Top 19 Women CPOs to Follow in 2026
The women CPOs on this list are shaping how product leadership looks and works. If you're looking for role models who've navigated real tradeoffs, built strong teams, and driven meaningful outcomes, you'll find them here. Each one brings a distinct perspective worth learning from—whether you're early in your product career or already leading at the executive level.
Top 19 Women CPOs
Below are the profiles of the top women CPOs, covering who they are and the impact they've made in this space.
Vrushali Paunikar
Vrushali Paunikar is Carta’s Chief Product Officer, leading product development across its private-capital platform after earlier product roles at Rocket Lawyer and Dynamic Signal in venture software.
Her Carta work has spanned…
Vrushali Paunikar is Carta’s Chief Product Officer, leading product development across its private-capital platform after earlier product roles at Rocket Lawyer and Dynamic Signal in venture software.
Her Carta work has spanned valuations and venture capital products, including envisioning its Event Based Accounting fund administration platform. She brings an operator’s view of scaling products and businesses inside a complex financial software company.
Erika Trautman McCaddon
Erika Trautman McCaddon is Zuora’s Chief Product Officer, bringing more than 15 years in technology and product leadership, including founding Rapt Media and leading at Google and Vimeo.
At Zuora, she is…
Erika Trautman McCaddon is Zuora’s Chief Product Officer, bringing more than 15 years in technology and product leadership, including founding Rapt Media and leading at Google and Vimeo.
At Zuora, she is focused on products that address mission-critical monetization challenges as AI changes how businesses package, sell, and generate revenue. Her broader work also explores the organizational changes needed to make AI transformation effective.
Denise Hemke
Denise Hemke is Chief Product Officer at CentralSquare Technologies, with more than 20 years leading enterprise software, analytics, AI, and platform organizations for public-sector customers.
She previously led product at NEOGOV and…
Denise Hemke is Chief Product Officer at CentralSquare Technologies, with more than 20 years leading enterprise software, analytics, AI, and platform organizations for public-sector customers.
She previously led product at NEOGOV and Checkr. At CentralSquare, her remit spans public safety and public administration products, drawing on experience scaling software, introducing AI capabilities, and modernizing product development.
Lisa Beaudoin
Lisa Beaudoin is DXC Technology’s Chief Product Officer and a former software-company founder. Her career spans product, design, publishing tools, and enterprise platforms for global organizations.
Before becoming CPO, Beaudoin led platform…
Lisa Beaudoin is DXC Technology’s Chief Product Officer and a former software-company founder. Her career spans product, design, publishing tools, and enterprise platforms for global organizations.
Before becoming CPO, Beaudoin led platform innovation and automation at DXC and co-led development of its AI-powered OASIS platform. Her remit now connects product strategy, engineering, lifecycle management, customer insight, and market execution across DXC’s portfolio.
Anneka Gupta
Anneka Gupta is Chief Product Officer at Rubrik, bringing product and SaaS experience from LiveRamp, where she served as president and led product, platforms, and go-to-market strategy.
Her background combines product development…
Anneka Gupta is Chief Product Officer at Rubrik, bringing product and SaaS experience from LiveRamp, where she served as president and led product, platforms, and go-to-market strategy.
Her background combines product development with business growth and expansion into new markets. At Rubrik, that experience supports product strategy around data security, cyber resilience, and the emerging security and trust challenges created by AI.
Tina Tarquinio
Tina Tarquinio is Chief Product Officer for IBM Z and LinuxONE, leading product for mainframe systems that underpin high-volume enterprise computing across banking, retail, and travel worldwide.
Her product domain sits at…
Tina Tarquinio is Chief Product Officer for IBM Z and LinuxONE, leading product for mainframe systems that underpin high-volume enterprise computing across banking, retail, and travel worldwide.
Her product domain sits at the core of mission-critical computing, where reliability, security, modernization, and compatibility matter at enormous scale. That makes her perspective particularly relevant to product leaders managing mature platforms while continuing to innovate.
