Finexio is simplifying the way businesses make and receive business payments by integrating electronic payments and cashflow improvement solutions directly into customers business process software
Our vision is a world in which finance leaders only have to decide what to pay- Finexio’s software seamlessly handles the how and the when
As Director of Product at Finexio, you will be responsible for leading the product strategy, roadmaps, and feature definition for Finexio’s payments platform including collaborating with marketing, IT engineering, operations, and sales.
The Director of Product analyzes the market and competitive conditions and lays out a product vision that is differentiated and delivers unique value based on customer demands. The Director of Product role spans many activities, from strategic to tactical. It provides cross-functional leadershipbridging gaps within the company between different functions, especially between development, sales and marketing, and support. You’ll own and drive forward an active roadmap that aligns against Finexio’s OKRs. You’ll lead a team of product managers with a bias for action and build team culture that supports career development and opportunity.
This role is also responsible for defining the ‘why,’ ‘what,’ and ‘when’ of the product that the development team will build. You are the director of the product -- which means you will lead cross-functional teams from a product's conception through to its launch and ongoing management.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, design, and implement Finexio’s 3-year product strategy in partnership with leadership by possessing a deep understanding of the current state of b2b payments landscape and where it is headed
- Balance high level objectives, rolling up your sleeves to work the trenches and execute on the vision; must be comfortable moving from vision to strategy to tactical implementation
- Identify and validate products and services that delight customers and provide a favorable return on investment
- Implement the tools and processes necessary to aggressively drive our products forward
- Discuss and present our product strategy to the company, our customers and other members of our ecosystem
- Drive Lifecycle management of all products from concept to end-of-life
- Influence operations, program design and feature roadmaps across all Finexio products by understanding KPIs, features amp; overall product amp; giving critical feedback on a regular basis
- Creates project plans, business and technical requirements documents for product execution
- Define acceptance criteria, KPIs and SLAs
- Establishes realistic time schedules with Engineering for completion of the various parts of the approved programs, then tracks and publishes schedules on a regular basis.
- Calls on customers to obtain market data and to support the knowledge and ability of the sales team as it pertains to the product line.
- Collaborates with sales to establish long-term sales forecasts for our products
- Determines strategic product line decisions by evaluating competitor’s products, market share and market trends, and informs others by maintaining and distributing competitive comparisons and evaluations.
- Work with the sales and operations organizations to make the platform and products are implementable and deliverable
- Define and support implementation of training, support and deployment requirements
- Manage risks and resolves issues that affect release scope, schedule, and quality
- Coordinate overall release project and schedules
- Facilitate sales and channel trainings on new features and capabilities
- Assist pre-sales with custom project requests
- Scale the product team by attracting, retaining, and mentoring strong talent across all key areas of product, engineering, and data
- Build strong professional relationships with other members of the senior management team and ensure operational excellence in implementing the product and engineering roadmaps
Qualifications:
- Can demonstrate excellent communication skills making complex technical concepts/solutions easy to grasp, using written and visual documentation
- Highly analytical, data-driven mindset; holds self and others accountable with measurable ROI-oriented KPIs
- Strong communication and writing skills, with experience preparing and presenting presentations to various stakeholders. Ability to effectively communicate both creative and technical feedback to a diverse group of stakeholders
- Experience with structured, hypothesis-driven product improvements, rigorous metrics analysis, consumer insights, and design experimentation
- Has an inspiring personality that is passionate about quality
- Excell