VP, Product Management

Velocity Global offers the most unified, tech-enabled, and customer service-driven global workforce management, ensuring smooth, reliable operations across countries, roles, and workforce types so businesses can navigate complexity with confidence, deliver strong results, and stay ahead. We help you expand your business into new markets without the complexity of setting up entities. We hire, pay, and manage your workforce across 185+ countries with our AI-powered global Workforce Technology platform.

We are seeking a Vice President of Product Management with a strong background in global payroll to join our leadership team.

In this role, you will lead our global payroll, payments and invoicing teams. You will be responsible for both reinforcing our product foundations and spearheading innovative enhancements that drive future growth. You will partner with Design, Finance, Data & Analytics, Risk, Technology, Authentication, Operations, Marketing and Legal and Compliance on key inputs and drive towards recommended approaches for product delivery

You will report to the Chief Product Officer.

This role will be in-person in our Palo Alto, CA office.
You Will:

• Strategy: Work with Financial Management Product team to develop strategy for the Payments and Payroll, with a singular focus of delivering innovative payment services via the most important platforms of today and tomorrow.
• Ownership: Align with strategy for multiple business teams and create and drive a portfolio of cross-functional initiatives to achieve core elements of the business strategy.
• Definition: Explain business problems, gather evidence from users and outside sources, clarify the potential solutions with assumptions, guiding principles, strategic connections
• Roadmap: Define the roadmap and prioritization across the financial management portfolioand create functional & non-functional requirements and user stories to manage product backlog and execution through scrum teams
• Delivery: Partner with teams and technology partners to ensure, efficient execution of key initiatives in a scaled agile delivery framework
• Communication: Serve as primary evangelist of Financial Management strategy and product capabilities with internal, business, and executive stakeholders. Participate in industry events, customer briefings, analyst briefings, and advisory boards
• Outcomes: Drive outcomes aligned with business teams and team OKRs and report key metrics driving product effectiveness, utilization and satisfaction
• Team leadership: Build and manage a high-performing team of product managers.

You Have:

• 15+ years of experience leading and growing product teams with people management skills, with the ability to inspire and develop high-performing teams.
• Bachelor's OR Master's degree in a technical field (Engineering/Computer Science or related)
• 7+ years of industry experience with related product management, design, or business-facing product development experience
• Experience working with payroll, FinTech and/or financial services products preferred
• Experience communicating product updates, milestones, and progress to internal and external partners, including experience developing influential presentations.
• Fluency in technical delivery, including scaled agile processes and product management tools like Confluence, Jira
• Experience balancing new developments with reducing tech debt with the ability to collaborate across departments
• Experience working in a scrappy environment, preferably start-up

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Our job titles may span more than one career level. The base pay depends upon many factors, such as training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified.

Annualized Pay Range

$248,000-$355,000 USD

We are dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion across our organization, embracing the rich tapestry of cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives that our global team brings together in offices around the world. Velocity Global is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to empowering individuals from all walks of life to achieve their professional goals with us, regardless of race, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, or genetic information. We actively seek and encourage applications from diverse candidates, including those with disabilities, and offer accommodations throughout the selection process upon request.

Velocity Global offers a range of benefits tailored to the location and type of role. A general benefits overview is below:

• Flexible Time Off + Parental Leave
• Health and Dental Insurance
• Retirement Savings + Employee Incentive Plan
• WFH Stipend + Coworking Space
• Company Bonus + Spot Bonuses

Please visit our career page for more information.