Position Title: Director - Product Development
Reporting Line: VP APAC Product Development | Indirect: Managing Director ANZ
Position Purpose:
The Director - Product Development will provide leadership for the Global Product & Technology teams involved in the development of the ADP Human Capital Management products, platforms, and tools in the Australia & New Zealand markets.
This position is expected to provide technical and product thought leadership in the Software as a Service and human capital management solutions market with key inputs to influence the product and business strategy in the ANZ markets. Leverages experience in product development with a focus on improving agility in the environment, organization management, and talent development while collaborating with other organizations to deliver solutions exceeding client expectations.
The Director - Product Development will be a key member of the ANZ business executive team influencing the strategy and operations of the business. This role is also a member of the APAC GPT SLT and is expected to play a critical role in driving regional and global GPT initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
* Establish a roadmap for the product in line with APAC product direction and drive execution of development and maintenance of ANZ Products (CurrentGen and NextGen).
* Develop and execute effective strategies to transition clients from CurrentGen products to NextGen solutions.
* Ensure that products are compliant with statutory and organizational policies and standards.
* Provide broad functional and technical expertise in the design and development efforts, including but not limited to architectural direction; user interface/user experience leadership; development and testing standards and best practices that suit ANZ Product Environment.
* Provide leadership in driving adoption of Agile development methodology.
* Effective interaction with multiple business units i.e., Sales, Marketing, and Client Services around the product.
* Focus on identifying, developing, and growing high-performance teams.
Experience:
* Significant product development leadership experience with multiple high-performing teams required in a matrix organization; preferably in a customer-centric environment, with a focus on customer/client interaction and engagement.
* Proven delivery of innovative software solutions in a Software as a Service or Cloud model.
* Extensive delivery of commercially successful enterprise-class web products; experience in managing through people i.e., managers.
* Strong Agile software development and management experience to include TDD, CI, and Agile Project Management Tools e.g., Jira, Version 1, Rally, etc.
* Development and deployment of large database (Oracle, MS SQL) applications.
* Strong collaborative working style with an ability to work within a cross-functional executive team in a hands-on capacity to achieve individual, team, and organizational goals.
* Executive level presentation skills.
* Proven financial and commercial acumen, strong creative problem solving, and strategy to maximize the impact of ADP products, services, and activities.
Certifications / Qualifications:
* Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or other related degree.
* Possesses in-depth knowledge of current technologies.
* A Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computers (MSEE, MSCS, etc.) or an MBA is preferred.
* Scrum Master Certification and other agile certification would be advantageous.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at ADP: ADP is committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace, and is further committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic including: race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation
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