Director, Product Management - Retirement Solutions

SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries.

Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries.

Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.

Job Description

Job Title : Director, Product Management

Location : Boston / Braintree MA; New York NY; Kansas City MO; Remote

Get To Know The Team :

Join a fast-growing company that provides market leading solutions to US retirement providers.

At SS&C Retirement Solutions, we look to power the retirement industry by providing world class end-to-end solutions to Providers in the marketplace.

One of these key solutions is our leading recordkeeping platform and services. We are seeking a Director of Product Management with deep retirement industry experience managing complex products and solutions that has excellent analytical and communication skills.

A qualified candidate must have the ability to perform in a fast-paced and agile environment. Innovating, collaborating, and executing with a sense of urgency and team focus is of utmost importance in this role.

What You Will Get To Do :

Develop and execute a product strategy, inclusive of product marketing, messaging, and launch in order to achieve the company's overall strategy and goals.

Inclusive of both new feature / capability development as well as new product ideation.

• Lead roadmap development and creation.
• Direct leadership of a team of Product Owners responsible for delivery and execution of enhancements to our platforms, product, and capabilities.
• Analyze market opportunities to anticipate industry direction leading to new product innovation, specifically around key partner distribution channels such as Advisors and TPAs.
• Maintains a comprehensive knowledge of the US Retirement Services industry, helping to influence and drive potential build, buy, partner approaches to expand our capabilities.
• Leads business case definition for major initiatives, including the feasibility and financial justification for new products and / or new releases of existing products.
• Oversees and is accountable for end-to-end product delivery from ideation through software delivery and business implementation.

Works closely with functional teams, including technical architecture and development teams, to ensure that appropriate processes are being adhered to in order to meet financial, timing, and customer expectations.

• Guide / Coach / Direct Product and Technology staff towards the optimal solution designs, approaches, and end user behavioral designs.
• Assist in sales lead generation as well as efforts including but not limited to, sales demos and RFPs.
• Recognize internal or external business challenges or regulatory issues, and recommend process, product, or service improvements.
• Advise senior leaders and contributes to the development of functional strategy or company objectives.

What You Will Bring :

Extensive understanding of customers' and market needs, the competitive environment (including our position), and the market forces required to launch a successful product solution.

Particular focus on key distribution channels such as Advisors and TPAs.

• Technical acumen necessary to ensure product owners and development teams deliver products and capabilities aligned to product strategy, client needs, and end users as well as to influence technology modernization efforts.
• Passion and curiosity for new and emerging technologies and their potential intersection with the Retirement industry and our products and applications for the end consumers they serve.
• Extensive knowledge of overall product development processes, marketing strategy, technology strategy, and has an analytical / project management mindset to thrive in a demanding environment.
• Leadership qualities to help drive, influence, and collaborate with peers in a matrixed environment.
• Strong background in technology process mapping, end user journey mapping, and detailed requirements gathering.
• Demonstrates a unique set of skills or a depth and breadth of expertise within a discipline or function to solve significant and complex issues that have a broad impact on the business.
• Minimally requires a Master's degree and 6 years of related experience, or Bachelor's degree and 8 years of related experience, or high school degree and 10 years of related experience.

Related experience required to be within US Retirement Industry.

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility : Hybrid Work Model & a Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future : 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
• Work / Life Balance : Flexible Personal / Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Your Well-being : Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Diversity & Inclusion : Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating, and Thriving on Diversity
• Training : Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks : Discounts on fitness clubs, travel, and more!

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.

Salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, job related knowledge, skills, abilities, business needs, and geographic regions.

Jersey City, NJ : Salary range for the position : 160,000.00 USD to 220,000.00 USD. NY : Salary range for the position : 160,000.

00 USD to 220,000.00 USD. California : Salary range for the position : 160,000.00 USD to 220,000.00 USD. Maryland : Salary range for the position : 160,000.00 USD to 220,000.00 USD.