Manager, Enterprise Launch & Business Operations

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In this position, you’ll become familiar with the entire product development lifecycle at one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in the world,from ideation to adoption. The ideal candidate is a seasoned professional who loves to lead the end-to-end launch process of newly developed products and features. You thrive on implementing new processes and leading cross-functional teams towards a common goal. You thrive on measuring success and tying launch performance back to business decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional teams to ensure launches have the necessary infrastructure and content across Product Management, Product Marketing, Engineering, Security, Legal, Support, Business Technology, Customer Success, Marketing, Field, and Partners
• Provide strategic governance on how we release products. Create, maintain, and communicate launch process, timelines, best practice guidelines, and templates company-wide to multiple stakeholders
• Lead cross-functional teams to meet launch readiness criteria in product, GTM, support, and operations and navigate delivery of complex product launches
• Be the connector between multiple teams and drive alignment on key decisions to deliver results
• Identify, develop and implement operational enhancements for efficiency and provide thought leadership and innovation in the launch process
• Collect meaningful key metrics to guide the launch and communicate results frequently with senior leadership
• Work closely with data and analytics teams to track and communicate product performance
• Leverage product knowledge and technical expertise to help anticipate risk and provide mitigation and escalation paths
• Become an advisor in Product, Go-to-Market, Support and Operational areas and assist in removing blockers as they arise to ensure successful product launches.

Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of relevant experience in program & project management, leading product launches, and/or product strategy
• Comprehensive experience and/or understanding of product launch lifecycle
• Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to communicate with senior management, program stakeholders, and business unit leaders on launch activities and potential risks
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and team skills to lead staff, colleagues, and cross-functional teams
• Strong organisational and project management skills with an ability to create, execute, and adjust plans as needed
• Experience working with technical teams
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks in a dynamic environment with competing priorities