VP of Product Development

OTR Solutions is an innovator in the transportation industry providing a suite of factoring, fuel, and business management focused solutions. We help new and established companies get fast access to the funds they need for daily operations. As a Private Equity backed FinTech company, we are looking to grow our best-in-class financial organization. We are at the beginning of the development of a new Cloud-Native platform that will drive the next wave of innovation in the industry and fuel OTR’s growth. We are looking for growth minded, collaborative technologist who love to create, innovate, and learn cutting-edge solutions on the latest and greatest technology.

OTR has been recognized as a “Top Workplace” by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2016!

The VP of Product Development will be responsible for managing and directing a team of project managers, product owners and UX designers to scope initiatives and develop user stories for development teams. You will also work closely with members of the business and technology leadership to determine priorities, develop an ongoing product roadmap, and establish delivery timelines. This is an exciting role and opportunity to be a leader in a fast-growing business and have a direct impact on technology direction and growth of the business.

Please note: We do not sponsor work-related visas.**

Responsibilities:

• Direct management of product team inclusive of product owners, managers and UX design resources
• Interface with business leaders to determine and prioritize initiatives in a product roadmap
• Developing KPI metrics for each initiative to monitor and measure success of product
• Refine customer and product requirements and assign them to product features to drive all product development
• Develop user stories and acceptance criteria for development teams
• Ensure product design is intuitive, user friendly and in line with OTR brand standards
• Control excessive proliferation of product or feature variants
• Ensure cross-functional understanding of product features and success criteria
• Execute and monitor changes with impact analysis to ensure customer needs are met
• Create an engineering configuration and corresponding Project Requirement Document (PRD) for review, simulation, and validation
• Reduce product development duration, cost, and risk by reusing proven and standardized product features or 3rd party solutions

What we look for:

• Experience managing a team of product owners and developers
• Experience owning development of product roadmap
• Experience owning a product function for a technology focused business
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Ability to present your designs and sell your solutions to various stakeholders.
• Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively
• Working experience in design, development, and implementation of product plans.
• Working experience in full product lifecycle methodologies (10 years)
• Working experience in creating, prioritizing, and recommending epics and features.
• Working experience in in conducting competitive research and analysis.
• Working experience in identifying KPI's and other analytics to measure product value.
• Working experience with executive presentations.
• Working experience in a collaborative, cross-functional, and complex team environment.

Perks and Benefits:  

OTR provides a competitive, comprehensive compensation package for our full-time employees:

• Paid Certifications

• Certification Bonus

• Eligibility for Individual and Company bonus programs 

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life/ AD&D Insurance, Short-Term Disability  

• Pet Insurance, Paid Family Leave, Employee Assistance Program  

• Fully Paid Maternity Leave  

• 401(k) with Company Matching  

• Generous PTO, Sick/Mental Health Days, Flex Holidays + Company Paid Holidays

• Travel Stipend to support Work Life Balance

• Leadership Development and Training

• Continuous Learning + Professional enhancements

• Weekly Catered Lunches + Casual Dress Code 

• Company Paid Fitness Membership  

• Volunteer Days and Opportunities with Company-Partnered Charities  

• Internal Inclusion programs  

OTR’s mission is to create exceptional value for our clients by providing industry leading financing and back-office solutions. Three pillars that are crucial to supporting that mission are outstanding customer service, technology that creates efficiency for us and our customers, and a culture that provides the opportunity for employees to achieve greatness.

OTR Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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