Product Manager

Accounting Seed is a rapidly growing accounting software application on the Salesforce.com platform, and they are seeking a Product Manager with accounting experience to join their agile Product Development Team. The role involves identifying user and business needs, refining the product vision, and coordinating with cross-functional teams to enhance the application based on customer feedback and market analysis.

Responsibilities:

• Identify user and business needs
• Ensure the roadmap is tied to clear business goals and strategic objectives
• Use accounting work experience to identify new product features to enhance our application
• Identify areas of opportunity and improvement in the product through data collection and competitive analysis
• Work with cross-functional teams to refine business goals and the product vision
• Develop a keen understanding of our market, users, and customers
• Coordinate closely with customer facing and sales teams to actively seek out the customer’s and prospect’s feature requests and pain points
• Map out project milestones and identify and resolve strategic roadblocks
• Coordinates with Product Owner to manage prioritization, balancing business needs versus technical and resource constraints
• Assist in defining product requirements, functional designs, and lead the successful execution of initiatives
• Resolve roadblocks by being the subject matter expert for the product development team
• Assists Product Owner with backlog prioritization, as necessary
• Works with the Director of Product Development to define, track, and report on business metrics and identify opportunities for improvement
• Coordinate communication with Product Owner between developers, designers, and business stakeholders regarding goals, requirements, and risks
• Keep abreast of changes in Salesforce.com with a view to adoption of new technologies
• Perform user acceptance testing
• Be a champion for product training

Requirements:

• 5 years of product management experience
• A minimum of 5-7 years of professional accounting experience
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field or appropriate work experience
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills
• Excellent planning, organizational and time management skills
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Experience with Salesforce technologies and applications
• Prior experience with agile methodologies
• Certified Public Accountant