Senior Product Manager Lead, AI-Native Cloud ERP (Accounting & Finance)

Datacor is the leading provider of software solutions for the process manufacturing space, and they are seeking a Senior Product Manager Lead for their new AI-native cloud ERP platform. This role involves defining the product vision and leading the development of AI-first workflows, while closely collaborating with engineering and data teams.

Responsibilities:

• Define the product vision, problem space, and guiding principles for a new AI-native ERP focused on accounting and core financial workflows
• Translate accounting, finance, and operational realities into scalable product concepts, domain models, and system behavior
• Lead 0→1 product discovery and delivery—from concept validation through early customer adoption
• Identify and design AI-first workflows across accounting and finance (e.g., intelligent automation, anomaly detection, predictive insights, and AI-assisted close)
• Partner with engineering and data teams to embed AI into the core of the product—not as features, but as foundational capabilities
• Personally leverage AI tools to accelerate market research, competitive analysis, product briefs, epics, stories, and prototyping
• Operate with a builder’s mindset—comfortable creating prototypes, exploring APIs, working with data, and validating ideas through hands-on experimentation
• Write clear, outcome-driven product briefs, epics, and user stories that align engineering, design, and stakeholders
• Make pragmatic trade-offs that balance accounting correctness, usability, scalability, and speed
• Engage directly with finance leaders, controllers, and operators in process manufacturing to deeply understand pain points and workflows
• Validate product direction through pilots, design partnerships, and early access programs
• Shape product-market fit by grounding decisions in real customer outcomes rather than legacy ERP conventions
• Work closely with Engineering, UX, Data, Strategy, and early GTM teams to move quickly and cohesively
• Communicate product vision, priorities, and trade-offs clearly to executives and peers
• Help establish modern product discovery and delivery practices appropriate for an early-stage, high-ambition platform

Requirements:

• Deep accounting expertise with hands-on knowledge of general ledger, AR/AP, cost accounting, inventory accounting, and financial close; CPA or CMA strongly preferred
• Significant experience product managing ERP, accounting, or financial software used by finance teams in complex B2B environments
• Experience building net-new B2B SaaS products (0→1) or major greenfield initiatives within established platforms
• Direct experience product managing AI-based or data-driven products, beyond superficial 'AI feature' work
• Technically fluent—comfortable discussing architecture, APIs, data models, and integrations
• Has built or coded applications (commercial products, internal tools, or serious side projects)
• Actively uses AI in day-to-day work to accelerate thinking, writing, discovery, and execution
• Strong product judgment with the ability to operate in ambiguity and define structure where none exists
• Opinionated but pragmatic—able to challenge assumptions while driving forward momentum
• Equally credible with engineers, designers, and finance leaders
• Motivated by building something new that materially improves how people work