Senior Product Manager

Novogradac & Company LLP; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Novogradac & Company LLP seeks a Sr. Product Manager, Enterprise Systems to lead the lifecycle and adoption of core enterprise platforms. You will translate strategy into a system vision, roadmaps, and delivery plans while aligning with executive priorities and business value.

In this role, you will shape system strategy, governance, and long-term health, mentoring teams and guiding cross-functional cohorts to maximize efficiency and measurable business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 8+ years in product or enterprise leadership.
• MBA or CBAP/CCBA certification preferred.
• Experience with Jira or Wrike and security audit frameworks (SOC2, ISO27001).
• Experience at a professional services firm and working with executive stakeholders.
• Ability to translate business needs into scalable system designs and influence executives.
• Strong strategic thinking and cross-system alignment experience.

Responsibilities

• Own as the accountable product leader for assigned platforms and domains.
• Define roadmaps, backlogs, and enhancement plans.
• Lead prioritization across competing priorities and dependencies.
• Develop lifecycle strategy across upgrades and eventual replacement.
• Define product governance and best practices for enterprise systems.
• Drive alignment across systems for cohesive enterprise architecture.
• Mentor product managers and cross-functional team members.
• Advise business leaders on tradeoffs and investments.
• Partner with system owners to clarify outcomes and success criteria.
• Ensure adoption metrics and enterprise-wide KPIs are met.
• Direct vendor engagements from business/product perspective.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Lead a team

Influence executives

System design translation

Business process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

MBA or CBAP/CCBA certification

Tools

Jira

Wrike

SOC2

ISO27001

Job description

Position Summary

The Sr. Product Manager, Enterprise Systems is accountable for the enterprise-wide lifecycle strategy, prioritization, and value realization of core enterprise systems and platforms. This role partners with business and executive leadership to translate strategic intent into a clear system vision, roadmap, and delivery plan, ensuring systems are well-designed, effectively adopted, and continuously improved. The Sr. Product Manager, Enterprise Systems recommends prioritization and investment decisions across systems based on business value and drives enterprise adoption, measurable business outcomes, and long-term system health.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the accountable product leader for assigned platforms and related system domains
• Drive the definition, alignment, and execution of system roadmaps, backlogs, and enhancement plans
• Lead prioritization alignment across competing priorities, dependencies, and constraints, ensuring alignment to enterprise objectives
• Develop lifecycle strategy across system stages including upgrades, optimization, and eventual replacement, including long-term platform evolution decisions
• Define product management standards, governance, and best practices across enterprise systems
• Drive alignment across multiple systems to ensure cohesive enterprise architecture
• Provide mentorship, guidance, and leadership to product managers, analysts, or cross‑functional team members
• Partner with and influence business system owners to clarify intent, outcomes, and success criteria
• Advise business leaders in making informed tradeoff and investment decisions
• Lead alignment on cross‑functional impacts and ensure enterprise cohesion
• Act as a trusted advisor to business leadership, shaping system strategy and long‑term investment direction
• Challenge business assumptions to ensure solutions align with enterprise operating model and strategic goals
• Own adoption strategy for system changes, from rollout through reinforcement
• Partner with Internal Communications and Training teams to enable behavioral change
• Define and monitor, and be accountable for achieving adoption metrics
• Establish enterprise‑wide KPIs for system adoption, utilization, and behavioral change
• Ensure sustained adoption by driving alignment across business, technology, and training functions
• Provide strategic guidance to project managers to execute initiatives aligned with the product roadmap
• Ensure alignment with IT on technical feasibility, security, architecture, and integrations
• Direct vendor engagement from a business and product perspective
• Define and measure system utilization, effectiveness, and realized business value
• Proactively identify and drive initiatives to reduce manual work, eliminate redundancy, and improve efficiency
• Drive enterprise‑level system optimization, consolidation, and rationalization strategies
• Recommend major system investment, replacement, or retirement decisions to leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance, information systems, computer science, or a related field plus at least 8 years of experience with progressive responsibility in product management, systems leadership, or enterprise application ownership, including experience leading enterprise‑scale initiatives and working with senior or executive stakeholders
• Advanced degree, MBA, or relevant professional certification (e.g. CBAP, CCBA)
• Experience working with project management platforms (e.g. Jira, Wrike) and information security audit frameworks (e.g. SOC2, ISO27001)
• Prior experience at a professional services firm (e.g. public accounting, consulting, engineering, systems integration, or a related service provider)
• Strong understanding of business processes and operating models
• Ability to lead without authority and navigate complex stakeholder environments
• Experience translating business needs into scalable system designs
• Ability to influence executive stakeholders and align competing priorities across the enterprise
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to connect system decisions to measurable business outcomes
• Experience operating at enterprise scale across multiple systems or domains
• Ability to operate at both strategic and executive levels
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently in areas of uncertainty, using analytical skills to clarify ambiguities and resolve complex business challenges
• Familiarity with a broad range of technologies and system architectures
• Knowledge of business process modeling and improvement techniques
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and lead a team
• Strong attention to details and organizational skills

Compensation

Compensation: $150,000 to $203,000 depending on experience. More is possible if experience dictates.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Novogradac and Company LLP is an equal opportunity employer. The company is committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process, making reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities or special needs throughout the application process. Applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences are encouraged to apply, as unique perspectives strengthen the ability to achieve excellence.