Product

Position Description

apexanalytix is the world's leading provider of supplier onboarding, risk management and recovery solutions. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Greensboro, NC, apexanalytix is a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Supplier Risk Management Solutions. More than 320 of the world's largest companies use our AI-native platform to protect over $9.5 trillion in annual spend.

apexanalytix is seeking a product executive to serve as VP of Product, reporting to the Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO) and sitting on the CPTO's leadership team. The role leads product discovery across the company and owns how investment requests reach engineering, funding standing teams against outcomes.

The VP of Product leads the product leaders of all four persistent trios (Supplier Journey, Buyer Journey, Data & Intelligence, and Platform), including the Platform product leader in Noida, India, and the product operations function.

Trusted Advisor

• Advises the CPTO and the executive team on product strategy, market and customer insight, and where to invest next.
• Is the voice of the customer and of product discovery on the CPTO leadership team.
• Coaches executives and stakeholders on the product operating model.

Roles and Requirements

• Discovery leadership. Owns how discovery is done across all four trios.
• Continuous discovery habits. Establishes weekly customer touchpoints by each product trio and introduces opportunity solution trees and rapid assumption testing.
• Insight engine. Builds a shared source of customer, market, usage and win/loss insight.
• Discovery standards. Sets clear expectations for the evidence a team needs before moving an idea into delivery.
• Single intake for engineering demand. Owns the process by which requests reach engineering.
• Portfolio allocation. Leads the allocation of capacity across the four trios with engineering leadership.
• Outcome-based funding. Defines outcome goals per trio with finance and the CPTO.
• Transparent decisions. Runs a regular investment review and communicates what was funded and why.
• Product vision and strategy. Sets a product vision and focused product strategy.
• Product organization. Leads the product leaders and product managers across the trios.
• India product presence. Builds Product Management in Noida.
• Product operations. Leads product analytics, research operations, investment intake, and the product operating cadence.
• Trio partnership. Works as one team with design and engineering leaders.
• Market leadership. Keeps apexanalytix ahead in supplier risk management and procure-to-pay controls.
• Go-to-market alignment. Partners with Go-to-Market leadership on packaging, pricing input and launches.
• Compliance as a product requirement. Works with the Head of GRC so regulatory, security and third-party risk requirements shape product decisions.

First-Year Priorities

• Publish a product vision and product strategy approved by the CPTO.
• Agree first-year outcome goals for each trio, including a revenue goal for standalone data products.
• Launch a single investment intake and review process for all engineering demand.
• Get every product trio running weekly customer touchpoints.
• Set a baseline for discovery and delivery health and show measurable improvement.
• Name or hire the product leaders for all four trios, including the Platform product leader in Noida.
• Stand up product operations with reliable product analytics across the platform.
• Work with the Head of Design and engineering leaders so every team operates as a trio.

Required Skills

• 15+ years in product management, including 5+ years leading product organizations through product leaders and managers in B2B enterprise SaaS.
• Deep, practical fluency in the product operating model as described by Marty Cagan.
• A proven record of leading a transformation from project- or feature-driven models to empowered, outcome-funded product teams.
• Hands-on experience leading product discovery at scale, addressing value, usability, feasibility and viability risk.
• Experience owning portfolio-level investment decisions across multiple teams.
• A track record of hiring, coaching and developing strong product managers and product leaders.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience using product analytics, experimentation and qualitative research.
• Experience working in close partnership with design and engineering, and with distributed teams across US and India time zones.
• Experience with AI-native or data products.
• Strong executive presence.

Preferred Skills

• Practical experience running Teresa Torres's continuous discovery habits.
• Background in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software or practice, especially third-party risk management.
• Domain experience in procure-to-pay, accounts payable, supplier management, payment fraud prevention or fintech.
• Experience building product management in an India-based Global Capability Center.
• Experience in a PE-backed or high-growth SaaS company.
• Experience building and selling data products or APIs as standalone revenue lines.

Education

• An undergraduate degree in business, computer science, engineering or a related field is required. A graduate degree or an MBA is a plus.

Work Environment

• United States, with remote or hybrid arrangements considered. Regular overlap with India business hours for work with the Noida team.
• Regular travel required, including client visits and periodic travel to apexanalytix HQ in Greensboro, NC, and the Noida GCC.

Scope Boundaries

This role owns product discovery, product vision and strategy, the product organization across all four trios, product operations, and the process by which investment requests reach engineering. Engineering delivery sits with the VP Engineering, design leadership with the Head of Design, and security and compliance for apexanalytix itself with the Head of GRC. Client commercial relationships, pricing and packaging sit with Go-to-Market leadership, with input from this role.

Benefits

apexanalytix offers competitive benefits for the countries that we serve, in addition to our BeWell@apex initiative that encourages employees' growth in six key wellness areas. Associates also have access to a Mentor Program, Internal Training Portal, and Education, Tuition, and Certification Assistance.