Clubessential · 1 week ago
Senior/Product Owner - Cloud Accounting
Clubessential is a cutting-edge company providing cloud-based software solutions for private clubs and collegiate athletic markets. The Senior/Product Owner will oversee the Cloud Accounting platform, ensuring it meets business needs and drives innovation, while acting as a liaison between stakeholders and development teams.
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Responsibilities
Serve as Owner of the products; ensure products are meeting and exceeding the needs of external customers and prospects to expand addressable market and reduce/eliminate churn as well as internal stakeholders to allow for ease of implementation and support
Maintain focus on technological trends and competitive landscape to drive innovation
Own the creation and grooming of the product backlog by writing and refining user stories that support sprint goals and align with product strategy
Serve as the Gatekeeper of the product backlog and primary feedback loop owner regarding product enhancements, issues, bugs and/or tasks related to the products
Escalate and timely communicate issues, related updates, and resolutions to internal stakeholders as appropriate
Share and contribute meaningful ideas to achieve overall product success, while balancing needs of external customers, expansion of addressable market, ease to support and implement, and churn reduction in mind
Coordinate with product leadership, customers, and team to complete research, develop specifications and user stories for the developers that satisfy business requirements and align with the business value
Provide timely feedback to internal stakeholders on plan for resolution; as appropriate, identify which bugs or enhancements will be worked and/or will not be prioritized
Play an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Goals; participate in testing and release readiness as required
Assist with configuration and communicate availability of new features in demo environments
Act as the go-to-person/liaison for answering questions the development team has about business rules and product behaviors, and/or other internal stakeholders regarding the respective products
Assist in Rollout/Management/Migration/Feedback gathering where applicable
Assist in reviewing educational and marketing materials pertaining to the product lines
Deliver product releases and assist with release of note creation/educational efforts with quick time-to-market and optimal resources
Develop successful launch plans working directly with implementation, project management and support services, marketing, sales, and our customers
Participate (when appropriate) in additional activities to support the education, marketing and/or success of the product such as webinars, shows, monthly/quarterly update meetings, and/or other activities as applicable
Lead/Assist/Participate (as applicable) in all Scrum ceremonies
Perform other responsibilities pertaining to the product, as assigned
Qualification
Required
Deep, demonstrable accounting knowledge — strong command of GAAP, double-entry accounting, accruals, revenue recognition, journals, reconciliations, and auditability
Excellent oral and written communicator up, down, across and outside the organization
Strong critical thinking, analytical and data-driven decision-making skills
Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with a strong sense of urgency and accountability
Experience with bug/issue/enhancement tracking, project management software
Excels in ability to prioritize, influence decisions/decision makers, and handle objections
Excellent active listening, negotiation, communication, and presentation skills
Ability to manage numerous diverse projects and multi-task with ease
Preferred
BS/MS degree in Business, Accounting, or related field preferred
6+ years' work experience as product owner, business analyst, implementation specialist or subject matter expert in Accounting SAAS software applications preferred
Private Club Industry experience or prior club accounting experience a plus
Experience with Azure DevOps and/or Figma a plus
Company
Clubessential
Clubessential is a Cincinnati-based provider of software for golf and yacht clubs.
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Battery Ventures
2016-07-21Series Unknown
Leadership Team
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