Product Director Tax & Accounting

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Permanent
  • bonus

This is a senior leadership role suited to an experienced Product Director who has led large-scale product portfolios and built high-performing product organisations.
You’ll bring a strong track record of leading senior Product Managers, driving strategic product direction, and delivering commercial outcomes in complex B2B software environments. Experience within Accounting, Tax or Financial Management software is highly desirable, with an understanding of the challenges facing professional services firms as they modernise, adopt cloud technologies and embrace AI-driven ways of working.
In this role, you’ll lead and develop a team of approximately 7-8 Senior Product Managers, providing coaching, performance leadership, succession planning and clear direction during a period of significant transformation.
You will be comfortable operating at both a strategic and executive level, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Commercial and Go-to-Market leaders to shape product strategy, influence investment decisions and ensure product outcomes align with business objectives.
Key experience includes:

  • Proven experience leading teams of Senior Product Managers, with responsibility for performance, development and organisational effectiveness
  • Deep expertise in Product Management, including product strategy, portfolio leadership, roadmap ownership and operating models
  • Experience within Accounting, Tax, Financial Management, Professional Services or other highly regulated software environments
  • Demonstrated success leading teams through large-scale transformation, change and evolving ways of working
  • Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to connect product decisions to revenue growth, customer outcomes and business performance
  • Experience influencing and engaging senior stakeholders across complex organisations
  • Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the gravitas to operate confidently at executive level
  • A strong understanding of AI and emerging technologies, and how they are reshaping software products, customer expectations and competitive advantage

This role will suit a leader who enjoys building capability, creating clarity in complex environments and leading teams through meaningful change while delivering measurable business outcomes.

For more information, contact Melissa Haddad at Melissa.haddad@talentinternational.com

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