About KEV:
KEV Group is an enterprise SaaS company that provides an all-in-one activity fund management solution for K-12 schools. By seamlessly integrating and automating all fee management processes, our SchoolCash platform provides real-time visibility and control over how districts and schools create, collect, manage, track, and reconcile these funds. Parents benefit from an easy-to-use solution that offers convenience and supports all payment types. More than 26,000 schools across North America rely on our solutions to manage over $4 billion in activity funds annually.
The company is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Cambridge, ON and across the U.S., KEV is a portfolio company of Five Arrows. With over €10 billion of assets under management (AUM), the corporate private equity business of Five Arrows invests in companies with highly defensible market positions, strong management teams, and growth-based business models.
Why Join KEV?
- Work in an industry that benefits children, parents and schools
- Do meaningful and purpose-driven work, and make a real impact
- Join a quickly growing organization with real opportunity for learning and growth
- Passionate and accessible leadership team that cares about people, personally and professionally
- Hybrid work environment (3 days a week in either our North York or Cambridge office)
Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced B2B Product Manager to work with our POS payments products, including defining and launching new products and improving existing ones. This individual must possess a blend of business and technical savvy. We want someone who’s experienced and comfortable with a fast-paced high-growth environment, which means you’ll be given ownership and great responsibility.
Reporting to the Director of Product Management, you will drive the vision and direction for the product that you own, and will coordinate all parts of the product’s lifecycle, from ideation to successful go-to-market. You must be able to communicate with all areas of the company. You will work with sales and marketing to define the go-to-market strategy and develop and communicate product positioning, key benefits, and the target customer profile. You will also serve as the product evangelist for your offering, working with sales, customer success, strategic partners, and key customers. You will work with product design, product owners, and engineering leadership to define requirements, set clear priorities, and review schedules to ensure the timely delivery and successful launch of a high-quality product.
Responsibilities:
- Be the expert on the market, our users, and the problems they need to solve
- Evaluate market requirements including market research to determine key trends and competitive threats
- Develop and lead go-to-market plans including product launches, pricing, packaging, messaging, and sales enablement to increase product revenue and launch new products successfully
- Effectively communicate the value proposition of your product
- Develop, prioritize, and maintain the roadmap for your product
- Get involved with build, buy, partner analysis and decision making
- Work closely with our Product Designers and integrate user research and data analysis into new products and features, building an experience that customers will love
- Partner closely with our product owners and business analysts to communicate the customer problem, product requirements, success criteria, and priorities so that they can create user stories, groom backlogs, and execute successful sprints
- Liaise with our strategic product partners on product rollouts, upgrades and other initiatives
- Develop internal and customer facing release notes that communicate and develop excitement for the functionality released and the value delivered
Requirements and Skills:
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience working as a product manager in a B2B SaaS business
- Experience with Agile development processes, writing user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Excellent speaking and presentation skills
- Data-driven decision-making experience
- Great track record of working with sales, customers, customer success, engineering, and design teams: people should want to work with you again
- Exposure to POS and online payment portal products strongly preferred
- Previous experience working with strategic product partners a bonus
We Offer:
Competitive salary
Comprehensive health and dental benefits
Professional development opportunities
Continuing Education
Great colleagues and collaboration
This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required by an individual joining the KEV team in this or any other capacity.
KEV Group is pleased to accommodate individual needs in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), within our recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with Human Resources or the hiring manager.
KEV Group is an equal opportunity employer who agrees not to discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.
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What We Do
KEV Group provides the most comprehensive activity fund management solution enabling K-12 schools to manage every dollar efficiently, accurately, and consistently. By seamlessly integrating and automating all processes, the SchoolCash platform provides real-time visibility and control over how districts and schools create, collect, manage, track, and reconcile activity funds. Over 17,000 schools across North America rely on SchoolCash to manage $3 billion+ in activity funds annually.
