Senior Product Manager

Xplor Technologies powers the experiences at the heart of everyday life. Through modern vertical software, embedded payments, and AI-powered capabilities, we help businesses in fitness, recreation, golf and club, field services, laundry, education, and other membership-based and service-based industries simplify operations, uncover insights, and elevate customer and member experiences. 

A successful Senior Product Manager leads and manages a core product area within our product portfolio.  They not only excel at driving valuable product delivery, but they craft a vision for their product area and a plan for how to execute that vision.  They can clearly articulate how their product roadmaps align with the product strategy and how their work will quantifiably impact their customers. A Senior Product Manager owns the management of their roadmap and must have a clear understanding of the reasoning behind each decision. This person is directly engaging customers weekly to better understand the industry, pain points, and how their team delivery will solve customer problems.  A successful Senior Product Manager may or may not have managerial responsibilities, but they serve as a leading example of what exceptional product delivery embodies and drives their peer's development.  

Some of the other responsibilities you’ll have: 

• Establish and align product roadmaps with the broader product strategy and find balance in delivery between long term investments, shorter term wins, and tech debt 
• Oversee the entire product lifecycle from concept to launch, including ideation, discovery, design collaboration, requirements, development, release, product marketing, measurement, and continuous improvement.
• Engage current and prospective customers to understand and analyze their needs, business practices, and future plans 
• Develop an astute understanding of the industry including emerging trends, new available technologies, and addressable markets 
• Engage with design, research, and development to clearly articulate customer pain points and build a process for effective problem solving 
• Partner with marketing and sales to outline delivered customer value and support proper go to market positioning
• Act as the primary point of contact for cross-functional teams, facilitating communication and collaboration.
• Deliver clear and comprehensive product requirements to provide guidance to the development team 
• Identify and eliminate low value work undertaken by their agile team 
• Focus on customer value and identify MVP solutions that deliver on that value with the least amount of time, effort and risk 
• Use data and analytics to guide decision-making, optimize product performance, and measure success.
• Identify key success metrics for initiatives and ties those metrics to overall business metrics
• Communicate product vision, strategy, and progress to senior leadership and other stakeholders. Manage expectations and provide regular updates on product performance, risks, and opportunities.

The average base salary pay range for this position is $110,000 to $138,000.

In this role, you may work remotely as long as you are located within the lower 48 states of the US.

Please note: This role requires working core EST US hours.  The majority of our team works EST hours and this role also requires some collaboration with overseas employees.  

Qualifications

What would make me a strong candidate?

• At least 6 years of product management experience with a SaaS company preferred
• Ability to operate and engage with a scrum team with no supervision 
• Proven experience working in Agile Scrum environment and ability to write concise and useful requirements, documentation, and user stories
• Knowledge and product experience in web and mobile applications.
• Must be organized and feel comfortable prioritizing the roadmap and defending the prioritization to stakeholders
• Must have strong communication skills to share the vision of the product with customers and internal stakeholders
• Experience working with senior leadership across other company verticals including sales, marketing, and customer support 
• Ability to articulate and drive research and design needs in support of product decisions 

Differentiating Experience:

• Familiarity with the Field Services industry experience is ideal 
• Familiarity with email and SMS delivery platforms (e.g., Twilio, SendGrid, or similar) including configuration, integration, or operational management of messaging workflows is a plus.
• Experience supporting or managing software integrations and working with APIs, including requirements definition, coordination with engineering teams, and partner collaboration.

Values and Life at Xplor

Our five core values guide us from how we hire and recognise our team members to how we interact with our customers day to day:

• Find a better way
• Do the right thing
• Say it straight
• Win together
• Own the outcome

If these values sound like you, and describe people you want to work with, you will thrive at Xplor.

As an Xplorer, you will be part of a global network of talented colleagues who will support your success. We look for commonalities and shared passions and give people the tools they need to deliver great work and grow at speed.

Some of our perks and benefits are:

• Paid Parental Leave benefit programs
• #GiveBackDays/Commitment to social impact – 3 extra days off to volunteer and give back to your local community
• Ongoing dedication to Diversity & Inclusion initiatives such as D&I Council, Global Mentorship Program
• Access to free mental health support
• Flexible working arrangements

Ready to apply?

To start your application, please submit your resume, and we will be in touch as soon as we can. Please include the word "moonshot" at the top of your message to the Hiring Manager so that we know you took the time to read our job ad.

More about us 

More than 130,000 businesses in 72+ countries rely on Xplor to run their day and get paid, processing over $47 billion in payments annually. Our connected ecosystem helps operators spend less time managing complexity and more time delivering the experiences that matter most. 

Xplor is backed by world-class investors Advent International, Battery Ventures, and Silver Lake. 

Good to know

To be considered for employment, you must be legally authorized to work in the country you're applying for. Xplor does not sponsor visas, either at the time of hire or at any later time. 

We kindly ask you to apply through our careers portal or external job boards only. Please don't send your application via email.

To learn more about us and our products, please visit www.xplortechnologies.com/careers. 

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EEO and Artificial Intelligence

We believe in transparent hiring. We use an applicant tracking system that includes artificial intelligence enabled features to assist with the screening and assessment of job applications, such as candidate scoring or ranking. These tools support our recruitment process, but all hiring decisions are made by our recruitment team following human review. We do not rely on artificial intelligence to make final hiring decisions.

Xplor is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We're dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community. All Information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 

Xplor is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Xplor will take steps to ensure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us via [email protected]. 

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