As a Director of Product Management for Payments at RealPage, you are a senior strategic leader responsible for shaping and executing the vision, strategy, and customer value delivery of Payments product within the portfolio. You will lead and mentor a high-performing team of Product Managers, ensuring alignment with organizational goals while driving innovation, market impact, and customer success. Reporting directly to the Vice President of Payments Product, you will play a pivotal role in defining product direction, guiding lifecycle strategies, and representing RealPage as a thought leader in the industry.

• Leadership & Team Development
  • Manage, mentor, set career paths, and grow a large team of Product Managers.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, Cross-functional collaboration, and innovation.
• Strategic Product Ownership
  • Lead and own strategic products or technical product areas within the Payments portfolio.
  • Focus on people leadership and delivery of strategic outcomes.
  • Collaborate and set strategic product direction including project creation and alignment for quarterly & annual road mapping cycles 
• Financial & Business Management
  • Establish Key success metrics for overall financial impact of product decisions.
  • Responsible for product-level budget goals as assigned 
  • Ensure product investments align with business objectives and ROI targets.
• Vision & Roadmap
  
  • Align product initiatives with corporate strategy and market opportunities.
• Lifecycle Management
  • Develop and execute product lifecycle strategies, including go-to-market, migration, transformation, escalation management and sunset planning.
• Market Readiness & Enablement
  • Drive product introduction and launch readiness across multiple initiatives.
  • Partner with design and enablement teams to ensure successful adoption and customer engagement.
  • Measure performance against metrics post launch, to validate success
• Customer & Market Engagement
  • Lead discovery initiatives, user groups, and customer feedback forums.
  • Translate insights into actionable product strategies that deliver measurable value.
• Industry Leadership
  • Represent RealPage at industry conferences and events.
  • Provide thought leadership and market perspective for targeted product lines.

Qualifications

• 12- 15 years of industry-specific domain experience and/or relevant business/product management expertise.
• 8-10 years of management experience leading product teams.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Proven ability to define and execute product vision and strategy at scale.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing budgets and assessing product ROI.
• Expertise in product lifecycle management, including migration and sunset strategies.
• Exceptional leadership, mentoring, and team development skills.
• Strong communication and executive presence, with experience in public speaking and industry thought leadership.
• Ability to engage with customers, synthesize insights, and translate them into impactful product outcomes.