Vice President, Product & Strategy – Platform

Location: Austin TX (Hybrid)
Department: GM Product & Design Organization
Reports to: Chief Product Officer

About Us

Togetherwork is a $250M recurring revenue SaaS business with over 33 software applications serving 12 vertical markets. We exist to help communities organizations and businesses thrive by delivering software solutions tailored to their unique needs.

With our new headquarters on South Congress in Austin TX we are entering an exciting phase of growth. We work hard and play hard. We love our customers we innovate with purpose and we wont stop until weve delighted every client across the diverse ecosystem we serve.

About the Role

The VP Product & Strategy Platform leads Togetherworks shared platform organization overseeing the foundational services that power every product across the company. This role is responsible for defining and executing the platform strategy that enables scalability innovation and operational excellence across all portfolios.

The VP serves as the architectural and strategic leader for Payments Payments Marketplace Data Reporting AI/ML Integrations Onboarding Managed Services modernization and UI/UX frameworks. They will build and lead a new team from the ground up ensuring Togetherworks core platform services are reliable performant and drive measurable impact.

This leader partners closely with Engineering Architecture Data and Product teams to ensure cross-portfolio alignment and enablement. They will define success metrics govern platform roadmap execution and drive adoption of shared services across the company.

Why Youll Love Working Here

At Togetherwork youll help shape the backbone of a business serving millions of users across dozens of industries. Youll have the opportunity to:

• Build a new platform organization from scratch and define its culture systems and operating model.

• Lead innovation in AI payments and data enablement across a diverse SaaS portfolio.

• Partner with a highly engaged executive team and influence the long-term technology vision.

• Drive measurable business impact through platform modernization scalability and shared service adoption.

• Be part of a collaborative fast-paced culture that values transparency accountability and purpose-driven leadership.

Who You Are

You are a strategic systems-oriented product leader who thrives at the intersection of technology business and execution. You combine architectural vision with operational rigor and are motivated by building high-performing teams that scale impact across an enterprise.

You excel at:

• Defining long-term platform strategy and communicating it clearly across teams and leadership levels.

• Building and leading high-caliber teams focused on delivery excellence and innovation.

• Partnering cross-functionally with Engineering Data Product and Finance to ensure alignment and results.

• Driving adoption of shared services data democratization and AI enablement.

• Translating platform capabilities into measurable outcomes for customers and portfolios.

• Leading through influence fostering collaboration and promoting a culture of learning and ownership.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the long-term platform strategy powering all Togetherwork portfolios.

• Build the Platform team from the ground up as the newest strategic investment in Togetherworks growth.

• Govern platform roadmap execution ensuring alignment with company priorities and engineering excellence.

• Partner with Engineering Architecture and Data teams to ensure reliability scalability and performance.

• Oversee the development of Payments Reporting AI/ML and Data capabilities that enhance product outcomes.

• Lead internal enablement sessions and publish quarterly roadmap updates for cross-portfolio visibility.

• Define success metrics for platform adoption utilization and ROI.

• Serve as the senior escalation point for platform delivery issues or risks.

• Champion data democratization AI adoption and platform-driven efficiency.

• Model Togetherworks leadership expectations: transparency collaboration accountability and innovation.

Strategic & Financial Accountability

• Own the platform enablement budget roadmap investment recommendations and KPIs.

• Partner with Finance Engineering and Product leadership on planning and forecasting for ELT review.

• Lead monthly and quarterly business reviews to assess platform ROI and enablement progress.

• Ensure platform initiatives deliver measurable business and customer outcomes.

Leadership & Team Development

• Build the Platform organization into a high-performing innovation engine.

• Coach and develop leaders to drive strategic and technical maturity.

• Foster a culture of learning shared ownership and AI-enabled decision-making.

• Promote collaboration across Product and Engineering teams to drive platform adoption.

Key Metrics / Success Measures

• Speed and quality of platform team build-out.

• 10x improvement in UI/UX frameworks and delivery efficiency.

• Platform reliability uptime and adoption across portfolios.

• Increased shared service utilization and AI integration.

• Demonstrable ROI from platform investments.

• Consistent cadence of MBR/QBR completion and roadmap publication.

• Improved engagement and leadership feedback scores.

Travel Expectations

25% for leadership meetings internal enablement sessions and ELT reviews.

The Company offers a comprehensive employee benefits program including:

• Medical dental and vision insurance options
• 100% Employer paid short/long term disability
• Basic Life
• 401(k) option with 100% company match
• Flexible paid personal/vacation time built on mutual trust and accountability
• 10 sick days annually
• 10 company paid holidays
• 6 weeks paid parental leave
• Pet Insurance
• Medical Travel Benefits
• Infertility Benefits
• Teladoc
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Benefits & Engagement Platform

Inclusion and Diversity

Togetherwork is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We value diverse backgrounds experiences and perspectives. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion gender gender identity sexual orientation disability veteran status age national origin or any other protected category under applicable law.