Director Product Management - Source-to-Pay

QAD is looking for a senior product leader to own and advance our Procure-to-Pay and Supplier Relationship Management product strategy for manufacturers. This role will lead the end-to-end product vision for supplier-facing workflows across sourcing, supplier onboarding, supplier collaboration, purchase order execution, supplier risk, procurement automation, invoice collaboration, and AI-powered decisioning. The objective is to build a modern, workflow-led procurement suite that helps manufacturers improve supply continuity, reduce supplier risk, control material costs, and automate manual procurement work.

Responsibilities

Own the Procure-to-Pay and Supplier Intelligence Product Strategy; Lead End-to-End Workflow Product Management; Build AI Agent and Decision Service Capabilities; Drive Customer and Market Understanding; Partner Across the Business; Define the product vision and roadmap for QAD's Procure-to-Pay, SRM, supplier collaboration, and supplier intelligence capabilities; Build a clear product strategy that connects SRM, sourcing, supplier management, PO collaboration, invoice workflows, ERP execution, and AI agents; Identify the highest-value manufacturing procurement use cases; Translate customer pain points into differentiated product capabilities and commercially compelling offerings; Partner with GTM teams to position SRM and Procure-to-Pay as a strategic workflow suite for manufacturers; Own the complete Source/Procure-to-Pay workflow from supplier discovery and onboarding through sourcing, PO execution, supplier collaboration, receiving, invoice matching, and supplier performance; Work across ERP, SRM, procurement, supply chain, quality, finance, and AI teams to ensure the workflow is connected end to end; Identify where procurement users experience friction, manual work, poor visibility, or delayed decisions, and turn those into roadmap priorities; Create clear product requirements, workflow maps, customer journeys, and measurable business outcomes; Drive alignment between workflow needs, platform capabilities, integrations, data model, and user experience; Define how AI agents should support procurement users across sourcing, supplier collaboration, exception handling, risk monitoring, and decision support; Identify agent use cases that can reduce manual follow-up, improve supplier responsiveness, recommend alternatives, and accelerate procurement decisions; Partner with AI and data teams to define the context, permissions, guardrails, workflows, and approval paths required for safe agent execution; Build capabilities that move from insight to recommendation to governed action; Help define procurement-related Decision Services, starting with high-value use cases such as supplier delay handling and supplier risk response; Spend significant time with manufacturing customers, procurement leaders, supply chain leaders, finance leaders, and suppliers to understand real-world workflows; Develop a strong point of view on direct materials procurement, supplier collaboration, supplier quality, risk, and cost management; Understand competitive offerings across SRM, source-to-pay, direct procurement, supplier collaboration, and procurement orchestration; Use customer feedback, win/loss insights, product analytics, and market research to shape roadmap priorities; Partner with sales and customer success to improve adoption, attach, retention, and expansion; Work with engineering to deliver scalable, reliable, and configurable product capabilities; Work with platform and integration teams to ensure procurement workflows connect cleanly with ERP, finance, supplier, and third-party systems; Work with sales and marketing to create clear messaging, packaging, demos, and value stories; Work with services and customer success to simplify implementation and accelerate customer outcomes; Provide executive-level visibility into roadmap, adoption, risks, and investment priorities

Requirements

8+ years of product management experience in enterprise software; Well-versed in AI PDLC; 4+ years of experience in procurement, source-to-pay, procure-to-pay, SRM, supplier collaboration, supply chain, ERP, or related enterprise workflows; Strong understanding of direct or complex procurement processes, ideally in manufacturing; Experience building products that span multiple users, systems, workflows, and approval paths; Ability to translate complex business processes into simple, scalable product experiences; Strong customer discovery, roadmap planning, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills; Experience working closely with engineering teams in an agile product development environment; Ability to influence cross-functional teams without relying only on formal authority; Strong executive communication skills and ability to simplify complex topics for senior audiences

Nice to have

Experience with direct materials procurement, BOM-driven sourcing, supplier collaboration, supplier risk, supplier quality, or manufacturing supply chains; Experience with enterprise ERP systems such as QAD, SAP, Oracle, Infor, Epicor, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar platforms; Experience with SRM, source-to-pay, procurement orchestration, AP automation, supplier portals, or supplier networks; Experience building AI, automation, workflow, or decision-support capabilities; Experience working with mid-market or enterprise manufacturers; Experience from companies in procurement, supply chain, ERP, or manufacturing software

Benefits

Health and well being programs; Opportunity to join a growing business; Collaborative culture of smart and hard-working people who support one another to get the job done; Atmosphere of growth and opportunity, where idea-sharing is always prioritized over level or hierarchy; Compensation packages based on experience and desired skill set