Director - Technical Product Manager

ADP is hiring a Director, Technical Product Management

• Are you inspired by transformation and making an impact on the lives of millions of people every day, even when it's messy?
• Are you empathic to client needs, your team, and internal partners to drive success while making hard calls and bold moves?
• Are you a technologist first and foremost who approaches every problem wearing that hat while going out of your way to champion creativity and build diverse, engaged teams?
• Have you taken products from concept to launch in multiple countries using the latest technology and achieved market success?
• Are you looking to join a dynamic, inclusive team environment with a culture of collaboration and belonging? 
• Do you regularly create outstanding, wide-reaching communications and presentations?

Well, this may be the role for you. Ready to make your mark?

 

As a member of Payroll product management team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the NextGen global Payroll Platform offering that are easy, smart, and human-centric.  In addition, this role will be responsible for modernizing the current Payroll Platform to meet the needs of our business and internal ADP associates.  You will offer deep domain expertise to the product team and will lead the vision and delivery for strategic cross domain capabilities. This role requires deep expertise in Global Payroll features and capabilities. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of platform based working model, excellent communication skills, and a proven track record of managing successful product lifecycles. 

 

In this role, you will deeply understand and contribute to the product strategy for Payroll Platform. You will lead and influence the cross-functional teams’ decision making with the domain and industry knowledge. You will conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify trends and opportunities. You will define and prioritize product features and roadmap in alignment with product strategy. You will champion a collaborative approach to problem-solving and decision making, leveraging diverse perspectives and expertise.  You will be the liaison across the product team and the cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, UX, marketing, and sales, to deliver high-quality products. You will ensure the platform is flexible and scalable to meet diverse customer needs in multi-country environment. You will engage with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to gather feedback and requirements. You will communicate product updates, roadmap, and vision to stakeholders and ensure client satisfaction and address any product-related issues or concerns. You will be responsible for defining and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success. You may conduct or facilitate periodic reviews and assisting in strategic planning, budgeting and leadership presentations and communication.  You will be responsible for managing a team of product managers providing mentoring and thought leadership.

 

To thrive in this role, you will need enterprise technology and product management experience, along with a strong understanding and experience with Payroll domain and experience with managing PaaS. You inspire teams with a clear vision and execution plan for complex initiatives while encouraging your teams to start new initiatives to innovate and explore new ways of doing things. You'll find exciting challenges here, get to solve real-world problems and make an impact on millions of people as we design what's next for the industry.

 

 

WHAT YOU’LL DO: Responsibilities

 

Leadership & Strategy:

• Develop and execute a strategic vision for the payroll platform, aligning with key business objectives. 
• Use strong leadership and problem-solving skills to assist with the GMT and operationalization of the platform
• Own various strategic planning processes – defining monthly/quarterly roadmaps and deliverables along with rollout strategies.
• Participates in planning and identification of key performance indicators and ROI tied to strategies.
• Prepare presentations, business proposals, and other communications with excellence and flair, for executive audiences
• Collaborate with other SLT members to determine and prioritize business strategies.
• Provide tactical support and oversight and/or leadership for special projects and business initiatives from ideation to implementation.
• Lean in with recommendations and consultation to improve alignment across the ecosystem, to drive partnerships and growth.
• Assist with assessing the r