Chief Product Officer; CPO

Chief Product Officer (CPO) Full-Time: 40 hours/week

About Yaqeen Institute Yaqeen is a nonprofit on a mission to pioneer Islamic research in creative, cutting-edge formats tailored to meet people where they are. We work to dismantle doubts through well-researched truths, nurture conviction by strengthening belief with practical, spiritual guidance, and inspire contribution by reviving our tradition of faithful changemakers, insha’Allah. We’re seeking like-minded professionals who embody Islamic values including sincerity, excellence, and compassion, and want to make a difference in the faith of people worldwide.

Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research is seeking a Chief Product Officer to lead our product organization and drive the next phase of our mission: to move people to a realization of Islam that inspires faith, grounds it with intellect, and creates a world of doers who are tranquil, confident, and purpose-driven. We reach millions of people globally through research-backed Islamic content spanning peer-reviewed papers, curriculum used by 1,000+ Islamic schools, a mobile app with a rapidly growing engaged user base, books, and video content that has seen a 30% increase in You Tube views in the past year alone.

We are at an inflection point. We have built the content and the audience. Now we need a product leader who can build the engine that turns reach into lasting, measurable impact on people's faith and lives.

• Product Vision and Strategy
  - Define and own the long-term product vision, connecting Yaqeen's mission to measurable product outcomes
  - Develop an integrated product roadmap across all verticals (App, Hashiya, Curriculum, Books, Data and Analytics) - Lead the transition from a reach-focused to an engagement-and-retention-focused product strategy
  - Evaluate and drive platform consolidation decisions (app architecture, content delivery, brand separation) - Lead GOSP (Goals, Objectives, Strategy, Plans) conversations for the product organization
• Retention and Growth
  - Own the retention strategy: reduce churn, increase monthly active users, and deepen habitual engagement
  - Design and iterate on gamification, social features, and personalization to drive re-engagement
  - Build experimentation frameworks for testing engagement hypotheses with statistical rigor
  - Develop proxy metrics for measuring impact on religiosity and spiritual growth
• Team Leadership and Development
  - Lead and develop a team of product managers across multiple squads
  - Coach PMs on executive communication, budget ownership, data-driven storytelling, and strategic thinking
  - Foster collaboration across squads that currently operate independently
  - Build a unified operating cadence: shared planning, cross-squad visibility, and regular demos
  - Drive AI fluency across the product team, including building and curating AI agents for day-to-day workflows AI and Data Strategy
  - Own the data infrastructure strategy: content tagging, cataloging, and curation for AI-powered personalization
  - Drive AI-powered personalization to deliver the right content to the right user at the right time
  - Lead adoption of the latest AI models and tools to maximize throughput and quality
  - Build systematic audience sensing and market intelligence capabilities
• Content Product Strategy
  - Oversee strategic positioning of consumer products (Yaqeen App) versus academic products (Hashiya) - Drive content modality expansion (audio, interactive, short-form) based on user behavior data
  - Develop a target audience roadmap: who to reach next, on which platforms, and in what sequence
  - Support curriculum partnerships and joint ventures to scale educational impact
• Stakeholder and Executive Engagement
  - Partner with the CEO, Deputy CEO, and board to align product strategy with organizational goals
  - Present product performance, roadmap, and budget proposals to executive leadership
  - Lead the product organization through zero-based budgeting cycles with compelling, data-backed justifications
  - Build relationships with external partners (content distributors, educational institutions, technology vendors)

• 10+ years of product management…