Senior Manager of Product Management

 

Overview

As Sr. Manager of Product Management, you are a leader on the Product Management team that manages a team of product managers.  In this broad and varied role, in partnership with teams across the company, you will be responsible for the overall revenue growth and customer retention of Strongroom & AvidAscend. This will include creating a vision and strategy, aligning the company to your vision, delighting customers, and increasing revenue.

 

What you’ll do:

• Managing key customers’ needs / delivering on the roadmap

• Single point of accountability to the commercial success of your entire product portfolio / value stream from strategic planning, prioritizing investments, to tactical activities (70/30)

• Build, lead and develop a high performing product management team

• Engage other product leaders and product managers to define, manage, and evangelize the long-term product line strategy and roadmap

• Drive and sponsor, collaborating with Product Marketing, customer & market research, facilitate workshops, and engage with customers to know and passionately advocate for them daily

• Assess and continuously improve the product line through data-driven, agile practices within the larger product and cross-functional teams

• Establish, evaluate and iterate product line investments based on key performance indicators associated to expected results

• Build alignment between technology leadership, product management, marketing, sales, operations, and customer support (at all levels of the company) on the vision and roadmap of your product

• Learn and inject Product Management industry best practices into AvidXchange’s processes

• Lead the organization through execution of your vision and roadmap.

• Deliver on roadmap initiatives while working with program management, technology, service, growth, and support leadership

• Partner with the UX team to create products that are valuable and usable

 

What we’re looking for:

• 10+ combined years of experience in product management or business equivalent

• Experience in a people leadership role

• Demonstrated experience developing partnerships with internal and external stakeholders

• Practiced in pragmatic marketing or complimentary product management framework

• Highly competitive and thrives in a fast-paced environment

• Leading teams and managing product management and delivery in an agile environment

• BS/BA or equivalent work experience required

 

About AvidXchange

AvidXchange is a leading provider of accounts payable (“AP”) automation software and payment solutions for middle-market businesses and their suppliers. By trade, we are a technology company, but if you ask anyone who works here, they’ll tell you our people are at the core of who we are. At AvidXchange, mindset is everything. We are Connected as People, Growth Minded, and Customer Obsessed. These three mindsets represent our culture – who we are, who we’ve always been, and they guide us to improve every day. Since our founding in 2000 in Charlotte, NC, we’ve created a company of over 1,500 teammates working across the U.S., or remotely. AvidXchange is proud to be Certified™ as a Great Place to Work®. The prestigious recognition is based on anonymous data from our teammates and makes official what our teammates have known for years – that AvidXchange is a Great Place to Work®. 

Who you are: 

• A go-getter with an entrepreneurial mindset – that means you are not afraid of taking risks, winning big or facing the unknown. 
• Someone who understands that business is people centric. Connecting with others as humans first allows you to develop mutually beneficial working relationships. 
• Focused on making a difference for our customers. AvidXchange exists to help solve complex problems for our customers so we can all realize our potential. 

What you’ll get:  

AvidXchange teammates (we call them AvidXers) get the perks and prestige of a growing tech company paired with the flexibility of a founder-led startup. We help our AvidXers develop as professionals and as human beings, providing work/life balance, development programs, and competitive benefits. At AvidXchange, we are building