Director of Product Management - Software

Summary

The Director of Product Management will identify new and expanded market opportunities in the Public Sector space, show ownership of requirements definition and design of products / solutions that meet demonstrated market needs, project management of creation and delivery of products / solutions, coordinating with development, quality assurance, business leaders and other stakeholders; and drive a product roadmap that sets CentralSquare up for success in the market.

The individual filling this role must have a passion for technology and designing innovative new products and solutions, and a love for hands-on Agile-style project management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Understanding what great product looks like, create a product roadmap to support our business strategy, leverage strong process and project management abilities to envision and manage product lifecycle from idea inception, support go-to-market plans, and lead with a customer first mindset.

• Become an expert within CentralSquare on the Public Sector market segment, current and future. Provide SaaS thought leadership and direction as new SaaS applications are created and for the re-engineering of existing capabilities.
• Develop the requirements for highly differentiated Public Sector solutions, products, and / or services, including strategy definition, requirements analysis, and delineation of the market opportunity.

• Provide timely and effective reports of product performance – specifically for development and product release plans.
• Collaborate with team to get feedback from the field on new feature requirements and enhancements - in efforts to drive product utilization.
• Conduct market research, monitor competitive activity, and identify customer targets and their needs; apply learnings to current products and in ideation sessions for the development of new products or solutions.
• Participate in sales, business development, and existing customer calls as or meetings as appropriate to hear and understand first-hand the needs and requirements of prospects and customers.
• Ensure product development processes adhere to Agile (or similar) principles and align with company resource planning and allocation efforts.
• Articulate new product features and benefits to internal groups, including marketing and sales.
• Stewardship of Products from Concept to Launch
• Manage the P&L of the product line and demonstrated success in expanding into adjacencies. 

   

  Supervisory Responsibilities                

                                 

• Lead a team of product management and engineering professionals in the development of both strategic and tactical deliverables, and manage the team, a budget, and associated resources toward those ends.
• Assist in the assignment and management of a large cross-functional team to deliver product development results, leading through influence and by example.