How are Toptal Directors of Product different?

At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Directors of Product to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. You’ll work with product management experts (never generalized recruiters or HR reps) to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics. The end result: expert vetted talent from our network, custom matched to fit your business needs.

Can I hire Directors of Product in less than 48 hours through Toptal?

Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with a Director of Product within 48 hours of signing up.

What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal Directors of Product?

We make sure that each engagement between you and your Director of Product begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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Toptal is a marketplace for top Directors of Product. Top companies and startups hire their Director of Product from Toptal for their mission-critical projects and products.

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Basil Hashem

Freelance Director of Product

United StatesToptal Member Since April 9, 2019

Basil is a product executive with 20+ years of experience in enterprise, consumer, and developer solutions in corporate and startup settings. His particular expertise is centered on general strategy, market analysis, technology selection, and architecture. Basil joined Toptal to share his in-depth and varied experience and expertise on a range of projects.

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Peter Caron

Freelance Director of Product

United StatesToptal Member Since May 29, 2019

Peter has led innovation that helped to create predictive analytics and sales enablement markets. He specializes in new concepts and reimagining existing products to turn around businesses, create growth, build teams, and develop partners. Peter enjoys working within teams to bring innovative ideas to market.

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Jeremy Glassenberg

Freelance Director of Product

United StatesToptal Member Since February 4, 2019

Jeremy has over 12 years of experience in product management at successful startups such as Box and Tradeshift. He managed numerous product initiatives for companies that crossed $1 billion valuations, both full-time and as a consultant. He built and grew product and platform organizations while training colleagues to become PMs. Jeremy is also a lead instructor at Product School and author of their updated curriculum.

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Andrew Bellay

Freelance Director of Product

United StatesToptal Member Since June 24, 2019

Andrew is an experienced product manager and inherently curious, strategic, and process-oriented entrepreneur. He has two engineering degrees, and a liberal arts degree from Stanford and UT Austin. He was trained in human-centered design by the founders of IDEO. Since 2010, he has built and shipped dozens of products on time and budget, primarily for start-ups and innovation groups within established companies.

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Eric Reuthe

Freelance Director of Product

United StatesToptal Member Since June 21, 2019

For 20+ years, Eric's designed, developed, and launched products and solutions for payments, banking, financial services, and IoT companies. His strengths are in ideation, technical design, process design, and conceptual integrity. He is also effective in helping companies develop product technology strategies and aligning engineering with product management. He has extensive experience working with startups, PE roll-ups, and mid-size companies.

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Toptal helped us achieve our goals by really understanding what we were looking for. They worked with us very closely to figure out what the right talent looked like -- from a technical, cultural perspective -- and helped us get the onboarding done quickly so the talent could be effective as soon as possible.
Jay Tring, Technical Team Lead, CSR Connect, Australia
CSR Limited

I couldn’t have been more pleased with Toptal. They are professional, quick, well priced, and fun. I will be using them again for my next project, and the next, and the next, and the next ...
Mac Smith, President
New Texas Investments

The best talent is at Toptal for sure. It's way better and faster than any other means of getting top talent.
Rajesh Nagarajan, Co-Founder & CTO
maxmantra

Getting set up with Toptal and finding a new team member was so easy, I don't know why anyone wouldn't give it a try. Best of all, we no longer have to worry about finding great people to help with our projects!
Mike Branch , President & CTO
Harbor System Integrators, Inc

One of our most time consuming problems is finding qualified staff. We need to find the correct platform to advertise on, create a proper ad, filter through tons of applications, interview and test the applicants' capabilities, and finally take a risk by hiring. This was the old way of doing things. The new way: describe the job position to our Toptal account manager, interview a few qualified applicants, and hire with a risk-free trial -- much faster, a lot easier, and with incredible results.
Catalin S. Balaci, Owner
EvoBits Information Technology SRL

Always incredibly responsive, prompt, and flexible, Anna has done an outstanding job -- her work is exactly what we needed. Toptal has been a great experience for us due to the ease of getting a project going with quality talent at a cost that fits our budget. The automated online system for managing everything during onboarding was also impressive.
Cody Wilke, Product Manager
Crucial Life Sciences Data Solutions

What attracted us to Toptal was that Toptal is sourcing its talent from a global pool. The selection process is very stringent. They’re sourcing the talent not only based on capabilities -- sourcing the best 3% -- but also based on cultural fit, which is really important to us. We had an amazing experience working with Toptal. Toptal helped us achieve our goals by bringing us very high-quality resources, on very short notice.
Elmar Platzer, Digital Transformation Leader, CSR Australia
CSR Limited

With the pressure on and millions watching the Cleveland Cavaliers during the NBA Playoffs, Toptal delivered the talent and expertise needed to launch a brand new fan engagement platform.
Conor Kenney, Director of Professional Services
Cleveland Cavaliers

Toptal has helped my business tremendously by finding, vetting, and recruiting the talent I need, at the right time. I’d definitely recommend it to others.
Xavier Xicay, CEO & Creative Director
Tuatara Corp

Toptal has been extremely helpful to us in finding top remote talent. The ratio from interview to hire with Toptal candidates is the highest I've ever experienced in my professional career.
Philipp Berner, Co-founder and CTO
KeepSafe

I can't say enough about how happy and confident I am in working with Enrique. He brings an enthusiasm to his profession that is very refreshing, constantly surprising us with his depth of knowledge and his capability to not only complete the task, but to surpass our expectations. He presents us with solutions that we would not have thought about ourselves, and sees the problem better than we can explain it.
Chad Berryman, Senior Technical Lead
Zoomedia

We had a wonderful experience with our Toptal consultant. He was very reliable and punctual, delivering excellent work on a budget—we will certainly be using him again!
Barbara Karpf, President
DecoratorsBest

How to Hire Directors of Product through Toptal

Talk to One of Our Industry Experts

A Toptal director of product management will work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics.

Work With Hand-Selected Talent

Within days, we'll introduce you to the right Director of Product for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.

The Right Fit, Guaranteed

Work with your new Director of Product for a trial period (pay only if satisfied), ensuring they're the right fit before starting the engagement.

Find Experts With Related Skills

Access a vast pool of skilled product managers in our talent network and hire the top 3% within just 48 hours.

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FAQs

How are Toptal Directors of Product different?
At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Directors of Product to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. You’ll work with product management experts (never generalized recruiters or HR reps) to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics. The end result: expert vetted talent from our network, custom matched to fit your business needs.
Can I hire Directors of Product in less than 48 hours through Toptal?
Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with a Director of Product within 48 hours of signing up.
What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal Directors of Product?
We make sure that each engagement between you and your Director of Product begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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Scale as Needed
Hire talent within 48 hours and scale your team up or down as needed, no strings attached.
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We handle all aspects of billing, payments, and NDA’s. Let us take care of the overhead while you focus on building great products.
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Choose the engagement type that suits your needs — hourly, part-time, or full-time — with the ability to change anytime.
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