Product Director

Summary

Join Unit4, a people-centric company delivering enterprise software, as their mission-driven Director of Industry Product Management. Lead the development of ERP capabilities tailored for the public sector, nonprofits, and higher education. Collaborate with horizontal product managers to ensure end-to-end platform support. Research, drive requirements, oversee design, and launch industry-specific solutions. Drive thought leadership in automation solutions for professional services. Cultivate an environment where people feel empowered to succeed. This transformational leadership role requires industry insight and hands-on product management skills.

Requirements

• Experience in product management for ERP or enterprise SaaS platforms
• Strong domain knowledge in public sector, nonprofit, or higher education operations
• Proven ability to translate complex industry needs into scalable product solutions
• Strong ability to influence without authority and work cross-functionally in a matrixed environment
• Excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder engagement skills

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain a comprehensive industry roadmap for public sector, nonprofit, and higher education verticals aligned with customer needs, market trends, and regulatory requirements
• Translate industry-specific workflows and pain points into actionable product requirements across ERP modules
• Gather, document, and validate detailed product requirements based on customer interviews, market research, and regulatory analysis
• Champion the use of AI and automation technologies to deliver industry-specific differentiators that help clients innovate, drive efficiencies, and increase their impact
• Work with data and platform teams to define use cases for predictive analytics, intelligent workflows, and decision support into professional services use cases to allow our users to focus what matters
• Act as the industry voice in product planning conversations with horizontal product teams
• Collaborate with Product Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success to support evangelism of our product strategy, to assist with go-to-market strategies, enablement, and to drive customer engagement
• Engage directly with customers, partners, and policy experts to gather insights and validate product direction
• Work across the company to monitor sector-specific regulations, funding models, and compliance frameworks to inform product development
• Contribute to discovery, validation, and launch activities in collaboration with UX, engineering, and operations teams
• Ensure industry-specific requirements are prioritized and delivered in alignment with platform capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ERP platforms serving mission-driven sectors
• Familiarity with in AI-enabled or data-rich product environments

Benefits

• A culture built on trust - giving you the freedom and autonomy to be successful
• Balance - with our uncapped time off policy, remote working opportunities, and Global Wellbeing Days when the whole company can switch off and prioritize well-being
• Talented colleagues, role models and mentors - work, learn and be inspired by some of the best talent in the software industry
• A commitment to sustainability - with initiatives such as our Act4Good program, a way for everyone at Unit4 to come together and engage in actions that benefit society and the planet
• A safe and inclusive working environment – supported by our Employee Resource Groups, which are open to all and include Women at Unit4, Pride at Unit4, Mental Health and Access at Unit4, and People of Color at Unit4