Reports to: Head of Product
Location: US Remote
About Us
Ottimate is an AI-powered AP [Accounts Payable] automation platform that empowers finance teams to reduce costs, prevent overpayments, detect fraud, and enforce policy compliance across the entire invoice-to-payment lifecycle.
About The Role
We're seeking a Retail Industry Product Manager to own the end-to-end strategy and success of Ottimate's retail offerings. This isn't a back-office systems PM role, you'll be driving market-facing product strategy, adoption, profitability, and ERP-related outcomes, ensuring we deliver solutions retailers actually adopt and expand on.
You'll act as both the internal voice of the retail customer and the external face of Ottimate's retail segment, balancing product innovation with GTM execution and commercial impact.
Responsibilities
Industry Strategy & Ownership
We care deeply about making Ottimate an incredible place to work and invest a significant amount of time and energy into creating and maintaining a company culture that provides our team with a generous level of support whilst inspiring them to do their best work.
The specific benefits/perks we offer are continually evolving, but currently include:
Location: US Remote
About Us
Ottimate is an AI-powered AP [Accounts Payable] automation platform that empowers finance teams to reduce costs, prevent overpayments, detect fraud, and enforce policy compliance across the entire invoice-to-payment lifecycle.
About The Role
We're seeking a Retail Industry Product Manager to own the end-to-end strategy and success of Ottimate's retail offerings. This isn't a back-office systems PM role, you'll be driving market-facing product strategy, adoption, profitability, and ERP-related outcomes, ensuring we deliver solutions retailers actually adopt and expand on.
You'll act as both the internal voice of the retail customer and the external face of Ottimate's retail segment, balancing product innovation with GTM execution and commercial impact.
Responsibilities
Industry Strategy & Ownership
- Define and evolve Ottimate's retail product vision and roadmap, anchored in ERP and competitor ecosystem knowledge
- Turn deep market and customer insight into actionable initiatives that drive revenue, adoption, and retention
- Stay ahead of retail tech trends (omnichannel, automation, AI) to keep Ottimate's offerings competitive and differentiated
- Own GTM, adoption, and profitability metrics
- Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to drive launch success, adoption campaigns, and revenue expansion
- Influence cross-functional teams to prioritize initiatives with measurable outcomes
- Lead requirements and prioritization for ERP integrations
- Collaborate with engineering, UX, and vendor partners for scalable rollout
- Oversee testing, deployment, and success metrics across retail field ops
- Co-own launch planning, positioning, and enablement
- Activate use cases and campaigns to differentiate Ottimate in the retail space
- Leverage AI/ML features to drive adoption and retention
- 5-8+ years in SaaS platforms for retail
- Proven success building or scaling ERP or competitor-related solutions
- Track record of owning GTM, adoption, pricing, and profitability metrics
- Strong cross-functional leadership with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success
- Familiarity with ERP integrations
- Bonus: fintech/payment automation and AI-driven features
We care deeply about making Ottimate an incredible place to work and invest a significant amount of time and energy into creating and maintaining a company culture that provides our team with a generous level of support whilst inspiring them to do their best work.
The specific benefits/perks we offer are continually evolving, but currently include:
- Salary range: $140,000-155,000 base plus bonus compensation
- Work from home in an energetic remote-first environment that supports flexible working hours and understands work-life balance
- Competitive salary based on skills & experience
- Medical, Dental, Vision and other Company-Subsidized Benefits for you and your family
- Employer sponsored 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off (and the encouragement to use it)
- Annual company retreats
- Promote from within philosophy
- You will be part of a growing team, at a pinnacle moment of scale for the business, and experience the excitement of working in a startup where each action makes a huge difference
- You will have the agency to solve difficult problems creatively, the freedom to explore work that inspires you, and infrastructure to ensure you're constantly challenged and developing
- You will work with sharp, passionate teammates solving some of the most unique challenges and positioning our product as a premier finance automation solution.
- Our commitment to empowering a diverse and inclusive workforce, celebrating differences, and creating a safe space for our employees to bring their whole selves to work is second to none
- We are transforming entire industries using innovative technology including Artificial Intelligence, Payment Tech, and Neural Networks
- Our leaders lead with a people-first approach; inspiring excellence, nurturing ideas, and finding creative ways to eliminate obstacles for cultivating growth
- We truly love what we do and who we do it with - and we think you will too!