Technical Product Manager

Director Technical Product ManagerWe are seeking a proven payments industry product leader to fill our Director of Technical Product Management role. In this role, you will report to the VP of Product Management and provide strategic and tactical leadership of a highly skilled and motivated Product team. You'll collaborate with internal stakeholders across the globe as well as external customers, industry groups, and technology partners to identify and translate market needs that allow you to develop and deliver against a multi-year product roadmap that sustains our market-leading position.The ideal candidate will be both strategic and technical in nature and have extensive payments industry experience.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Sets, creates, and owns the product vision for our Emerging Industries to deliver market/vertical leading solutions.Conducts product/technology market insights (market trends, competitive analysis, customer research); builds an expertise in payments technologies and delivers insights to inform and support the definition of a Global Product roadmapDefines and owns our Emerging Industries product roadmap by collaborating with Technology and Product Management in support of scoping and prioritizationOwns and leads the requirements process, ensuring that requirements are written to meet domestic and international needsOwns product quality, from a business perspective, and ensuring product functionality and performanceOwns technology partner relationships, adherence to SLAs, cost management, and escalationsPartners with internal teams including Development/Engineering, Marketing, Sales and Support to facilitate the definition, development and execution of successful Go-To-Market (GTM) plansServes as point of escalation/triage to initiate activity/development for critical market and customer needsMaintains expert level knowledge of the our proprietary product/technologyMinimum Required Qualifications:10+ years of experience in software product management in a dynamic, fast-paced and customer oriented B2B environment5+ years of payments industry experienceProven leadership and management of highly technical and analytical teamDemonstrated ability to forge strategic partnerships with internal and external stakeholdersExcellent people management and influencing skillsLeads by example, creating a sense of energy, ownership, and personal commitment to the workStrong knowledge of the software industry and software product managementPreferred Qualifications:Position location in Portland, ME/Boston, MAProduct management of global software products is highly desirableGlobal product management, financial and/or payments industry technology, profit and loss responsibility in a fast growing company.All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Direct Staffing Inc