Staff Product Manager - Accounting - 100% Remote - EMEA OR North America - EST

NOTE: This is a FULLY remote role, but the candidate must be within North America - EST OR EMEA to collaborate with their team, peers, and internal customers. You do not have to be in the specific country or city shown in this listing, but please only apply if you are physically based within North America - EST OR EMEA.

If you're based in North America you'll need to be in EST timezone to work as close as possible to the team.

Hostaway powers the future of short-term rental property management. Our platform helps property managers scale their operations, delight guests, and grow revenue with innovative technology tailored to the vacation rental industry.

About the role

As a Staff Product Manager for Trust Accounting, you will define and execute the product strategy for our embedded trust accounting solution, ensuring it meets regulatory requirements while delivering an exceptional user experience. You will work closely with cross functional teams of engineers, designers, legal experts, and accounting professionals to deliver a seamless and compliant trust accounting system that helps our users manage their financial operations with confidence.

Your mission

• Develop and champion a product vision and roadmap for our Trust Accounting solution that aligns with the overall company strategy and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Plan and execute thorough customer research and analysis to deeply understand the needs and pain of property managers and accountants, translating those insights along with legal requirements into product specifications and user stories.
• Collaborate closely with UX/UI designers to create intuitive and user friendly experiences that simplify complex accounting workflows.
• Partner with legal and accounting subject matter experts to ensure all regulatory requirements are properly addressed while maintaining excellent user experience.
• Prioritize and manage the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business objectives, compliance needs, and user requirements.
• Oversee the entire product development lifecycle, from ideation and design to development, testing, and launch of trust accounting features.
• Define and analyze the metrics that determine success, ensuring the product not only meets compliance standards but also demonstrably simplifies the financial operations of the Property Managers we serve.
• Spearhead the discovery of our reporting and insights layer. You'll identify the essential compliance reports, operational dashboards, and financial statements that provide clarity, ensure audit readiness, and deliver indispensable value to our users.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in product management (typically 6+ years), with a specific focus on accounting software systems.
• Proven leadership in managing complex, cross domain products from ideation to launch, working closely with engineering teams to make ideas turn into real solutions.
• Deep understanding of financial operations, compliance and accounting systems, ideally in the US landscape.
• Strong customer empathy and experience translating insights into impactful product decisions.
• Proven ability to own complex product strategies and deliver industry leading solutions.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to interpret data and translate it into actionable insights.
• A strong ability to work with subject matter experts to detect and extract pain points into tangible, user centric but compliant product solutions.

What we offer

• Competitive Compensation: We offer competitive pay based on market rates in the country of the applicant.
• 100% Remote: Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere within your country of residence be it a co working space, your home office, or even your dining room table. The choice is yours. Just don't ask to work in our office (we don't have one).
• Equity: Every role in our company comes with valuable stock options in a fast growing and profitable company. This ensures we all share in the company's success.
• Values Driven Leadership: Our Core Values are not just words we've written to make us feel good. We leverage them daily when making strategic and tactical decisions.
• Professional Growth: Our rapid growth offers unparalleled learning and development opportunities, along with a multitude of career advancement opportunities.
• Annual Paid Leave: The specific amounts vary by country and are aligned with country and/or contract specific norms.
• Geographic Specific Benefits: As an international employer, we offer different country specific benefits such as Health Insurance and Pensions in countries where these perks are customary. The specifics depend on the country of the applicant.
• Dynamic Team Culture: As a global company with team members in over 40 countries, our diverse and international culture fuels our innovation and creativity, providing a key pillar to our success (and making it a lot of fun to work here).