Meera Vaidyanathan
Meera Vaidyanathan is SurveyMonkey’s Chief Product Officer, with nearly 20 years in product management and design across Twilio, Amazon Web Services, TenMarks, and HotChalk in enterprise software.
She leads SurveyMonkey’s product strategy…
Meera Vaidyanathan is SurveyMonkey’s Chief Product Officer, with nearly 20 years in product management and design across Twilio, Amazon Web Services, TenMarks, and HotChalk in enterprise software.
She leads SurveyMonkey’s product strategy and innovation with an emphasis on customer-centric development. Her background spans AI-driven experiences, cloud products, design, and aligning emerging technologies with business goals.
Eugenia Gibbons
Eugenia Gibbons is Marqeta’s Chief Product Officer, leading strategy, design, and execution across its global payments platform after senior roles at Intuit, SoFi, BBVA, and Bank of America.
Her career combines product…
Eugenia Gibbons is Marqeta’s Chief Product Officer, leading strategy, design, and execution across its global payments platform after senior roles at Intuit, SoFi, BBVA, and Bank of America.
Her career combines product leadership with operating experience across banking, payments, lending, and consumer finance. At Marqeta, she oversees product strategy and execution across a platform built for modern card issuing and payment innovation.
Kimberly Bloomston
Kimberly Bloomston is Chief Product and Technology Officer at 6sense, leading product strategy, management, and design across its AI-powered Revenue Intelligence platform after leadership at LiveRamp.
Her work at 6sense focuses on…
Kimberly Bloomston is Chief Product and Technology Officer at 6sense, leading product strategy, management, and design across its AI-powered Revenue Intelligence platform after leadership at LiveRamp.
Her work at 6sense focuses on reducing friction for revenue teams, connecting systems, and strengthening confidence in data and AI-driven decisions. Her broader product leadership emphasizes customer insight and translating complex data capabilities into useful workflows.
Nikita Miller
Nikita Miller is President, Product and Technology at Perk, leading product and technology for its AI-native travel-and-spend platform after product leadership at The Knot Worldwide and Trello.
Her work at Perk connects…
Nikita Miller is President, Product and Technology at Perk, leading product and technology for its AI-native travel-and-spend platform after product leadership at The Knot Worldwide and Trello.
Her work at Perk connects product, technology, AI, and customer needs across travel and spend. Earlier, she led product strategy at The Knot Worldwide and helped guide Trello through its integration after Atlassian’s acquisition.
Elaina O'Mahoney
Elaina O’Mahoney is Chief Product Officer at Mural, leading product strategy for its collaboration platform after senior roles building and scaling complex global software products for business teams.
Her work combines product…
Elaina O’Mahoney is Chief Product Officer at Mural, leading product strategy for its collaboration platform after senior roles building and scaling complex global software products for business teams.
Her work combines product development with the practical demands of aligning teams, customer needs, and go-to-market priorities. At Mural, she helps shape products designed to improve how distributed business teams collaborate and engage with customers.
Meredith Johnson
Meredith Johnson is Chief Product Officer at Greenhouse, guiding product strategy for its hiring platform and bringing experience in software products, AI, and responsible hiring technology.
Her recent product work includes applying…
Meredith Johnson is Chief Product Officer at Greenhouse, guiding product strategy for its hiring platform and bringing experience in software products, AI, and responsible hiring technology.
Her recent product work includes applying AI to recruiting while keeping consequential hiring decisions accountable to people. That combination of automation, responsible design, and human judgment offers a useful model for product leaders introducing AI into sensitive workflows.
Amruta Moktali
Amruta Moktali is Chief Product Officer at Skyflow, where she works at the intersection of product strategy, sensitive-data protection, privacy infrastructure, and enterprise AI security.
Her recent work examines how AI agents,…
Amruta Moktali is Chief Product Officer at Skyflow, where she works at the intersection of product strategy, sensitive-data protection, privacy infrastructure, and enterprise AI security.
