Senior Product Manager - Core Finance and Accounting
Hybrid - Seattle, WA
9-month contract (Possibility of Extension)
Our retail client is seeking a Senior Product Manager who is a key member of their Product Management team, responsible for establishing and executing a strategic capability roadmap within the Core Finance and Accounting space. Core Finance and Accounting is a critical function that ensures revenue and expenses are accounted for in accordance with industry requirements and standards, and that financial data is structured in a way that unlocks profitable business decisions.
This role will primarily be responsible for shepherding the Tax and Treasury product roadmaps, ensuring proper visibility into, and execution on, our cash position and tax liabilities. In parallel, this product manager will develop a strategy for evolving our client's tax planning, cash strategy, and associated risk-assessment practices.
The Product Manager will partner with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to develop a strategic roadmap and execute against it. To accomplish that, the product manager will plan the product roadmap and prioritize the applicable technology backlog, lead product discovery, and measure and communicate results of the feature portfolio in production, all while ensuring stakeholder and strategic alignment. Success in this position requires previous experience developing a strategic roadmap for a highly cross-functional problem-space, and a balance of strategic thinking with tactical execution.
Key Responsibilities
Ensures seamless collaboration with business and technology for responsive support for impactful product deliveries
Crafts a multi-year product vision, articulating the value proposition and ensuring alignment to company strategic vision without support.
Evangelizes vision across the organization and the company where appropriate
Defines the approach to deliver to the broader product vision, in context with the domain, and developing a plan to effect success criteria and product value.
Breaks down roadmaps into releasable features without support and owns the prioritization and sequencing of those features to best support strategic goals.
Prioritizes feature backlog, accounting for complexity, impact, and cohesion with business unit strategy
Orchestrates comprehensive product planning sessions within their domain and across dependencies.
Leads customer research and independently synthesizes insights to develop a deep understanding of relevant product opportunities
Demonstrates a deep understanding of market value and trends (including competitor products) and incorporates into product roadmaps.
Writes complete user stories and acceptance criteria within domain and influences across domains.
Drives progress against deliverables across their broader domain, proactively managing risks and dependencies so that outcomes are achieved
Determines testing strategy and other acceptance criteria requirements
Engages cross-functionally to ensure incidents are appropriately triaged and addressed. Communicates impacts across the business without support.
Prioritizes product roadmap to balance short-term deliverables with long term progress, across multiple domains with support.
Develops feature timeline and sequencing plan within a product line, considering technical and operational constraints and delivery of iterative value without support.
The Basics:
6+ years in the product management discipline
Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
Ability to inspire others, including demonstrated experience managing and leading strong teams
Ability to partner effectively to define, measure and analyze processes to identify improvement opportunities
Technical background and understanding of software development principles, including Agile development, and testing methodologies
Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle
Proficient in data analysis and performance metrics
Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to explain complex technical material clearly to users with varying levels of proficiency
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presenting to various levels within a matrixed organization
Outstanding organizational and time management skills
Preferred:
Data and Systems Architecture Technical Product Management
Finance and Accounting educational or practical experience
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