Senior Manager, Product Management- Tax Technology

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The Innovation team is seeking aSenior Manager Product Management for the Firms Innovation Department based out of our New York NY; Whippany NJ; East Brunswick NJ; Red Bank NJ; Princeton NJ; Philadelphia PA; Boston MA; Burlington MA; Providence RI Tysons Corner DC; or Columbia MD office location.

This role will be responsible for a group of custom-built Tax products and services translating firm tax strategy regulatory requirements and client needs into measurable business outcomes. The Senior Manager will also collaborate with teams by participating in technical and strategic insight sessions to identify and address business/product issues and opportunities and ensure that technical procedures align with the business/product vision.

Withums brand is a reflection of our people our culture and our strength. Withum has become synonymous with teamwork and client service excellence. The cornerstone of our success can truly be accredited to the dedicated professionals who work here every day whose mission is to help our clients grow and thrive - to be in a position of strength. But our commitment goes beyond our clients as we continue to live the Withum Way promoting personal and professional growth for all team members clients and surrounding communities.

This role owns product vision roadmaps releases and ROI across the tax products and serves as the people leader for Product Managers and Product Analysts. The Senior Manager operates with full authority over priorities releases and budget and with a mandate to raise the quality and consistency of product management across teams.

How Youll Spend Your Time:

• Craft and communicate an inspirational vision for a portfolio of Tax products and services with clear articulation of how individual products come together to deliver a seamless experience for clients firm professionals and partners
• Ensure the product portfolio operates as a cohesive experience so clients and users do not encounter internal organizational boundaries handoffs or underlying process complexity
• Partner with the Head of Innovation and the Product engineering team on prototyping and MVP development providing subject matter expertise and ensuring solutions meet Tax practice requirements
• Collaborate and drive change management and adoption of new products and oversee the allocation of product investments to ensure optimal resource distribution and ROI
• Translate the portfolio vision into a 1218-month strategic roadmap clearly mapped to business outcomes value creation and regulatory priorities
• Continuously assess the performance cost and value of products and features across the portfolio identifying where cost exceeds value and defining clear recommendations and next steps
• Proactively plan communicate and execute the decommissioning or sunsetting of underperforming products or features including customer impact assessments transition strategies and viable alternatives
• Model adaptability by continuously evolving the product portfolio in response to industry trends regulatory change emerging solutions new insights and shifting client and business needs
• Ensure product teams consistently apply design thinking systems thinking and agile best practices throughout the full product lifecycle
• Define and monitor portfoliolevel KPIs using data and insights to coach teams to adjust refine or pivot products as performance dictates
• Partner proactively with Technology leaders to define and evolve endstate architecture that enables the product portfolio and ensures solutions are secure resilient performant and scalable
• Nurture develop and coach product managers and analysts by setting clear expectations identifying growth opportunities and driving measurable development and performance outcomes

The Kinds of People We Want to Talk to:

• Required Education Level: Bachelors or masters degree in management information systems Finance MBA or a related field.
• Required Years of Experience: 12 years experience preferred with 8 years of experience in product management or product development with significant exposure to tax services in a professional services environment
• 6 years experience in product leadership positions with proven record of successfully launching products
• Demonstrated product experience using different software development methodologies like Agile and Scaled Agile with one or more certifications (e.g. CSPO Scaled Agile Product School)
• Significant demonstrated experience in defining and implementing service delivery performance metrics and KPI dashboards
• Exceptional executive presence with proven ability to communicate effectively with senior executive audiences
• Strong collaboration capabilities with proven expertise in driving alignment across diverse business and technology stakeholders
• Strong leadership capabilities with experience collaborating with and leading mentoring and engaging cross-functional teams
• Advanced communication and presentation skills to clearly and concisely communicate at all levels of the organization
• Ability to manage multiple projects and communications simultaneously.
• Excellent attention to detail; capable of multitasking and adapting to shifting needs and priorities.
• Quick learner adept at understanding new and complex procedures.
• Strong organizational skills and project management experience.
• Demonstrates the ability to explore new techniques beyond day-to-day duties.
• Excellent time management abilities.

Preferred Skills: Experience applying design thinking systems thinking and lean/agile product practices at scale Product Certifications. Strong tax domain fluency and Familiarity with accounting principles and the financial services industry understanding will be added advantage.

Preferred Tools: Azure DevOps Product board Scribe Storylane Balsamiq Confluence SharePoint Miro Mural Pendo Jira

Personal Attributes: Highly motivated self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit dedication to delivering results ability to overcome ambiguity and excellent communicator.

The compensation for this position ranges from $150000-$180000. In addition to the base compensation Withum offers a competitive benefits package and bonus program (for eligible roles) based on individual and firm performance. Final offer amounts are based on multiple factors such as the specific role hiring location as well as the individuals skills experience and qualifications. For additional information on our benefits visit our website at

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