Senior Director, Global Product Strategy

About the role

The successful candidate will lead the product strategy for AFP, focusing on membership, training, events, and digital products. They will develop and maintain a customer-informed product roadmap, align it with organizational strategy and revenue goals, and partner with various departments to bring new products to market.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve AFP's product strategy across membership, training, events, and digital products.
• Develop and maintain a customer-informed product roadmap aligned with organizational strategy and revenue goals.
• Partner with Marketing, Sales, Technology, Finance, and Analytics to bring new products and enhancements to market within key business drivers.
• Analyze customer feedback, market trends, and competitive insights to identify new growth opportunities.
• Drive product lifecycle management, including pricing, positioning, business cases, and success metrics.
• Monitor portfolio performance and recommend improvements to maximize growth, profitability, and member value.
• Lead strategic planning discussions and help prioritize initiatives across the organization.
• Coach and develop a high-performing product strategy team while fostering collaboration and accountability.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience leading product strategy, product management, or portfolio management.
• Demonstrated success developing and launching revenue-generating products or services that address the needs of corporate treasury and finance professionals.
• Strong financial and business acumen, including pricing, forecasting, and business case development.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing executive stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and strategic thinking skills.
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Association, education, credentialing, SaaS, or professional services experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Passionate about building products that create meaningful value for AFP members and customers.
• Ability to work autonomously and in cross-functional teams.
• Intellectually curious and adaptable to change.

Skills

• Product strategy and management expertise.
• Customer-focused approach to product development.
• Strategic planning and execution.
• Financial analysis and business acumen.
• Collaborative leadership and team management.

Benefits

• A collegial, casual work environment.
• Competitive base salary + a generous commission plan.
• Great career growth opportunities.
• Superb benefits plan, including a generous vacation/sick/holiday leave policy, medical, dental, and vision health insurance, 401K plan with employer match, and flexible schedules.
• "When Work Works" award by the Society for Human Resource Management for our flexible workplace.

Pay

Competitive base salary + a generous commission plan.

Schedule

Flexible schedule.

Affirmations

We are a collaborative team of individuals who are hardworking and entrepreneurial.
We take ownership in how our specific role drives the organization’s success.
We are intellectually curious and have a strong ability to adapt to change.
We work autonomously and in cross-functional teams and are dedicated to demonstrating extraordinary results at a fast pace.

AFP CORE VALUES

We exist for the success of the corporate finance professional and seek candidates who embody our AFP Core Values:
We always strive to be better.
We listen, we speak up, we smash silos.
We are courageous.
We are all in it together.