Insightsoftware is a global provider of reporting, analytics, and performance management solutions that unlock the potential of business data and transform the way finance and data teams operate. We empower leaders from over 32,000 organizations to make timely and intelligent decisions. Our comprehensive solutions span Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Controllership, and Data and Analytics. We deliver finance teams the insights required to navigate any economic climate and drive greater financial intelligence, while increasing productivity, visibility, accuracy, and compliance. Learn more at insightsoftware.com.

The VP and Product Pillar Leader will drive insightsoftware’s product vision and strategy for Data Integrations P/L within the Data & Analytics business product portfolio. This leader will be responsible for the successful execution of our short and long-term product roadmap, closely tracking UX and industry trends and adapting the product strategy accordingly to drive annual recurring revenue and product line growth. This leader will oversee key product areas; VizLib, PowerOn, SIMBA, and SourceConnect as well as source for new inorganic opportunities as well. The ideal candidate will be responsible for accelerating growth for current and future next-generation products and will need to exude unrelenting passion for our customer experience with strong financial acumen and an entrepreneurial spirit. As a business leader, you’ll be responsible for driving the product and business P/L from end to end. 
 
RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Align global teams around a clear and compelling product vision and roadmap that inspires all key stakeholders 

• Ownership and accountability for product portfolio’s roadmap, deliverables, go-to-market strategy, and P&L 

• Create, lead and own the value creation plan for the products in scope 

• Maintain a competitive market overview to identify white spaces, strategic threats and opportunities 

• Develop business cases for new products, product features and enhancements 

• Develop trusted relationships with key technology and functional leaders to drive focus on the product strategy and roadmap deliverables 

• Work closely and collaboratively with marketing, sales, customer success and services to execute customer acquisition and retention strategies 

• Demonstrate a metrics-driven mindset, using and generating thoughtful data analysis to inform decisions that balance the needs of customer 

• Identify build, buy and partner opportunities and led the related acquisition strategy 

• Enhance our product strategy by balancing business-hypothesis testing and validated learnings with a deep intuition for what is important to our customers 

• Drive the product development organization in execution of releases, ensuring we have the greatest of all possible ROIs through appropriately sized launches 

• Understand market requirements by partnering with key internal stakeholders and go-to-market team  

• Assess risks and dependencies across all the product and engineering functions and provide guidance to the Business Unit leadership 
   
   

 
KEY ARES OF FOCUS: 

PRODUCT STRATEGY, VISION, AND PLANNING 

• Pulls from market and competitive insights, customer needs, and internal business priorities to create the product vision (target customer segments, markets, channels, go to market approach, and value propositions). 

• Aligns this strategic vision with cross-functional stakeholders to shape product roadmap, investment areas and success measures. 

• Understand the product technical architecture, understand the economics of technical investments, e.g., buy vs. build, total cost of ownership “TCO”. 

PRODUCT GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY 

• Plans, develops, and manages product P&L (e.g., pricing, marketing budgets, headcount), short- and long-term outcomes and business value of product portfolio including connection to roadmap, objectives and key results, and strategic investments. 

GO-TO-MARKET ALIGNMENT AND MATRIX MANAGEMENT 

• Manages across channels to define and deliver product performance goals (e.g., revenue, customer experience, etc.). 

• Gathers competitive, customer, market, and internal business priorities to design, develop, and continually optimize digital solutions that drive adoption, engagement, and growth across both digital and human customer interactions. 

• Leverages enterprise platforms and capabilities, to improve speed to market and drive both development and ongoing support cost efficiencies e.g., provide more functionality for same investment or same amount of functionality for less investment. 

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 

• Drives product development and actively engages cross-functional stakeholders to enable faster speed to market and maximize return on spend in decision making for the product roadmap (e.g., issue resolution, MVP definition, ongoing prioritization). Prioritizes resources across developing new products and reimagining existing products. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES: 

• Experienced product leader focused on building sophisticated and data-driven B2B software products 

• Extensive enterprise team management experience in a complex, matrixed software environment 

• Ability to lead complex change management and communications 

• Strong ability to inspire and coach, and a history of hiring, managing, leading, and mentoring high-performing teams 

• Demonstrated success working with cross-functional teams, building consensus across the organization and being a critical part of a leadership team 

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, who can successfully articulate high-level strategy, as well as tactical details 

• Experience defining and executing strategic initiatives with quantified results for customers and the business through constant learning and experimentation 

• Results-proven experience working with or implementing product management and engineering best practices  

• Outstanding analytical skills and the ability to assess disparate data sources and extract meaningful, actionable strategic insights and recommendations 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

** At this time insightsoftware is not able to offer sponsorship to candidates who are not eligible to work in the country where the position is located. **

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