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Daktronics

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1968

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

Consulting • Logistics • Manufacturing

Daktronics is a U. S. -based designer and manufacturer of industry-leading LED video displays and audiovisual systems. The company produces large-format custom video walls, digital billboards, scoreboards, message centers, sound systems, and control software, and provides installation, creative services, and global support for sports venues, out-of-home advertising, transportation, and business markets.

📋 Description

• Set the software portfolio vision and roadmap • Prioritize products, platforms, and partnerships that drive growth • Define the shared cloud platform strategy • Build scalable, reusable shared services for SaaS growth • Define the cloud-edge strategy for scale and resilience • Partner with Engineering and Architecture on hybrid solutions • Turn customer and market insight into strategy • Shape roadmap decisions with Product Management • Influence SaaS packaging, pricing, and growth strategy • Identify growth opportunities across the software lifecycle • Lead portfolio governance and investment prioritization • Guide investment decisions across the portfolio lifecycle • Lead cross-functional alignment across Product Management, Engineering, Software Business Development, Sales, Services, and Finance • Help shape executive decisions on strategy and priorities

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Engineering or Business • 10–15+ years of experience in software strategy or portfolio leadership • Strong experience with SaaS transitions or recurring revenue business models • Strong experience with multi-product software portfolios and platform-based architectures • Proven understanding of SaaS and cloud transformation • Proven understanding of platform strategy and shared service models • Proven understanding of product versus platform tradeoffs • Ability to influence and align across Engineering, Product, and Commercial teams • Ability to translate vision into actionable priorities • Experience incorporating emerging technologies such as generative AI or AI agents is preferred • Experience in hybrid cloud and edge environments is preferred • Familiarity with data platforms, telemetry systems, or device ecosystems • Familiarity with large installed hardware/software customer bases • Experience modernizing legacy software portfolios into unified platforms • Ability to travel by air and ground and comply with the Daktronics Driver Eligibility Policy • Ability to travel domestically or internationally, up to a week at a time • Anticipated travel frequency of 6–12 trips per year or as needed • Must be able to obtain appropriate visas to travel to other countries as needed • Fluent in English, written and verbal • Applicants must be 18 years of age or older • Must be eligible to work in the U.S.; Daktronics does not sponsor, renew, or extend immigration visas for this position

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation • Meaningful benefits (specific benefits are provided on the Daktronics careers website) • Flexible opportunities • Opportunities to learn and grow