What You'll Do
We are building cloud-based tax compliance solutions to handle every transaction in the world. Imagine every transaction you make - every grocery shop, cup of coffee, or pair of trainers, every meal out, or streamed song, every sensor-to-sensor ping.
Nearly every time you make a purchase, physical or digital, there is an accompanying unique and nuanced tax compliance implication.
We work with businesses of every size, from gigantic global retailers to corner shops. That involves billions of transactions, tens of thousands of legal jurisdictions, and trillions of currency, moving at speeds measured in milliseconds.
We do it better than anyone. That's why we're growing fast.
As an experienced Product Manager, you will join our International VAT compliance team to work with customers, engineering and partners to manage ongoing requirements for Avalara's VAT reporting solutions.
Key responsibilities
- Work with internal and external customers to acquire an understanding of their requirements & our needs (e.g. other PMs, operations, business development, sales, marketing & customer success teams).
- Gain an understanding of customer jobs to be done, identify, and fill product gaps and create new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and achieve growth.
- Create buy-in for the product vision with partners both internally and with important external partners.
- Translate product strategy into detailed requirements. Researching and writing detailed product requirements including user stories for engineering to accomplish.
- Scope and prioritize activities based on business and customer impact.
- Work with engineering teams to convey requirements and follow progress.
What You'll Need to be Successful
- Working knowledge of VAT tax regimes and indirect tax in general.
- Work experience in product management.
- Experience developing product and marketing strategies and communicate recommendations to executive management.
- 3+ years of experience working within Jira Project Management.
- Bachelor's / Masters degree in product management, business administration, computer science, management sciences, or comparable experience.
How We'll Take Care of You
Total Rewards
In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.
Health & Wellness
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.
Inclusive culture and diversity
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.
Flexible hybrid working
We support hybrid work and flexible schedules for our employees.
Learn more about our benefits by region here: https://careers.avalara.com/
About Avalara
We’re Avalara. We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.
We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year.
Last year, we became a billion-dollar business
, and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there’s nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down - not until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.
We’re bright, innovative and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.
We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.
EEO Statement
We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
