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Get Access To All JobsAbout Rocket Lawyer
We believe everyone deserves access to affordable and simple legal services. Founded in 2008, Rocket Lawyer is the largest and most widely used online legal service platform in the world. With offices in North America, South America, and Europe, Rocket Lawyer has helped over 30 million people create over 50 million legal documents, and get their legal questions answered. We are in a unique position to enhance and expand the Rocket Lawyer platform to a scale never seen before in the company’s history, to capture audiences worldwide. We are expanding our team to take on this challenge!
About Your Role
The Senior Vice President of Product is the strategic and operational leader responsible for defining our product vision, accelerating market adoption, and delivering exceptional business performance. This role will help drive the transition of our trusted legacy platform to our next-generation AI experiences, ensuring a modern, intuitive UX for our entire ecosystem - from the SMBs and families Rocket Lawyer serves to the legal professionals who support them. The ideal candidate possesses deep experience in PLG, and subscription-based / marketplace business models across both consumer and SMB markets. The candidate must have a proven ability to leverage customer insights to create compelling experiences that accelerate user acquisition, upsell, and long-term retention. This leader will be instrumental in bringing clarity, cohesion, and disciplined execution to a fast-moving, cross-functional organization.
How You Will Make a Difference Day To Day
Strategic Vision & Execution:
- Define, articulate, and relentlessly champion an ambitious, long-term product strategy.
- Leverage the Product Operating Model to deliver a product roadmap focused on innovative, AI-led experiences that drive value across the entire product lifecycle while simultaneously optimizing the current platform.
- Lead the harmonization of legacy platform features and new AI-driven products into a single, intuitive, customer experience.
- Build partner facing solutions that support new member acquisition.
- Cultivate an innovative product culture that skillfully balances speed, agility, and disciplined prioritization.
Growth & Business Performance:
- Own the Product-Led Growth (PLG) experiences designed to engage, upsell, and retain all customer segments.
- Own product-driven revenue drivers, including activation, engagement, conversion and retention.
- Partner closely with Growth, Operations, and Finance on pricing, packaging, and go-to-market strategies to maximize new member growth, retention, and Customer Lifetime Value (LTV).
- Instill a culture of operational rigor for roadmap planning and delivery (focusing on speed, consistency, quality, and customer-informed decisions). Own scoping and resource planning.
- Oversee product migrations, transitions, and adoption strategies to minimize friction and maximize customer value realization.
Leadership & Customer Focus:
- Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing Product organization, including Product Managers, Design, and Product Operations.
- Create strong alignment across Product, Engineering, Data, Growth, and Operations to ensure coordinated, high-velocity execution.
- Serve as a senior executive voice across the company, influencing strategy and effectively representing the product direction to internal and external stakeholders.
- Direct qualitative and quantitative UX research and customer surveys to ground all product experience decisions in a deep understanding of customer needs, barriers, and motivations.
What You’ll Need
- 15+ years of progressive product management experience, including 8+ years in executive leadership roles, with at least 5 years leading product teams through large-scale transformation.
- Demonstrated success in driving strategy, adoption, and performance within high-growth, subscription-based businesses (Consumer and SMB).
- Proven track record of delivering measurable, material growth in customer acquisition, expansion, and retention.
- Extensive experience managing product portfolios that include both established, legacy systems and new platform innovations.
- Strong understanding of AI-enabled products, data-driven decision-making, and modern product development practices.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management abilities at the executive level.
- Deep business acumen with the ability to connect customer needs, product capabilities, and financial outcomes.
A plus if you have
- Experience in legal tech, fintech, SaaS, or other highly regulated or trust-driven industries.
- Experience building marketplace product experiences.
- Extensive background operating in a Product-Led Growth (PLG) environment.
What Success Looks Like
- Achieving a unified and cohesive product experience that accelerates customer value and simplifies migration from legacy to AI-powered experiences.
- Material growth in subscription acquisition, expansion, retention, and overall Customer Lifetime Value (LTV).
- A measurable lift in adoption and revenue contribution from new AI products and capabilities.
- High organizational alignment and execution velocity across Product, Engineering, GTM, and Operations.
- A thriving, empowered, and high-performance Product organization.
Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? Apply anyway! We value diverse experiences and encourage you to bring your unique talents to our team!
Benefits & Perks
- Comprehensive health plans (including Medical, Dental and Vision insurance for full-time employees)
- Unlimited PTO
- Competitive salary packages
- Life insurance
- Disability benefits
- Supplemental Optional Life Insurance Benefits
- FSA Options Optional
- HSA with Company Match
- 401k program with Company Match
- Wellhub & ClassPass fitness platforms
- Comprehensive Pet Insurance options
- Financial Wellbeing & Student Loan Program access
- Access to additional Mental Health & Wellbeing resources
- Pre-tax Commuter/Transit Benefits
- Free Rocket Lawyer account with online access to an extensive legal documents library and brilliant licensed attorneys at discounted rates
Interview Process
- Recruiter Phone Screen
- Role Assessment(s)
- Hiring Manager Interview
- Panel Interviews
- Final Interview
Rocket Lawyer is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, military or veteran status, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We particularly welcome applications from veterans and military spouses.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
You may request reasonable accommodations by sending an email to hr@rocketlawyer.com.
