Corporate Planning & Management, Product Management, Vice President - Dallas

The Corporate Planning & Management (CPM) division unifies Finance & Planning, Spend Management & Third Party Risk, Product & Reporting and CPM Engineering teams to deliver business planning and analytics, expense management, third party risk management, and governance strategies across the firm.

CPM Product & Reporting within the CPM division manages the end-to-end product lifecycle and reporting capabilities for both vendor-supplied and internally developed solutions with CPM. This group works to empower stakeholders across CPM with intuitive tools and actionable insights. This involves defining product strategy, roadmaps, and requirements through close collaboration with business and engineering teams. This group ensures that all solutions meet evolving business needs and regulatory demands.

Role Overview

This role is the lead on the Product team covering the development, enhancement and maintenance of a portfolio of products supporting Spend Management. This includes evaluating vendor solutions, managing vendor relationships, and driving the development of internal applications to address unique organizational requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a global team, fostering a collaborative team environment and demonstrating strong leadership in steering the team towards achieving their goals.
• Define and communicate the product vision and strategy for procurement functions, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives
• Create, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog, ensuring it reflects the needs and priorities of stakeholders
• Act as the primary liaison between stakeholders and the development team, ensuring clear communication and understanding of requirements
• Work closely with engineering, procurement, finance, and other teams to ensure alignment and successful product development
• Monitor product performance, track key performance indicators (KPIs), and report on product status to senior leadership
• Identify potential risks, develop mitigation strategies, and monitor risk throughout the product lifecycle
• Ensure product features meet user needs and acceptance criteria, maintaining high standards of quality and compliance
• Support wider infrastructure priorities, standards and strategy globally as well as playing leadership roles across various forums or teams.
• Conduct market analysis to understand customer needs, competitive landscape, and industry trends related to procurement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree is a plus, but not required
• Minimum of 12+ years of experience in product management, with a significant portion focused on procurement related functions
• 5+ years of experience managing individuals and building out teams
• Strong leadership and communication skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to manage complex projects and stakeholder relationships.
• Product experience with a proven track record managing the full product lifecycle from conception to launch for large scale system development
• Extensive familiarity with procurement applications including Ariba, Fieldglass, S4
• Experience with new and innovative technologies, including AI and Orchestration
• Deep understanding of market trends and customer needs in the procurement domain