Technical Product Owner

SPS Commerce • Minneapolis, MN

1d • $100,200 - $150,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

SPS Commerce is seeking a Technical Product Owner to lead the Enterprise Systems portfolio for Finance, covering FP&A, Accounting, Billing, and Finance Systems. The role owns the Finance technology roadmap across ERP, billing, planning, and data platforms, including the enterprise data lake, and serves as the point where Finance requests are structured, prioritized, funded, and delivered. The position also uses and helps improve an AI-assisted intake agent built on Claude, Slack, Jira, and Confluence and connected to Finance’s intake tracker.

The Technical Product Owner partners with Finance leaders and technology delivery teams to shape platform decisions, establish requirements, maintain accurate portfolio records, protect data integrity, and confirm that delivered features meet Finance controls and audit needs. The role is hybrid from the Minneapolis office or may be performed 100% remotely from the U.S. or Canada.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3–5 years of experience as a Technical Product Owner, Product Manager, or Finance Systems Analyst.
• At least 3 years working with ERP or financial systems in a SaaS or subscription business.
• Working knowledge of FP&A, revenue, billing, and month-end close processes.
• Hands-on experience using generative AI tools, such as Claude or ChatGPT, in daily product work.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to communicate with FP&A and other Finance leaders in their terminology.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with subscription billing, usage-based pricing, or revenue recognition.
• Experience with planning tools such as Anaplan and with ERP migrations or decommissions.
• Experience with Salesforce CRM-to-ERP integrations.
• Working SQL skills and familiarity with Snowflake.
• SAFe, CSPO, SAFe POPM, or PMI-ACP certification.

Responsibilities

• Own and structure the Finance intake funnel, including requests submitted through Finance’s intake tracker; capture requests, check for duplicates, apply a vetting checklist, and record dispositions.
• Run the Finance Technology Portfolio OpCo by preparing the themed roadmap, open-intake rollup, and capacity views; lead discussions, capture decisions, navigate risks, and drive recommendations.
• Lead prioritization with Finance leaders, facilitate ranking sessions with FP&A and Finance leadership, record Business Priority and stacked rank, and address blockers and unknowns.
• Frame major systems roadmap decisions, including billing direction, ERP consolidation, and system decommissions, as options with trade-offs for Finance and Technology leadership.
• Facilitate business requirements and produce requirements documents for Finance stakeholders covering business rules, processes, inputs, measurement, and gating decisions; ensure requirements map to delivery work.
• Define requirements for data flows between CRM, billing, ERP, planning tools, and the data lake, including revenue and order classification, reconciliations, and month-end close dependencies.
• Review in-flight Finance records weekly against meetings, threads, and related tickets to ensure status reflects the latest agreements.
• Hand vetted work to Solution Architects, Development Managers, and owning enterprise systems teams; own the what and why while those teams own design and build.
• Define acceptance criteria and validate delivered features against Finance controls and audit needs.
• Help improve the AI-assisted intake agent used for Finance product work.

Benefits

• Equity
• Comprehensive benefits package supporting employee health, well-being, and financial security; benefits are country-specific and aligned with local laws and market practices.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level