Her recent work examines how AI agents, memory systems, tools, and traces expose sensitive information in new ways. That gives her product leadership a distinctive focus on making AI useful while designing privacy, governance, residency, and security into the underlying architecture.
Kathleen Keenan
Kathleen Keenan is Chief Product Officer at Confluence, shaping product vision across compliance, regulatory reporting, analytics, and data services for investment-management clients worldwide.
With two decades in financial technology, she previously led…
Kathleen Keenan is Chief Product Officer at Confluence, shaping product vision across compliance, regulatory reporting, analytics, and data services for investment-management clients worldwide.
With two decades in financial technology, she previously led investor-communications product management at Broadridge and held product roles at GAGNONtax and BISAM. Her work connects regulatory change, platform modernization, analytics, and data with the needs of global asset managers.
Sarah Owen
Sarah Owen is Chief Product Officer at OneSource Virtual, bringing two decades of product leadership across fintech, SaaS, payments, platform modernization, and new product development.
At OneSource Virtual, Owen is helping expand…
Sarah Owen is Chief Product Officer at OneSource Virtual, bringing two decades of product leadership across fintech, SaaS, payments, platform modernization, and new product development.
At OneSource Virtual, Owen is helping expand payments capabilities alongside its HCM and Workday services. Her career spans One Inc, Global Payments, Vantiv, Heartland, and First Data, with experience in embedded finance, digital engagement, loyalty, and mobile commerce.
Kristy McKnight
Kristy McKnight is Chief Product Officer at Routeware, bringing more than 20 years of experience scaling vertical SaaS businesses and leading product organizations through growth and acquisitions.
Her experience includes high-growth software…
Kristy McKnight is Chief Product Officer at Routeware, bringing more than 20 years of experience scaling vertical SaaS businesses and leading product organizations through growth and acquisitions.
Her experience includes high-growth software businesses, IPOs, acquisitions, and product leadership at Procore. At Routeware, she leads product strategy for technology used by government and private waste and recycling operators, with an emphasis on platform innovation and customer workflows.
Claire Vo
Claire Vo is leading product, engineering, ecosystem, and design after CPO roles at Color Health and Optimizely and founding Experiment Engine in SaaS.
A builder as well as an executive, Vo founded…
Claire Vo is leading product, engineering, ecosystem, and design after CPO roles at Color Health and Optimizely and founding Experiment Engine in SaaS.
A builder as well as an executive, Vo founded the AI product-management tool ChatPRD and has led technology organizations serving other builders. Her work spans experimentation, developer platforms, software delivery, and practical applications of generative AI in product management.
Sarah Turrin
Sarah Turrin is Chief Product Officer at Cartwheel, a school-based mental health provider, after product leadership at Color Health, One Medical, and other healthcare companies and digital health.
Her work centers on…
Sarah Turrin is Chief Product Officer at Cartwheel, a school-based mental health provider, after product leadership at Color Health, One Medical, and other healthcare companies and digital health.
Her work centers on complex healthcare products that connect technical, clinical, and operational needs. At Cartwheel, she is applying AI and product craft to school-based mental health while grappling with the safety and ethical questions that come with AI-enabled care.
Vanessa Davis
Vanessa Davis is Chief Product Officer at LegalOn, leading global product vision, strategy, and roadmap for its AI-powered legal platform after a career building enterprise software for legal teams.
Her remit includes…
Vanessa Davis is Chief Product Officer at LegalOn, leading global product vision, strategy, and roadmap for its AI-powered legal platform after a career building enterprise software for legal teams.
Her remit includes agentic legal AI designed around the accuracy, efficiency, compliance, and workflow needs of legal teams. That puts her product work squarely at the intersection of enterprise AI adoption and a professional domain where trust and precision are unusually important.
Selection Methodology
We selected the leaders on this list based on their relevance, demonstrated expertise and impact, professional credibility, and ongoing contributions to the field.
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