Group Product Manager

Hi, We're AffiniPay!
AffiniPay is a leading fintech company, based out of Austin, Texas. As the market leader in professional services payments and practice management software, AffiniPay's tech products serve legal, accounting, architectural, engineering and construction firms. AffiniPay has been recognized as one of Inc. 5000's fastest growing companies in the U.S. for 13 years in a row, and as a result, our teams continue to grow as well!
We are looking for a Group Product Manager to lead 1-2 product managers in assessing new market opportunities and identifying and delivering mission-critical product initiatives to market. You will have a strong balance between discovering new product opportunities and leading a development team and a product team to deliver world-class product experiences for high priority, strategic initiatives that deliver on critical business outcomes.
Our product teams discover and deliver features and products that customers love while driving business growth. We collaborate with UX and Engineering to develop a deep understanding of customer's pain-points to build solutions that meet their needs. Product Leaders are accountable for outcomes for their products and for development and alignment around a vision and strategy to achieve business goals.
What You'll Do

• A high performer and leader who brings their deep knowledge of the technology, the product, the industry, and the PM discipline to lead complex initiatives that require strategic leadership.
• Mentor, develop, hire and lead a team of product managers to maximize impact and achieve overall goals
• Develop a deep understanding of our market and customers by sythesizing a variety of quantitative and qualitative data across a wide range of use cases and segments.
• Become the "go-to" person for competitor insights related to your product(s) has a clear perspective on how to create competitive advantage
• Leverage deep understanding to create a top class vision, strategy and roadmap for new products that expand our addressable markets on highly ambiguous initiatives.
• Effectively infleunce, negotiate and articulate strategy / rationale with AffiniPay stakeholders at all levels to get alignment and rally people around your vision.
• Expertly align your product team and cross-functional leaders around outcomes to ensure we reach our short and long-term goals
• Defines and shapes our GTM processes and strategies via strong collaboration with Product Marketing and business partners to maximize business outcomes and customer value.
• Promote and influence the overall product vision and strategy across the organization.
• Mentor more junior product managers in product best practices.
• Demonstrate mastery of your product(s) and proficiency in all products in the AffiniPay portfolio.
• Other Duties as assigned

About You

• Customer-focus : Relentless focus on understanding & delighting our customers.
• Outstanding communication skills : You can communicate clearly, concisely and persuasively with technical and non-technical stakeholders at different levels, including Executives, to build organizational alignment around your vision.
• Humble: You know your strengths and weaknesses and actively seek feedback with a growth mindset to identify ways to improve and use your strengths to your advantage.
• Bias to action : You are a very decisive self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and will take calculated risks to move quickly in the face of uncertainty. When needed, you are able to make tough calls with the information at hand.
• Collaborative : You build strong relationships with teammates, customers, and partners to foster a collaborative team environment while maintaining a sense of ownership of product outcomes.
• Analytical : You develop clear, testable hypotheses and can comfortably integrate quantitative and qualitative data into your thinking. You perform rigorous analysis when needed but maintain a sense of urgency and aren't afraid to fail quickly and learn.
• Persistent: Relentless drive to achieve business outcomes, overcoming all obstacles
• Business acumen : You are extremely comfortable prioritizing customer needs in the context of business objectives
• Strategic : The demonstrated ability to identify, create and deliver on long-term plans for growth.

Requirements

• You have 7-10 years of taking payments and/or B2B SaaS products to market using agile, user-centered design and lean customer discovery methodologies.
• 1-2 years experience managing and mentoring product managers
• Experience identifying and leading key strategic products to market in technology companies
• A strong technical background with significant hands-on experience collaboratively building technology products with UX designers and Engineers
• A keen sense of business with the ability to understand market trends and customers needs, build business cases to justify your analysis, and design and prioritize products and features to fit the market needs and deliver long-term growth.
• Proven experience leading medium to large sized cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment

Our Story
Founded in 2005, AffiniPay's mission is to build technology products that helps professionals focus on the work they love. As the leader in the professional payments industry, AffiniPay's products serve legal, accounting, architectural, engineering and construction firms. Our portfolio of software solutions include MyCase (Legal Practice Management Software), CASEpeer (Practice Management for Personal Injury Firms), Docketwise (Immigration & Case Management Software), and Woodpecker (Legal Document Automation). Our portfolio of payment solutions include LawPay (Legal), AffiniPay for Associations (Associations), CPACharge (Accounting Professionals), and ClientPay (Architect, Engineer, and Construction). AffiniPay's products serve over one hundred thousand users, and we are noted as one of the fastest growing tech companies in Austin, Texas. We are constantly looking for talent to join our team to continue playing a key part in unlocking our potential.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at AffiniPay
At AffiniPay, we recognize that innovation occurs with a strong team of people who are diverse in background, personality, talent and ideas. Experience comes in many forms and ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace where we continue to learn from each other is an integral part of our culture. We are committed to creating a welcoming and transparent environment for all that embraces those differences through education, equal access to opportunities and information, inclusionary programs, and community outreach.
Benefits that Benefit You!
As a people first culture, we believe it is important that our teammates are happy, healthy, and productive. In order to best support that, AffiniPay provides award-winning benefits that can make a difference in your life - right now and for the future.

• All employees receive fully covered medical, dental and vision coverage - Choose from our 2 available health plans based on what fits you and/or your family!
• Have some fur babies? - We offer them insurance too!
• RELAX and enjoy your time away with our flexible paid time off policy!
• We will help you plan for your future - 401K, or RRSP if in Canada, with a company match
• Competitive compensation packages that include mid-year and end-of-year bonuses and equity options for all full-time employees
• Health Wellness Program that includes nutrition consultations, mental health apps, and access to discounted memberships
• Have plans to grow your family? - Parental resources, including 16 weeks of paid time off for primary caregivers
• Professional development opportunities including mentorships, leadership programs and our AffiniPayU courses
• We believe it is important to give back with our Matching Gift Program and organized activities focused on donations, volunteerism and supporting the local communities throughout the country
• D&I initiatives provide educational opportunities regarding multicultural issues, tolerance, and celebrating diversity among our entire staff
• An incredible, in-office experience at our headquarters in Austin and San Diego including free lunch delivery, a fully stocked kitchen, and some "sweet" surprises for those afternoon pick-me-ups

Security Advisory
Our hiring teams at AffiniPay are dedicated to recruiting top talent that share our passion for serving the professional services industry through innovative financial technology. As such, our Talent Acquisition Team only follows legitimate hiring practices. We will always communicate with our candidates using emails with the AffiniPay domain and will never ask for sensitive/personal data during the application process. All interviews take place over phone call, Zoom/Google Meet or in person. All offers are communicated verbally by our Talent Acquisition Specialists with a written offer letter as a follow up.