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Aderant

Principal Product Manager

Aderant, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383


Overview

Aderant is seeking a

Principal Product Manager.

Aderant is a global industry leading software company providing comprehensive business management solutions for law firms and other professional services organizations with a mission to help them run a better business. We are motivated by a collective desire to drive the legal industry to the forefront of innovation. With over 2,500 clients around the world, including 95 of the top AmLaw 100 firms, we are changing the outside perception of the legal sphere; where there was once resistance to modernization, we are creating a culture that embraces new ideas and technology.

At Aderant, the "A" is more than just a letter. It is a representation of how we fulfill our foundational purpose, serving our clients. It embodies our core values and reminds us that to achieve success, every day must start with the "A". We bring the "A" to life by fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and personal growth. We encourage our diverse teams to bring their whole selves to work - ideas, experience, and passion - to drive our mission forward. Our people are our strength.

Role Description

As Principal Product Manager, you will be responsible for managing a product line throughout the entire lifecycle. This extends from increasing current profitability to future strategy of existing products. You will be responsible for coordinating cross-functionally to make decisions related to products on current and future defect fixes and enhancement opportunities. You will leverage your industry experience and your contact with customers / prospects to ensure that all product needs are being evaluated and decisioned. You must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision and the drive to make that vision a reality. You must enjoy spending time in the market to understand customer problems and find innovative solutions for the broader market and work internally to understand the full scope of the product line. You must be able to communicate with all areas of the company. You will lead the roadmap for an engineering team to define product-related requirements and make decisions related to feature or application prioritization, including potential migration / sunsetting. You will work with marketing communications to define the end of support strategy while helping them understand the longer-term product positioning, key benefits, and target customer. This Principal Product Manager role is both strategic and tactical.

Qualifications

8 - 10 years of software product management and client relationship management experienceExperience working across internal and external teams to communicate and ensure detailed execution path with the ability to say "no"Ability to prioritize critical decisions quicklyThe ability to be both strategic to get products to the market and detail-oriented to develop and execute product migration tacticsExceptional written, verbal, and presentation skillsKnowledge and understanding of web technology conceptsThis position requires travel to customer and non-customer sites (25%)Responsibilities

Managing the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activitiesDeep expertise in launching programs related to product migrationsDriving prioritization across development teams (primarily Development/Engineering and Marketing Communications)Developing and implementing a company-wide feature migration plan, working with all departments to executeAbility to proactively communicate with leadership and cross-functionally to ensure all key stakeholders are aware of updates and recommendationsAnalyzing potential partner relationships for the product