Sr Principal Product Manager

ACI Worldwide, a leader in global payments technology, offers software solutions that facilitate real-time, intelligent payments orchestration.

These solutions enable banks, billers, and merchants to enhance and modernize their payment systems in a secure and efficient manner.

As the key leader of your product line(s), you will be responsible for clearly communicating, driving, and maintaining the product strategies, directions, and visions.

You will ensure that the roadmaps and strategies for your assigned product lines are aligned with the overall ACI strategy.

You will be responsible for consulting with clients to understand their card payment business challenges, often when they are unsure of their specific needs.

You will provide guidance on how your products can help them address these issues and meet their requirements.

As the product champion, you will promote product adoption among customers and target markets by understanding and addressing pain points and problems promptly.

Your goal will be to maximize the ROI for the product while collaborating with marketing and sales to support the GTM strategy and communicate the product's value proposition to both customers and prospects.

Additionally, you will maintain a thorough understanding of the card payments industry and competition to identify opportunities and threats, leverage strengths, overcome weaknesses, and influence the overall ACI product strategy.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities



* Promotes innovation to achieve the company's strategic goals while ensuring the competitiveness of our products in the market.



* Gathers and validates stakeholder requirements.

Conducts research and data collection to analyze and determine suitable solutions for stakeholders' market problems.

Manages the entire requirements process, including documentation preparation and presentation.



* Oversees multiple product lines throughout their entire lifecycle (from inception to discontinuation) and manages pricing and packaging to enhance profit and market penetration.



* Functions as the primary Subject Matter Expert (SME) for their products and target market.



* Understands the competitive landscape of our product line from strategy to functional capabilities.



* Articulates and evangelizes the value proposition and positioning of the products, provides input to product marketing for the go-to-market (GTM) plan and supports the launch team.



* Drives the positioning and interaction of the products within the overall portfolio, ensuring seamless integration with other products, and promotes innovative solutions that align with the strategic objectives.



* Collaborates closely with software engineering teams and architects to guarantee that the deliverables will provide significant value to our markets.



* Establishes the cadence of the product release process for product lines in collaboration with Product Managers.



* Assists the launch tea...