VP of Product Management

Aptys Solutions, LLC•Plano, TX

5d•Remote

About The Position

UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER EVP OF OPERATIONS, THE VP OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE COMPANY’S STRATEGIC PRODUCT DIRECTION, PRODUCT ROADMAP, AND IS PRINCIPAL POINT OF CONTACT FOR ALL FACETS OF APTYS PRODUCT AND SERVICES OFFERINGS. VP OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EXPLORING AND DEVELOPING PRODUCT IDEAS, INTERVIEWING CUSTOMERS, ANALYZING COMPETITORS, RESEARCHING MARKET TRENDS, WORKING WITH UX, ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE TO BUILD DEVELOPMENT PLAN, PROTOTYPE, AND WORK WITH LEADERSHIP TO PRIORITIZE, DEFINE AND EXECUTE PRODUCT STRATEGY TO MAXIMIZE VALUE AND COMPETITIVE MARKETING POSITIONING WHILE ENSURING PROFITABILITY, ON-TIME, ON-BUDGET AND ON-SCOPE DELIVERY OF PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES. VP OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT MUST HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUSINESSES REQUIREMENTS AS IT PERTAINS TO SERVICING THE TECHNOLOGY NEEDS OF THE APTYS AND ADDRESSES ALL DEVELOPMENT BACKLOG INCLUDING CONTRACTS, ENHANCEMENT REQUESTS, DEFECT BACKLOG, AND PAID DEVELOPMENT. THE VP OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT DIRECTS THE ACTIVITIES OF PRODUCT MANAGERS DELIVERING WORK WITHIN THEIR PORTFOLIO. THIS IS A POSITION THAT REQUIRES A STRATEGIC THINKER WHO IS ANALYTICAL, DETAIL AND RESULTS ORIENTED WITH EXCELLENT RESEARCH AND PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS, A STRONG WORK ETHIC, AND HAS A POSITIVE CAN-DO ATTITUDE WITH A GROWTH MINDSET. VP OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT EXCELS IN A FAST-PAST COMPLEX WORKING ENVIRONMENT, EFFECTIVELY MANAGES AMBIGUITY, AND CAN REFINE FUZZY IDEAS INTO CONCRETE REQUIREMENTS, SPECIFIC USE CASES OR SOLUTIONS FOR CUSTOMER PAIN POINTS. DEMONSTRATED ABILITY TO EXERCISE INFLUENCE WITHOUT DIRECT AUTHORITY. COMFORTABLE COMMUNICATING WITH ALL LEVELS FROM THE C-SUITE TO SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS. ACTIVE LISTENER THAT IS PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATING HIGH QUALITY PAYMENT SOLUTIONS FOR CORRESPONDENTS, RESPONDENTS, RETAIL, AND BUSINESS.

Requirements

10-15 years of product management leadership experience in the financial services industry
Demonstrates leadership skills including setting deadlines for Product Management team members, assigns responsibilities and directs work, monitors progress, and follows-up. Provides respectful feedback, escalates where necessary, analyzes/Identifies areas of risk and develops plans to minimize, and seeks opportunities to develop professional skills. Ability to learn quickly and think creatively
Detail-oriented individual with strong business and technical acumen and the ability to quickly assimilate and apply new concepts, business models, and technologies
Strong leader with proven ability to conceptualize solutions and deliver features from inception to end of life
Excellent quantitative, written, and verbal communication skills, including executive level presentations
Ability to adapt to rapidly changing priorities and to resolve issues and make decisions
Experience with prototyping, writing functional, business requirements, and deep understanding of the Agile development process
Values collaboration and seeks opportunities to build relationships. Work collaboratively in teams and develop meaningful relationships to achieve common goals
Demonstrated passion for building high-quality user experiences and a commitment to product excellence
Ability to travel 30%

Nice To Haves

Undergraduate degree in either a technical field such as Computer Science or Information Systems or in a business field such as Accounting or Finance or comparable work experience
Knowledge of payments including real-time payments, cards, digital, and traditional payments
Knowledge of payments processing
Working knowledge of product management methodologies
Experience having scaled a Product Management organization
Experience hiring, managing, and mentoring high performance organizations

Responsibilities

Recruit and lead a team of high performing product management personnel, helping to develop their craft and career paths to continuously improve Aptys’ product management team’s impact and productivity, building a culture of excellence
Develop relationships with customers and ensure Aptys has direct customer input when building our product
Works effectively with Technical and non-Technical team members and customers
Shares similar mentality as existing team members toward customer satisfaction and success
Can effectively facilitate meetings, demonstrate brainstorming / consensus building skills, and interact with executive level project sponsors
Can be called on to take a lead subject matter role in sales initiatives
Collaborate effectively with other departments within Aptys, including Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and Support to create, plan, and maintain the Aptys product roadmap
Clearly communicate goals, roles, responsibilities, and desired outcomes throughout the company
Build and maintain a rolling twelve-month release plan, manage feature delivery from discovery to validation in production to product end of life
Recommend appropriate tradeoffs to senior leadership team to optimize time-to-market and ensure that those tradeoffs are effectively communicated to all stakeholders
Rapidly respond to changing business priorities and requirements and work with the leadership to re-prioritize delivery plans, as required
Assist the Chief Technology Officer with strategic planning and budgeting activities
Maintain a strong understanding of strategies, market dynamics and competitive landscape. Analyze industry, competitors, client needs and existing products to develop business requirements
Articulate product ideas into well-crafted business requirements, functional specifications, and prototype
Participate in the marketing process to conceptualize and create marketing materials for the target market(s) for the Aptys products
Respond to product related questions from Development, Customer Support, Sales, and Marketing.
Reinforce continuous innovation and a safe-to-fail environment where it’s okay to take chances, while also mitigating business-threatening risks
Develop and evaluate new product ideas and opportunities, as well as improve existing products and features
Build a strong customer engagement model
Guide creative brief and influencing design to ensure an intuitive and delightful UI/UX.
Develop metrics to assess the success of product development team, initiatives, products, and features and determine necessary enhancements