Senior Vice President, Product Development (Virtual, US or Canada)

Role Overview

The Senior Vice President (SVP) of Product Development is responsible for leading cross-functional teams, researching market trends, developing product strategies, overseeing market testing, and ensuring products meet customer needs and company goals.

Plays a key role in bridging the gap between product offerings and market demand. The SVP, Product Development is responsible for crafting and executing new market ideas that drive the growth objectives of the company. By understanding market and technology trends, customer needs, and competitive landscapes, the SVP, Product Development ensures that Sirva's offerings align with business objectives and resonate with target audiences.

In this leadership role, the SVP collaborates with cross-functional teams, including Marketing, Sales, and CXO, and IT to create cohesive and effective go-to-market strategies for new products and services as well as new markets. Their strategic vision and ability to collaborate with cross functional teams are essential for driving growth and achieving organizational goals.

The SVP, Product Development oversees the entire new product lifecycle, from strategy development to execution and performance analysis. It all starts with detailed market analysis and future trends. Listening to our people and identifying the new opportunities.

Key tasks include conducting market research to identify opportunities and threats, defining value propositions, and creating compelling offerings. Additionally, the SVP, Product Development analyzes performance metrics and customer feedback to ensure continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Developing comprehensive product offerings that align with business objectives.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure unified product positioning and messaging.
• Conducting market research and competitive analysis to stay ahead of industry trends.
• Managing product/service launches to ensure timely and successful market entry.
• Guiding the creation of marketing materials such as sales collateral and promotional content.
• Analyzing product performance metrics to inform future marketing strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, Business, or a related field; MBA preferred.
• 10+ years of industry experience with a proven track record of successful product launches.
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing and developing high-performing teams.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Deep understanding of market dynamics, customer needs, and competitive landscapes.
• Proficient in data analysis and performance metrics.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Ideal Experience/Critical Competencies for Success:

Success as a commercially oriented general manager with deep operational and client development background. Organization known for world class customer service. We would expect that this leader would have achieved rapid career progression within a well-known Relocation organization within a complex operation where operational excellence, tight fiscal control and innovation led to significant growth.

Ability to work effectively in a hands-on, lean environment where resource deployment decisions matter and where the financial backers are involved.

Solid understanding of P&L/balance sheet; financial, quantitative and analytical skills which can translate into developing strategy and tight financial management. This leader must be skilled at establishing and monitoring budgets within a tightly controlled P&L.

Someone who enjoys coaching and developing winning teams. An executive who thrives on making "heroes" out of others within the organization. A mentoring style and persona who freely gives credit to others.

Other Personal Characteristics:

The ideal SVP, Product Development will be an intelligent, high-energy, charismatic and collegial executive with outstanding leadership capabilities. He/she will also inject an appropriate sense of urgency into the business, ensuring that things get done in a timely, professional and organized way.

Strong interpersonal skills with a track record of success within a multi-faceted organizational structure.

Known to be decisive yet firm and fair. A natural leader who others instinctively want to follow. A genuine executive who leads by example. Strong self-confidence yet with low ego.

A deep-rooted intellectual curiosity for the Sirva business proposition.

Strong personal and business ethics; proactive. Consistently demonstrates and promotes the company's values.

Sirva Worldwide, Inc. provides HR and mobility professionals with the resources, guidance, and support they need to achieve the best possible relocation for talent, and for the companies that move them. As a leading global relocation management and moving services company, we bring together personalized program solutions, expansive global reach, innovative technology, and an unmatched supply chain to transform businesses of any size and empower talent moving to their next opportunity. From corporate relocation and household goods to home sale and commercial moving and storage, our portfolio of brands (including Sirva, Allied, northAmerican, Global Van Lines, Alliance, Sirva Mortgage and SMARTBOX) provide everything needed to move talent and deliver experience.

At Sirva, we're committed to cultivating a workplace that reflects the diversity of the global organizations that we serve. We recognize that building an inclusive, engaged company culture results in empowered employees that reflect a wide range of approaches and perspectives. Those perspectives lead to new ideas. New ideas lead to innovation and excellence. Our approach to diversity, equality and inclusion is driven by a commitment to these values and a belief that diversity makes our company stronger.

Sirva is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, military status, genetic information or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Sirva also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

It is also Sirva's policy to comply with all applicable state and federal laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The Federal EEO Law Poster may be found at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf.

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