The Commercial Product Manager owns the commercial lifecycle of a product from incubation of new ideas through support costs and customer adoption. This position works with internal and external business partners to help define and document the product requirements needed to create worldclass order invoicetocash products. The Commercial Product Manager collaborates with development and engineering leads to define requirements, design detailed functionality, and advocate the development process through to implementation. This position is an expert with SoftwareasaService (SaaS) solutions and target markets, and uses knowledge to facilitate the profitable growth of their product portfolio.
● Act as a subject matter expert for product, serving as the primary liaison between the revenue side of the business and the product team
● Ensure the prioritized backlog is maintained so each successive sprint can be planned clearly and efficiently
● Evaluate new feature enhancement requests and ideas, based on market demand, ROI and client impact
● Manage all aspects of the product scorecard; track relevant KPIs based on business objectives
● Provide transparency on results and planning through accurate and automated reporting
● Provide clients with the appropriate guidance and direction with regards to roadmap priority
● Work in partnership with sales to ensure proper education on the value statements of the product; act as a product liaison across teams as needed
● Collaborate with development and engineering leads during product development as needed
● Review monthly prospect win loss reports with product marketing
● Manage multiple large product initiatives within a defined period, ensuring a successful build outcome
● Bachelor degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business or a related field (or equivalent experience) – 35+ years of relevant experience preferred
● Ability to successfully manage product backlog in a fastpaced environment
● Understands commercial ownership, including cost and revenue drivers
● Demonstrated understanding of Agile methodology
● Selfmotivated with strong problemsolving skills
● Ability to collaborate crossfunctionally, and work well in a teamoriented environment
● Experience in SaaS, online payments, and software or productcentric business
● Demonstrated understanding of software solution design
● Ability to plan for future strategy while maintaining the current delivery model
● Ability to lead release activities from analysis through to implementation
● Ability to work directly with clients in user forum, round table, or customer outreach sessions
● Able to work independently with little to no direct oversight from manage
The Senior Director, Product works closely with a diverse, experienced team of colleagues, clients and partners to solve complex problems in a fastpaced, entrepreneurial environment. This position partners with crossfunctional leaders from Dev, UX, Marketing, Sales and Professional Services, to gain insight, develop ideas, and craft a vision for products that will support their goals and push the overall business forward. The Senior Director, Product is an expert with our SoftwareasaService (SaaS) solutions and target markets, and uses that knowledge to facilitate the growth of our Billtrust Platform.
● Lead team of product ownersmanagers providing mentoring and career development
● Work with crossfunctional teams to design, build, launch and iterate on valueadding products, features and services
● Execute business and revenue models, enable internal departments for success
● Ability to analyze risk and priorities, lead process improvement, and create risk mitigation appropriately
● Communicate team and product status, obstacles, roadmaps, and priorities to the organization
● Launch beta programs, early adopter programs, and transitions to production
● Set a vision and direction for product to be transformational and best in class
● Strong ability to successfully drive strategy and execution in a fastpaced, solutioncentric environment 12+ years of relevant experience ideal including some background in product management
● Demonstrated ability to manage, mentor & coach junior team members to their potential
● Demonstrated savvy to work directly with prospects and clients in sales engagements and user forums – Strong client consulting acumen with an ability to influence
● Proven ability to partner with Engineering, Marketing, Sales, UX and other teams to disseminate key market drivers
● Selfmotivated with strong relationship building skills spanning from operational audiences to executive audiences
● Ability to collaborate crossfunctionally, and work well in a distributed teamoriented environment
● Demonstrated understanding of AgileScrum
● Proven experience in SoftwareasaService (SaaS), ordertocash, credit, collections, fintech, payments or analytics strongly preferred
The expected base salary range for this position is $90,000 $115,000 annually.
Compensation may vary depending on several factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, experience, competencies, and geographic location. Some roles may qualify for extra incentives like equity, commissions, or other variable performancerelated bonuses. Further details will be provided by our Talent Acquisition team during the interview process.
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