Senior Manager, DT&I Product Management

The Tax Digital Transformation & Innovation (DT&I) Product Management Senior Manager manages the product lifecycle for proprietary technology solutions supporting the tax practice and delivery of services to clients. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of tax and technology product development with a proven track record of successfully launching and managing products used to enable the delivery of professional services.

- Contributes to the vision and product roadmap to maximize value delivered by ensuring the prioritization of the roadmap is aligned with tax practice strategy and needs

- Coordinates with Value Management Office or similar organization to track and report business value and value creation

- Evaluate requests for capabilities from the practice to determine options and recommendations for fulfilling the need in context of the broader DT&I product stategy

- Ensures products are developed consistently with BDO's tax technology strategy and guiding principles

- Ensures product team members are following leading practices for providing requirements/user stories and working with the development team

- Oversees and is actively engaged in the process of gathering requirements/user stories

- Oversees the development and execution of product business testing plans

- Coordinates with the tax practice and technical teams for product release logistics

- Ensures all required prerelease reviews and approvals are completed prior to release

- Manages the creation and execution of the deployment, adoption, and change management plans

- Creates and manages the execution of product maintenance plans and budget

- Ensures appropriate resources assigned to projects to meet objectives and timelines

- Oversees product management and business analyst senior associate and associates working on assigned projects

- Serves as a point of contact for stakeholders, coordinating and communicating proactively with all relevant stakeholders

- Serves as a liaison between the business and developers, gathering and applying feedback from users and others in the tax practice

- Participates in pursuits by presenting BDO's technology stack capabilities related to products under management

- Educates tax professionals and business development professionals on BDO's technology tools and how to present them as part of their pursuits and leverage them effectively on engagements

- Ensures appropriate resources are assigned to projects to meet objectives and timelines

- Oversees Product Management managers, senior associates, and associates working on assigned projects

- Acts a supervisor to team members / career advisor as assigned

- Bachelor's degree required; focus in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or Computer Science, preferred

- Master's degree in Accounting, Taxation or J.D., preferred

- Eight (8) or more years of experience in tax and/or technology product management, required

- Four (4) or more years of experience in technology product management with a track record of successfully launching and managing product, preferred

- Experience with corporate taxation, consolidations, partnerships, and individuals, preferred

- Experience with process design and/or improvement, preferred

- Experience serving in a product management/product owner role for enterprise grade tax applications that support the delivery of professional services, preferred

- CPA, JD, EA, PMP, or other relevant certification, preferred

- Experience with project management tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, etc.), preferred

- Experience with Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Income Tax compliance (OIT) software and ONESOURCE Tax Provision, preferred

- Strong leadership skills, with experience managing and mentoring teams

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions

- Strong organizational skills, especially the ability to meet project deadlines with a focus on details

- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders in a matrix organization

- Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment

- Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously

- Ability to effectively manage a team of professionals and delegate work assignments as needed

- Ability to encourage team environment on projects and contribute to the professional development of assigned personnel

- Executive presence and the ability to act as the primary contact on assigned projects

- Ability to successfully interact with professionals at all levels