Job Summary: The Tax Digital Transformation & Innovation (DT&I) Product Management Senior Manager manages the product lifecycle for proprietary technology solutions supporting the tax practice and delivery of services to clients. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of tax and technology product development with a proven track record of successfully launching and managing products used to enable the delivery of professional services. Job Duties: Product Roadmap and Value Creations
- Contributes to the vision and product roadmap to maximize value delivered by ensuring the prioritization of the roadmap is aligned with tax practice strategy and needs
- Manages product scope, budget, and timeline
- Leads the product team in delivering value
- Coordinates with Value Management Office or similar organization to track and report business value and value creation
- Evaluate requests for capabilities from the practice to determine options and recommendations for fulfilling the need in context of the broader DT&I product stategy
Product Development Lifecycle Management
- Ensures products are developed consistently with BDO's tax technology strategy and guiding principles
- Ensures product team members are following leading practices for providing requirements/user stories and working with the development team
- Oversees and is actively engaged in the process of gathering requirements/user stories
- Oversees the development and execution of product business testing plans
- Coordinates with the tax practice and technical teams for product release logistics
- Ensures all required prerelease reviews and approvals are completed prior to release
- Manages the creation and execution of the deployment, adoption, and change management plans
- Creates and manages the execution of product maintenance plans and budget
- Manages post-release user support
Product Team Management
- Ensures appropriate resources assigned to projects to meet objectives and timelines
- Identifies potential challenges and proposes solutions
- Oversees product management and business analyst senior associate and associates working on assigned projects
Stakeholder Management
- Serves as a point of contact for stakeholders, coordinating and communicating proactively with all relevant stakeholders
- Serves as a liaison between the business and developers, gathering and applying feedback from users and others in the tax practice
Market Presence
- Participates in pursuits by presenting BDO's technology stack capabilities related to products under management
- Educates tax professionals and business development professionals on BDO's technology tools and how to present them as part of their pursuits and leverage them effectively on engagements
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Ensures appropriate resources are assigned to projects to meet objectives and timelines
- Oversees Product Management managers, senior associates, and associates working on assigned projects
- Acts a supervisor to team members / career advisor as assigned
Other duties as required Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Education:
- Bachelor's degree required; focus in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or Computer Science, preferred
- Master's degree in Accounting, Taxation or J.D., preferred
Experience:
- Eight (8) or more years of experience in tax and/or technology product management, required
- Four (4) or more years of experience in tax, preferred
- Four (4) or more years of experience in technology product management with a track record of successfully launching and managing product, preferred
- Experience with corporate taxation, consolidations, partnerships, and individuals, preferred
- Experience with process design and/or improvement, preferred
- Experience serving in a product management/product owner role for enterprise grade tax applications that support the delivery of professional services, preferred
License/Certifications:
- CPA, JD, EA, PMP, or other relevant certification, preferred
- Certified Product Manager, preferred
Software:
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, required
- Experience with project management tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, etc.), preferred
- Experience with Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Income Tax compliance (OIT) software and ONESOURCE Tax Provision, preferred
Language(s):
Other Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
- Strong leadership skills, with experience managing and mentoring teams
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions
- Strong organizational skills, especially the ability to meet project deadlines with a focus on details
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders in a matrix organization
- Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment
- Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to effectively manage a team of professionals and delegate work assignments as needed
- Ability to encourage team environment on projects and contribute to the professional development of assigned personnel
- Executive presence and the ability to act as the primary contact on assigned projects
- Ability to successfully interact with professionals at all levels
Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and geography. National Range: $125,000 - $225,000 Maryland Range: $125,000 - $225,000 NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $125,000 - $225,000
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