Compensation
Base salary range by location:
- San Francisco Bay Area, CA: $329,000 - $446,000
- California (outside of San Francisco Bay Area): $305,000 - $412,000
- Colorado: $280,000 - $379,000
- Utah, Arizona, and North Carolina: $263,000 - $356,000
Actual compensation packages are determined by various factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, specific work location, and performance during the interview process.
$263,000—$446,000 USD
By applying for this position, your data will be processed as per Rocket Lawyer Privacy Policy.
About Rocket Lawyer
We believe everyone deserves access to affordable and simple legal services. Founded in 2008, Rocket Lawyer is the largest and most widely used online legal service platform in the world. With offices in North America, South America, and Europe, Rocket Lawyer has helped over 30 million people create over 50 million legal documents, and get their legal questions answered. We are in a unique position to enhance and expand the Rocket Lawyer platform to a scale never seen before in the company’s history, to capture audiences worldwide. We are expanding our team to take on this challenge!
About Your Role
The Senior Vice President of Product is the strategic and operational leader responsible for defining our product vision, accelerating market adoption, and delivering exceptional business performance. This role will help drive the transition of our trusted legacy platform to our next-generation AI experiences, ensuring a modern, intuitive UX for our entire ecosystem - from the SMBs and families Rocket Lawyer serves to the legal professionals who support them. The ideal candidate possesses deep experience in PLG, and subscription-based / marketplace business models across both consumer and SMB markets. The candidate must have a proven ability to leverage customer insights to create compelling experiences that accelerate user acquisition, upsell, and long-term retention. This leader will be instrumental in bringing clarity, cohesion, and disciplined execution to a fast-moving, cross-functional organization.
How You Will Make a Difference Day To Day
Strategic Vision & Execution:
- Define, articulate, and relentlessly champion an ambitious, long-term product strategy.
- Leverage the Product Operating Model to deliver a product roadmap focused on innovative, AI-led experiences that drive value across the entire product lifecycle while simultaneously optimizing the current platform.
- Lead the harmonization of legacy platform features and new AI-driven products into a single, intuitive, customer experience.
- Build partner facing solutions that support new member acquisition.
- Cultivate an innovative product culture that skillfully balances speed, agility, and disciplined prioritization.
Growth & Business Performance:
- Own the Product-Led Growth (PLG) experiences designed to engage, upsell, and retain all customer segments.
- Own product-driven revenue drivers, including activation, engagement, conversion and retention.
- Partner closely with Growth, Operations, and Finance on pricing, packaging, and go-to-market strategies to maximize new member growth, retention, and Customer Lifetime Value (LTV).
- Instill a culture of operational rigor for roadmap planning and delivery (focusing on speed, consistency, quality, and customer-informed decisions). Own scoping and resource planning.
- Oversee product migrations, transitions, and adoption strategies to minimize friction and maximize customer value realization.
Leadership & Customer Focus:
- Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing Product organization, including Product Managers, Design, and Product Operations.
- Create strong alignment across Product, Engineering, Data, Growth, and Operations to ensure coordinated, high-velocity execution.
- Serve as a senior executive voice across the company, influencing strategy and effectively representing the product direction to internal and external stakeholders.
- Direct qualitative and quantitative UX research and customer surveys to ground all product experience decisions in a deep understanding of customer needs, barriers, and motivations.
What You’ll Need
- 15+ years of progressive product management experience, including 8+ years in executive leadership roles, with at least 5 years leading product teams through large-scale transformation.
- Demonstrated success in driving strategy, adoption, and performance within high-growth, subscription-based businesses (Consumer and SMB).
- Proven track record of delivering measurable, material growth in customer acquisition, expansion, and retention.
- Extensive experience managing product portfolios that include both established, legacy systems and new platform innovations.
- Strong understanding of AI-enabled products, data-driven decision-making, and modern product development practices.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management abilities at the executive level.
- Deep business acumen with the ability to connect customer needs, product capabilities, and financial outcomes.
A plus if you have
- Experience in legal tech, fintech, SaaS, or other highly regulated or trust-driven industries.
- Experience building marketplace product experiences.
- Extensive background operating in a Product-Led Growth (PLG) environment.
What Success Looks Like
- Achieving a unified and cohesive product experience that accelerates customer value and simplifies migration from legacy to AI-powered experiences.
- Material growth in subscription acquisition, expansion, retention, and overall Customer Lifetime Value (LTV).
- A measurable lift in adoption and revenue contribution from new AI products and capabilities.
- High organizational alignment and execution velocity across Product, Engineering, GTM, and Operations.
