clear narrative data and disciplined decision-making.
• Balance innovation velocity with operational stability trust and reliability.
• Lead organizational change associated with new platforms tools and AI-enabled workflows to ensure sustained adoption.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Youll Need

• Education: Bachelors degree in business technology or a related field required; JD or MBA preferred
• Experience: 810 years of progressive experience in product management product strategy or innovation leadership
• Leadership: Proven experience leading cross-functional product initiatives from concept through delivery
• Innovation: Demonstrated experience evaluating and implementing AI-enabled or advanced technology solutions
• Industry: Legal industry experience preferred
• Skills: Strong analytical communication and executive-level influence skills
• Execution: Ability to balance strategic thinking with execution discipline and operational follow-through
• Environment: Experience operating in complex cross-functional organizations with competing priorities
• Travel: Ability to travel up to 25%

What Success Looks Like

• Delivery of a clear aligned product vision and roadmap supporting company strategy
• Measurable business impact from product initiatives including adoption usage and ROI
• Improved client and employee experience driven by platform and product enhancements
• Timely high-quality delivery of product initiatives and launches
• Effective prioritization and resource allocation across competing demands
• A capable engaged and high-performing product team

Dont meet every single requirement

We are dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace. If youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another opportunity at Esquire.

Dont meet every single requirement

We know that a truly inclusive workplace values potential just as much as experience. If youre excited about this role but dont match every qualification we still encourage you to applyyou may be exactly who were looking for.

Equal Opportunity & Accommodations:

Esquire Deposition Solutions policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity or expression age national origin or ancestry citizenship disability sexual orientation marital status pregnancy veteran status membership in the uniformed services genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Esquire Deposition Solutions is committed to fair hiring practices. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with applicable laws including but not limited to the California Fair Chance Act the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. We also comply with similar laws in other jurisdictions where we operate.

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