Director of Product Development

About the Company: Sourcemap is the leading provider of supply chain mapping, traceability, and transparency software. We are the only full suite supply chain transparency and traceability solution on the market. Our customers include category-leading global brands, manufacturers and suppliers across the food & agriculture, fashion, beauty, manufacturing and electronics industries. We turn these customers into best-in-class responsible sourcing organizations. We seek committed individuals who will join our team to support our award-winning, values-led work and to tackle important supply chain challenges in a dynamic startup environment.

Job Description: The Director of Product Development is responsible for translating the long term strategic direction of the company into a 3-6 month product roadmap in the form of new product development and as well as improvements to the existing product. The Director of Product Development directly leads and manages a team of Product Managers and Designers. The candidate will regularly collaborate with functional leads from Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, and Engineering, along with key customers to develop new product ideas and support the continuous improvement of existing products and product packages.

Responsibilities:

1. Leadership: Leads product management and design teams for requirements elicitation and project execution in a fast-paced, agile software development environment.
2. Product Roadmap Strategy & Prioritization: Directs a comprehensive product strategy from conception and definition through end of life. Creates and manages technical roadmaps and helps set and lead technology strategy in partnership with the Engineering team.
3. Product Execution & Delivery: Oversee delivery of high-quality, scalable, and cost-effective technology solutions that meet global business requirements and conform to architectural designs and technology strategies
   1. Leads and manages the product development and management process for a product/platform or service within a business. Develops market inquiry/outreach plans and interprets results of product/platform opportunities. Develops relationships with existing customers including business heads or C-Suite executives with the goal of fostering continued use of SP Global products/platforms or services as well as identifying new products based on their needs.
4. Cross-Functional Collaboration & Voice of Customer: Collaborates closely with partners across the organization including Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, and Engineering teams to ensure that the voice of the customer is being captured in new product development initiatives to ensure Sourcemap products continue to meet evolving customer needs.
5. Other duties as assigned

Experience Requirements:

• 10 years’ product development and management experience in an agile environment
• 5 years leading teams in agile methodologies, with a track record of leading, mentoring and motivating staff
• Experience working in a dynamic, fast-growing organization
• Experience with Security and Compliance
• Familiarity with cloud architectures (e.g Azure or AWS), virtual environments and cloud security practices

Skills & Qualifications:

• Innovative and strategic problem solver with the ability to motivate a team to proactively drive forward solutions and meet highly demanding goals
• Proven strong negotiating and consensus building abilities, with ability to influence and collaborate effectively with peers, partners, and other stakeholders
• Strong relationship builder, with excellent communication skills and ability to convey complex concepts with ease
• Excellent stress and crisis management skills, making smart and informed decisions under pressure
• Proven ability to build and motivate a team to achieve well-communicated expectations
• Proactive work ethic while maintaining a keen focus on accuracy in a detailed oriented workflow
• Enthusiastic and positive team player