Product Category Director

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Job Purpose:

Product Category Director, Customer Platform is responsible for executing and building the one-to-three-year strategy that delivers a cohesive platform experience to our contracted government agency partners for all Tablets, Media, Communication products and services.

Essential Duties:

• Oversee product category to deliver on BU priorities, roadmap, and objectives.
• Facilitate a data-driven product culture that encourages innovation, experimentation and rapid iteration.
• Build strong product to customer connections (focus groups, interviews, market research) to ensure platforms are addressing the needs.
• Evangelize customer strategy and vision internally and externally to drive corporate alignment.
• Define platform requirements to maintain user consistency across all products and corporate processes (Legal, marketing, etc.)
• Develop category roadmap and manage overall product strategy in order to achieve financial and strategic growth objectives.
• Execute departmental policies, practices, and procedures that advance team members and the organization.
• Ensure product pipeline supports the company and BU strategy and goals by improving EBITDA and stakeholder value.
• Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), competitor, and industry data and translate changes into roadmap action items to maintain the success of the category.
• Define business requirements and drive agile product development with cross-organizational teamwork.
• Oversee product team members to ensure proper documentation and communication for assigned product lines are maintained.
• Visit agency customers and attend industry shows to create relationships and promote alignment.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Collaborative leadership skills with management experience during periods of organization transition
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written
• Experience working in the government sector preferably in corrections or similar industry.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to identify and execute process optimization.
• Knowledge of RFP based procurement process with prior involvement as a purchaser or vendor.
• Ability to facilitate cross-department alignment on complicated projects with the ability to pull consensus from a group.
• Proactive mindset to anticipate and implement changes in our business.
• Experience managing the financial and operational success of multiple product lines and/or multiple departments.
• Ability to acquire and manage vendor relationships.
• Experience with payment flow and partners (processors, banks, etc..)
• Regulation and compliance knowledge and experience mitigating risk while minimizing the impact to the business
• Ability to support C2B payments as well as C2C funds transfers
• Funding would involve both money transfer but also the account funding fees for debit product
• Prepaid card experience with ability to apply it into the correctional space.

Minimum Qualifications:

• HS Diploma or GED.
• 10+ years of experience B2B Product Management experience with payment flow and partners (processors, banks, etc..)
• 5+ years of experience leading Product Management in payments field with direct reports

• Direct P&L management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in management, Marketing, or other business-related field
• Deep knowledge in the correctional or government environment with experience at the operational and leadership levels
• Experience with product or project management
• Worked in a B2B2C business model is a plus

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: stand, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and a variety of office equipment.
• Occasionally, this position may need to reach, stoop, or kneel.

Salary and Benefits:

At Aventiv, our salary and benefits are designed to fit you as a whole person. We offer a salary range based on experience and qualifications to ensure your unique contributions are met with our most competitive offer.

• $159,467.75 - $181,793.23 per year
• Eligible for $255 to purchase company equipment (keyboard, monitor, headset, etc.)
• Health Insurance
• 401(k)
• Disability
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Voluntary Benefits

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