VP, Product Development
ADP
Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
JOB DESCRIPTION ADP is hiring a Vice President, Product Development The Vice President (VP) of Product Development for our Workforce Management product line is a critical executive role responsible for steering the strategic direction, development, and execution of both existing and next-generation software products. This role involves leading a multidisciplinary team focused on product development, engineering, architecture, and production operations. In collaboration with Business Unit (BU) leaders, the VP will ensure products meet customer functionality, reliability, and scalability expectations. Key Responsibilities Executive Leadership: As an executive team member, contribute to the ADP’s strategic direction, ensuring product development alignment with overall business goals. Strategic Planning: Partner with BU leaders to define long-term product roadmaps, feature sets, and development milestones. Product Development: Oversee all aspects of product development from concept to market launch, ensuring products meet or exceed customer expectations and industry standards. Engineering Excellence: Lead and mentor a world-class engineering team focused on building scalable, reliable, and high-performance products. Architecture: Oversee the technology architecture strategy for the Workforce Management product line, ensuring long-term scalability and sustainability. Operational Oversight: Monitor production operations, leading the team in promptly resolving any operational issues to mitigate the impact on clients. Customer Alignment: Work closely with customer success, sales, and marketing teams to ensure customer-centric and market-fit products. Quality & Compliance: Set quality standards and ensure compliance with industry and regulatory requirements. Oversee robust quality assurance processes to assure product reliability. Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify operational or product risks and collaborate cross-functionally to address them before they impact clients. Talent Management: Develop a high-performing, cohesive team through effective recruitment, training, and performance management. A little about ADP We are a global leader in human resources technology, offering the latest AI and machine learning-enhanced payroll, tax, human resources, benefits, and much more. We believe our people make all the difference in cultivating an inclusive, down-to-earth culture that welcomes ideas, encourages innovation, and values belonging. We’ve received recognition as a global Best Places to Work and a recipient of many prestigious awards for diversity, equity, and inclusion, including a DiversityInc® Top 50 Company, Best CEO and company for women, LGBTQ+, multicultural talent, and more. As part of our deep DEI commitment, our CEO has joined the OneTen coalition to create one million jobs for Black Americans within ten years. Learn more about DEI at ADP on our YouTube channel: http://adp.careers/DEI_Videos Ready to #MakeYourMark? Apply now! To learn more about Client Services at ADP, watch here: https://adp.careers/Client_Services_Videos Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree: In a relevant field such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Business Management. Advanced Degree: A Master’s degree or MBA is often preferred, particularly in Technology Management, Business, or a related discipline. Senior Leadership: Minimum of 8-15 years in product development, with at least 5-8 years in a senior leadership role, overseeing multidisciplinary teams. Industry Experience: Deep knowledge of and experience in Workforce Management solutions or similar fields like Human Resources software, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), or related business applications. Track Record: Proven history of leading a global team of engineers and successfully bringing products from concept to market, including experience with highly scalable and reliable software platforms. Operational Excellence: Experience in overseeing end-to-end production operations, ensuring high availability and performance. Cross-Functional Leadership: Experience collaborating with other departments like Sales, Marketing, and Customer Support to ensure a well-rounded product strategy. Key Skills Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop and execute long-term strategies aligned with the business goals. Technical Acumen: Strong understanding of technology and software architecture, enabling effective collaboration with engineering teams. Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills for interacting with both internal teams and external stakeholders. Customer Focus: Ability to understand and prioritize customer needs, ensuring products meet or exceed customer expectations. Decision-Making: Strong analytical and decision-making skills, particularly under pressure or when dealing with ambiguity. Team Leadership: Proven managerial and leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and manage high-performing teams. Risk Management: Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks before they impact product quality or client satisfaction. Quality Focus: Experience establishing and maintaining quality assurance processes to ensure product reliability and compliance with industry standards. Negotiation Skills: Ability to effectively negotiate priorities, resources, and partnerships internally and externally. Financial Acumen: Understanding budgeting, forecasting, and resource allocation to ensure product development activities align with financial objectives. Personal / Professional Attributes A successful track record in leadership positions in which the organization exceeded business objectives and growth targets; expects excellence and demands high performance from self and others. Must have strong strategic thinking and analytical skills — experience should include demonstrated ability to develop innovative and effective strategies as well as perform detailed analysis. Ability to straight-line rank objectives that are complex and conflicting and make data-driven decisions. Empowers team to make decisions to enable the business. Demonstrated ability to develop and communicate vision, goals & objectives and provide a clear view of the future state and tangible actions to execute against them. Excellent facilitation skills and ability to influence. Drives for collaboration in conjunction with shared goals and objectives, but not necessarily consensus. Demonstrated ability to lead a complex and diverse organization and implement change with success in coaching and mentoring teams to ensure a high performance and innovative culture that allows for appropriate risk taking. Demonstrated ability to transform an organization to assure the right talent and capabilities exist and are aligned in an effective organizational structure. Cultivates clear vision for team and engaged employees; brings mentoring and highly active approach to developing talent within their organization. Thorough understanding of financial concepts including revenue projections, costing, budgeting, etc. You’ll love working here because: Be yourself in a culture that values equity, inclusion, and belonging and creates a safe space for diverse perspectives and insights. Belong by joining one of nine Business Resource Groups to connect globally with networks and allies who share common interests and experiences. Grow your career in an agile, fast-paced environment with plenty of opportunities to progress. Continuously learn through ongoing training, development, and mentorship opportunities. Be your healthiest. Best-in-class benefits start on Day 1 because healthy associates are happy ones. Focus on your mental health and well-being. We’re here to provide exceptional service to our clients, and none of that happens without each of us taking care of ourselves and being there for one another. Join a company committed to giving back and generating a lasting, positive impact upon the communities in which we work and live. Get paid to pay it forward. Company-paid time off for volunteering for causes you care about. For California, salary range for this role is listed in the compensation section below. Base salary offers for this position may vary based on factors such as location, skills, and relevant experience. Some positions may include additional compensation in the form of bonus, equity or commissions. If you are a full-time salaried or hourly worker, we offer the following benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Matched 401(k), Student Loan Repayment Program, Wellness Program, Short-and Long-Term Disability, Charitable Contribution Match, Holidays, Personal Days & Vacation, Paid Volunteer Time Off, and more. Base Compensation Range for this role is $181,100 – $303,270 What are you waiting for? Apply now! Jobs.adp.com #LIEXEC #LI-Hybrid #ADPTech #LI-EB2 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at ADP: ADP affirms that inequality is detrimental to our associates, our clients, and the communities we serve. Our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions. Together, we unite for equality and equity. ADP is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, or protected veteran status and will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance. Ethics at ADP: ADP has a long, proud history of conducting business with the highest ethical standards and full compliance with all applicable laws. We also expect our people to uphold our values with the highest level of integrity and behave in a manner that fosters an honest and respectful workplace. Click https://jobs.adp.com/life-at-adp/ to learn more about ADP’s culture and our full set of values.