- A thriving, empowered, and high-performance Product organization.
Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? Apply anyway! We value diverse experiences and encourage you to bring your unique talents to our team!
Benefits & Perks
- Comprehensive health plans (including Medical, Dental and Vision insurance for full-time employees)
- Unlimited PTO
- Competitive salary packages
- Life insurance
- Disability benefits
- Supplemental Optional Life Insurance Benefits
- FSA Options Optional
- HSA with Company Match
- 401k program with Company Match
- Wellhub & ClassPass fitness platforms
- Comprehensive Pet Insurance options
- Financial Wellbeing & Student Loan Program access
- Access to additional Mental Health & Wellbeing resources
- Pre-tax Commuter/Transit Benefits
- Free Rocket Lawyer account with online access to an extensive legal documents library and brilliant licensed attorneys at discounted rates
Interview Process
- Recruiter Phone Screen
- Role Assessment(s)
- Hiring Manager Interview
- Panel Interviews
- Final Interview
Rocket Lawyer is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, military or veteran status, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We particularly welcome applications from veterans and military spouses.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
You may request reasonable accommodations by sending an email to hr@rocketlawyer.com.
Compensation
Base salary range by location:
- San Francisco Bay Area, CA: $329,000 - $446,000
- California (outside of San Francisco Bay Area): $305,000 - $412,000
- Colorado: $280,000 - $379,000
- Utah, Arizona, and North Carolina: $263,000 - $356,000
Actual compensation packages are determined by various factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, specific work location, and performance during the interview process.
$263,000—$446,000 USD
By applying for this position, your data will be processed as per Rocket Lawyer Privacy Policy.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding J-1 Visa Sponsorship in VP Engineering
Align your credentials to J-1 categories
VP Engineering candidates typically qualify under the Trainee category if you have under five years of post-degree experience, or the Specialist category for deeper technical leadership expertise. Confirm which applies before approaching any host employer.
Build a training plan before outreach
Designated sponsors like Cultural Vistas and AIPT require a formal training plan tied to engineering disciplines before issuing a DS-2019. Draft yours around systems architecture, team leadership, and product delivery cycles, not generic management objectives.
Target host employers with existing J-1 infrastructure
Use Migrate Mate to find U.S. engineering and technology companies actively hosting J-1 participants at the director level and above, so you're approaching organizations already familiar with the host-employer obligations and DS-2019 compliance process.
Clarify the 2-year home residency requirement early
If your home country or the U.S. government has funded your exchange, you may face a two-year home residency requirement before qualifying for H-1B or a green card. Raise this with your designated sponsor before accepting any offer.
Confirm wage compliance before your DS-2019 is issued
Your host employer's offered compensation must meet prevailing wage standards for the VP Engineering role and location. Cross-check against the OFLC Wage Search and Bureau of Labor Statistics data to verify the offer is defensible under J-1 program requirements.
Negotiate role scope before the training plan is filed
Once your designated sponsor submits the training plan to the State Department, substantive changes to your role, reporting structure, or engineering scope require an amended DS-2019. Lock down the actual job responsibilities in writing before that filing.
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Find VP Engineering JobsVP Engineering J-1 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Which J-1 program category fits a VP Engineering role?
Most VP Engineering candidates fall under the Trainee category if they have a relevant degree plus at least one year of post-degree experience, or the Specialist category if they have five or more years of specialized expertise without a directly related degree. The Specialist category is often the better fit for senior engineering leaders with deep domain experience rather than a traditional academic path.
Who actually sponsors the J-1 visa for a VP Engineering position?
The visa sponsor is a U.S. Department of State-designated organization, not your employer. The U.S. engineering firm is your host organization, which agrees to the training plan and provides the work environment. The designated sponsor, such as Cultural Vistas or AIPT, issues the DS-2019 form, monitors your program compliance, and serves as the formal exchange sponsor throughout your stay.
How do I find U.S. engineering companies open to hosting a J-1 VP?
Migrate Mate lets you filter U.S. roles and companies by visa-sponsorship profile, including organizations that have hosted J-1 participants at senior engineering levels. Targeting employers already familiar with host obligations and training plan requirements shortens the negotiation process significantly compared to cold outreach to companies with no J-1 history.
Does the 2-year home residency requirement affect VP Engineering candidates?
It can. If your home country government or a U.S. agency funded your exchange program, or if your home country appears on the State Department's skills list, you may be subject to the two-year home residency requirement under INA Section 212(e). This prevents you from changing to H-1B or applying for a green card until the requirement is fulfilled or waived. Confirm your status with your designated sponsor before signing any offer.
Can a VP Engineering J-1 participant bring family to the U.S.?
Yes. Your spouse and unmarried children under 21 can accompany you on J-2 dependent visas. J-2 holders are eligible to apply for work authorization from USCIS, which allows them to work for any U.S. employer, not just your host organization. J-2 work authorization is tied to the primary J-1 holder's valid status, so it expires when your program ends.
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