Director Partner Programs (App Marketplace)
Quality isn’t just a goal. It’s the whole point.
Our customers are under a lot of pressure to deliver great software. But to compress lifecycles, add features, and compete in a world where ‘every company is now a software company’ is hard. And one mistake can mean their reputation, even future. That’s why it’s our mission to help. At any part of their software development lifecycle (SDLC), we provide the tools and discipline to focus on quality while streamlining their processes. So our customers can create and deploy software that works as designed – especially when it’s needed most. And we’re looking for people to join us.
About the Position
Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, the Vice President of Product will lead the UI Test product group, which includes TestComplete, BitBar, CrossbrowserTesting. You will be responsible for devising, adapting and leading the growth strategy for the group. You will directly lead the product management team, comprised of product managers and product owners. You will have a dedicated cross-functional team, including UI/UX, engineering, operations, and so on. You will be supported by finance and HR business partners.
You will manage the portfolio of products in your group, and guide the product life cycles appropriately, including initiating, scaling, harvesting and sunsetting products appropriately. SmartBear operates a build-and-buy strategy, so you will also be involved in M&A activity – both diligence and integration. You will be a thought leader, and you will possess strong financial, strategic and operational acumen. You will have experience growing a nurturing a geographically dispersed team.
You will drive research of user needs, market opportunities and challenges; competitive dynamics; strategic product business plans; partnering with engineering to launch compelling products; partnering with sales, marketing and customer support, to ensure tight alignment from product inception to sale to support. You will also be a seasoned leader, who aggressively stays ahead of advancements in relevant technologies.
Primary Responsibilities
- Partner with the CPO, and his leadership team to establish functional best practices for the company.
- Working with peers in your team, you will finalize and roll-out your UX and UI vision for SmartBear and its portfolio
- Roll out a new SmartBear UX and design process, with the buy-in of your peers in the product organization.
- Ensure your team is well equipped to partner with their counterparts in product management and engineering to deliver on their product commitments applying the best practices that you have put in place
- Advance the state of the art of SmartBear’s UX and design so that all of our products are recognizably SmartBear experiences and are deliver outstanding end-user experiences for our customers.
- Ensure SmartBear has the appropriate technologies and tools to deliver best-in class UX and design to internal and external stakeholders.
- Grow and nurture a team of designers, UX engineers and documentation experts
- Set design direction and oversee UX priorities as dictated by business goals
- Propose solutions for integrating products across the product line
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, product designer or similar role designing for mobile, web, and other applications.
- Minimum 3 years of experience successfully leading and managing multi-disciplinary design teams.
- A degree in a relevant field is valuable.
- Track-record of demonstrable success
- Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills
About SmartBear
At SmartBear, we focus on your one priority that never changes: quality. We know delivering quality software over and over is complicated. So our tools are built to streamline your process while seamlessly working with the products you use – and will use. Whether it’s TestComplete, Swagger, Cucumber, ReadyAPI, Zephyr, or one of our other tools, we span from test automation, API lifecycle, collaboration, performance testing, test management, and more. Whichever you need, they’re easy to try, easy to buy, and easy to integrate. We’re used by 15 million developers, testers, and operations engineers at 24,000+ organizations – including world-renowned innovators like Adobe, JetBlue, FedEx, and Microsoft. Wherever you’re going, we’ll help you get there. Learn more at smartbear.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook.
SmartBear is an equal employment opportunity employer and encourages success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, medical condition, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), or any other legally protected status.