Avalara · 2 days ago
Sr. Product Manager, Int'l Indirect Tax Content
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
7+ years expAvalara is an AI-first company that specializes in tax compliance solutions. The Sr. Product Manager for Int'l Indirect Tax Content will lead the product management efforts for the Avalara Tax Content platform, focusing on enhancing customer usability and delivering accurate tax content across various systems.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)ComplianceFinancial ServicesSoftwareTax Preparation
Responsibilities
Be the Subject-Matter-Expert (SME) and Owner of the Avalara Tax Content (ATC) platform with an extreme focus on customer usability and performance
Prioritize, plan, and execute key initiatives in collaboration with Content Engineering to support the sourcing and delivery of tax content to all Avalara solutions through Content Studio
Translate business strategy and product vision into strategic product roadmaps aligning with measurable Goals
Develop and maintain understanding of assigned products including working knowledge of the product functionality and architecture, users, markets, and competitive landscape
Dive deep into business/financial system (outside of Avalara products) native tax calculation systems as a method of defining requirements to enhance or add product features
Create functional requirements used by engineering teams to develop, evaluate, and release new product or product features
Guide prioritization and planning of development work to achieve business and product goals while maintaining the right balance for maintenance, support, feature enhancements, strategic roadmap, and technical roadmap
Work with engineering partners to groom, refine, and prioritize backlog of tickets. This involves deep dive design sessions to walk through functional requirements and user acceptance criteria
Support engineering development activities through participation in Agile/scrum activities to answer detailed functional questions and review/unblock engineering team on their development
Promote user acceptance testing and ensure complete and functional delivery of product features for ultimate approval by department leaders or GMs
Work with Go-To-Market teams (sales, business development, and support) on production and delivery of product enablement materials (documentation, demos, FAQs)
Work with GMs and other business teams (finance, legal) to write functional requirements for pricing, legal, and provisioning
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in SaaS product management, with at least 3 years' experience of US indirect taxes
Experience with customer needs and ability to translate user pain points, especially in the tax/compliance domain, into valuable, applicable product features
Experience managing full product lifecycles from concept through launch, iteration, and optimization in Agile environments
Collaboration with a history of influencing teams (engineering, UX/design, marketing, and partners) without direct authority
Apply metrics, user feedback, and market research to guide product strategy
Technical literacy and familiarity with modern tools and platforms, including AI/ML technologies, Jira, and product management tools
Experience communicating product updates, milestones, and progress to internal and external partners; able to advocate for the customer and influence executive partners
Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., Business Administration, Economics, Accounting, and Computer Science)
Benefits
Paid time off
Paid parental leave
Private medical, life, and disability insurance
Company
Avalara
Avalara is a cloud-based platform that provides tax compliance software and automated solutions.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$841.01MKey Investors
BlackRockSusquehanna Growth EquityWarburg Pincus
2025-11-11Private Equity· $500M
2023-01-01Private Equity
2022-10-19Post Ipo Debt· $0.04M
Leadership Team
Scott McFarlane
CEO
Megan Higgins Knislis
SVP Global Partners
Recent News
2025-12-09
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