Product manager

Reporting to the Head of Product, the Product Manager - Finance owns the strategy, roadmap and value realisation for the firm's Finance product group. The portfolio covers the Aderant practice-management ecosystem and connected finance capabilities including time, billing, collections, WIP, records and reporting, alongside planning, expenses, payments and other finance products such as Anaplan, ChromeRiver, Bottomline and Worldpay.

• Own the Finance product vision, roadmap and investment priorities across Aderant and the wider finance estate.
• Balance revenue-critical operations, regulatory and control requirements, service health, technical debt and strategic transformation.
• Shape business cases and sequencing decisions for major upgrades including any transition to SaaS platforms, new modules, integrations and rationalisation.
• Establish OKRs and value-based metrics to demonstrate ROI and justify investment decisions to leadership.
• Lead discovery across time recording, billing, collections, WIP, financial reporting, budgeting, expenses and payments.
• Improve process efficiency, data quality and user experience while maintaining appropriate controls and auditability.
• Define outcome measures spanning billing effectiveness, cycle time, data quality, adoption, operational risk, cost and service reliability.
• Partner with Data and Architecture on Aderant-dependent reporting, master data and integration flows.
• Ensure release, configuration, access, resilience, support and operational-readiness decisions reflect the criticality of finance products.
• Own strategic supplier and commercial input, including product roadmaps, licensing, renewals and performance.
• Lead and coach both Finance Product Owners, clarify portfolio boundaries and resolve dependencies and priorities.
• Create a joined-up cadence across roadmap planning, delivery, release management, BAU and continuous improvement.

• Significant Product Manager experience owning business-critical platforms or digital products in a complex organisation.
• Proven ability to define product strategy, roadmaps, priorities and measurable outcomes.
• Strong product craft across discovery, iterative delivery, adoption, value measurement and lifecycle management.
• Credibility with senior stakeholders and the ability to make trade-offs across competing priorities.
• Experience leading and developing Product Owners or comparable product and platform specialists.
• Confidence partnering with Engineering, Data, Architecture, Security and suppliers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with a pragmatic and accountable approach.
• Strong understanding of enterprise finance, ERP or practice-management processes and controls.
• Experience owning mission-critical platforms where continuity, data quality and integration reliability are essential.
• Будет плюсом: Experience in a law firm, professional services or another regulated environment; Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms, complex integrations and vendor ecosystems; Experience improving adoption, operational readiness and business processes through product-led change; Familiarity with Jira Product Discovery, Jira and evidence-based prioritisation; Experience with Aderant Expert or comparable legal practice-management/ERP platforms; Experience with financial planning, expenses, payments, billing or revenue-management products

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