Staff Inbound Product Manager, Direct Procurement

Company Description

At ServiceNow, our technology makes the world work for everyone, and our people make it possible. We move fast because the world can’t wait, and we innovate in ways no one else can for our customers and communities. By joining ServiceNow, you are part of an ambitious team of change makers who have a restless curiosity and a drive for ingenuity. We know that your best work happens when you live your best life and share your unique talents, so we do everything we can to make that possible. We dream big together, supporting each other to make our individual and collective dreams come true. The future is ours, and it starts with you. 

With more than 7,700+ customers, we serve approximately 85% of the Fortune 500®, and we're proud to be one of FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® and World's Most Admired Companies™.

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Job Description

Company

Work matters. It’s where we spend a third of our lives. And the workplace of the future is going to be a great place. We’re dedicated to bringing that to life for people everywhere. That’s why we put people at the heart of everything we do.

People matter. Our people have a passion for learning, building, and innovating. Whether you’re an engineer, a sales professional, a finance professional, or anything in-between, our roles aim to provide each person with meaningful impact and plenty of space to grow.

Team

Join the newest and fast-growing Finance and Supply Chain Workflow team at ServiceNow and help shape the future of Direct Procurement! Together we will transform experiences to unlock the efficiency and potential of finance and supply chain organizations. Here is what is important to us: (1) building relationships based on trust (2) owning and executing your personal and team objectives with grit and passion (3) adopting a growth mindset in relentless desire to help better our customers, our team and yourself.

Role

Our first solution, Source-to-Pay Operations, is growing rapidly, and we are quickly expanding into new, adjacent markets. Thus, this is an opportunity to get in early, driving the strategy and execution of a new product offering in the direct procurement space. Think of it like being the product-lead for a well-funded “startup,” only at a best of breed, admired, enterprise software company.

If you are passionate about leading the product’s strategy, getting to know the customers, being intimate with the problems users have, executing planning and releases, and building products customers love, this role is for you! In it, you will:

• Drive product strategy:
  • Evaluate customer pain points, research insights, usage and adoption data, and competitive and market intel to develop a point of view on product priorities.
  • Write business cases for investments and deliver these insights in executive facing meetings.
  • Build and manage a backlog of customer and/or market validated ideas and requirements which translate to a clear minimum viable product with differentiators.
  • Explore and pitch inorganic methods of providing solutions which solve problems for customers.
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• Execute planning and releases:
  • Work with user experience and engineering teams to bring ideas to life.
  • Communicate complex problems in easily understood requirements.
  • Validate product designs and prototypes with customers.
  • Collaborate with other ServiceNow product teams to resolve and execute cross-team dependencies.
  • Collaborate with engineering on release management: understand status, risks, dependencies and help address risks and resolve issues.
  • Ensure successful delivery of product releases.
• Product enablement and success:
  • Collaborate with outbound product management, sales, marketing, product success, education services and other teams to cement customer success.
  • Develop enablement collateral which helps to create the “whole product.”
• Engage with and champion the customer:
  • Understand how customers are using the pr