Senior Manager - Product Management (Marketplaces)

Job Description

Company Description

Tradeshift is a unicorn in the fintech industry. We are disrupting a typically stagnant environment by connecting companies of all sizes and providing them with the platform and network needed to create value from old processes like procurement, invoicing, payments, and workflow. We recognize that business is both messy and social - two revelations that have driven the development of Tradeshift, a platform for all your business interactions. We work hard and our teams have great freedom and responsibility to choose the best solutions, technologies and approaches to evolve the product to the next level.

We believe that being a global, multicultural company is a tremendous strength and we have people working from 18 different countries with hubs in Bucharest, Copenhagen, Kuala Lumpur, and San Francisco. We believe that if we truly focus on how to work distributed and collaborate across locations and (home) offices, we will not only enjoy work more but also build better products for our customers, and

Job Description

About The Role

Tradeshift is looking for an outstanding Director of Product Management to join our Marketplaces product team in Bucharest, Romania. You will be a key member of an international, cross-functional and self-driven product team that includes engineers, designers, user researchers and product managers.

We expect you to enjoy engaging with customers and users directly to ensure your product’s roadmap is aligned with their needs, including defining and analysing metrics to support decisions made. And we expect that you understand how your technical solutions contribute to realizing a broader vision, and that you have a passion for interacting with many different people to achieve a goal.

You should have a passion for designing innovative solutions in collaboration with different internal stakeholders such as Product Management, Engineering, Product Marketing, Customer Value Management, Sales, Legal, On-boarding and Professional Services.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Define a product vision and strategy which considers and balances partner, customer, prospect and internal stakeholder needs and positions Tradeshift SaaS solution as a leader in the B2B marketplace space
• Partner with Engineering and EX/UI teams to drive world class execution of the product roadmap
• Leverage leading technology, including Tradeshift’s microservice architecture, machine learning, digital collaboration and interoperability
• Lead and mentor a successful team of product managers directly reporting to you
• Meet with customers and partners to communicate the product vision, understand their needs, and mitigate escalations
• Act as a consultative subject matter expert to the business
• Manage product development through all stages of the product life cycle
• Through data driven insights, evaluate and communicate effectiveness of features released and make follow up recommendations

Qualifications

Let’s Connect If You have...

• 10+ years of combined Enterprise SaaS product management and B2B supply chain experience
• In-depth understanding of B2B marketplaces and/or procurement processes
• Knowledge of product catalog management, product discovery, approval workflow technology
• A track record of growing new products and enabling cross-functional teams to build operational excellence
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Comfortable balancing resources and priorities according to market conditions
• Prior experiencing managing teams
• MBA, Master Degree in Business, BS in Engineering or Finance or equivalent

Behavioral Skills:

• Natural leader
• Strategic and conceptual thinker
• Take initiative
• Decision maker
• Methodical and organized
• Customer and team-oriented
• Active listener
• Empathetic
• Open to giving and receiving feedback

Additional Information

We value diversity at our company. Tradeshift prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religious or religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. All your information will be kept confidential according to GDPR guidelines.