Description
Reporting to the Head of Product, the Product Manager - Finance owns the strategy, roadmap and value realisation for the firm's Finance product group. The portfolio covers the Aderant practice-management ecosystem and connected finance capabilities including time, billing, collections, WIP, records and reporting, alongside planning, expenses, payments and other finance products such as Anaplan, ChromeRiver, Bottomline and Worldpay.
Responsibilities
•Own the Finance product vision, roadmap and investment priorities across Aderant and the wider finance estate.
•Balance revenue-critical operations, regulatory and control requirements, service health, technical debt and strategic transformation.
•Shape business cases and sequencing decisions for major upgrades including any transition to SaaS platforms, new modules, integrations and rationalisation.
•Establish OKRs and value-based metrics to demonstrate ROI and justify investment decisions to leadership.
•Lead discovery across time recording, billing, collections, WIP, financial reporting, budgeting, expenses and payments.
•Improve process efficiency, data quality and user experience while maintaining appropriate controls and auditability.
•Define outcome measures spanning billing effectiveness, cycle time, data quality, adoption, operational risk, cost and service reliability.
•Partner with Data and Architecture on Aderant-dependent reporting, master data and integration flows.
•Ensure release, configuration, access, resilience, support and operational-readiness decisions reflect the criticality of finance products.
•Own strategic supplier and commercial input, including product roadmaps, licensing, renewals and performance.
•Lead and coach both Finance Product Owners, clarify portfolio boundaries and resolve dependencies and priorities.
•Create a joined-up cadence across roadmap planning, delivery, release management, BAU and continuous improvement.
Requirements
•Significant Product Manager experience owning business-critical platforms or digital products in a complex organisation.
•Proven ability to define product strategy, roadmaps, priorities and measurable outcomes.
•Strong product craft across discovery, iterative delivery, adoption, value measurement and lifecycle management.
•Credibility with senior stakeholders and the ability to make trade-offs across competing priorities.
•Experience leading and developing Product Owners or comparable product and platform specialists.
•Confidence partnering with Engineering, Data, Architecture, Security and suppliers.
•Excellent written and verbal communication, with a pragmatic and accountable approach.
•Strong understanding of enterprise finance, ERP or practice-management processes and controls.
•Experience owning mission-critical platforms where continuity, data quality and integration reliability are essential.
Nice to have
•Experience in a law firm, professional services or another regulated environment.
•Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms, complex integrations and vendor ecosystems.
•Experience improving adoption, operational readiness and business processes through product-led change.
•Familiarity with Jira Product Discovery, Jira and evidence-based prioritisation.
•Experience with Aderant Expert or comparable legal practice-management/ERP platforms.
•Experience with financial planning, expenses, payments, billing or revenue-management products.
Conditions
•Hybrid working in London.
•Agile working culture with flexible working arrangements available.
