Product Manager Tax and AP

Product Owner, Tax and Accounts Payable   The Product Owner, Tax and Accounts Payable  is accountable for defining, delivering, and continuously improving technology products supporting McCormick’s Tax and Accounts Payable processes. This role works at the intersection of business strategy, process expertise, and technology delivery, translating business needs into a clear product vision, actionable roadmap, and prioritized backlog that enables measurable business value. Reporting to the relevant technology or product leadership team, the Product Owner will act as the voice of the business and product, partnering closely with Tax, Accounts Payable, Finance, Procurement, IT, and external delivery partners. The role will ensure that product enhancements, integrations, and solutions are aligned with global and regional business priorities, compliant with regulatory requirements, and delivered in line with agile ways of working. The Product Owner will pay particular attention to SAP-enabled Tax and Accounts Payable solutions, including related tools and integrations such as Vertex, SAP Document and Reporting Compliance, Ariba, Kofax, and Concur. They will help drive product strategy, improve process effectiveness, support global deployments, and ensure the product delivers sustainable value at scale.   Responsibilities

Define the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and priorities for Tax and Accounts Payable technology products, ensuring alignment with business objectives, enterprise priorities, and product line strategy. Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring priorities are clearly defined, business value is understood, and delivery is focused on maximizing value, minimizing cost, and reducing risk. Translate business requirements into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional requirements for delivery teams. Ensure backlog items meet the definition of ready before entering sprint planning, including appropriate sizing, completed user stories, and agreed acceptance criteria. Ensure delivered items meet the definition of done before sprint demo or release, confirming that business requirements, quality standards, and acceptance criteria have been met. Act as the product subject matter expert for Tax and Accounts Payable processes, systems, integrations, and related business capabilities. Partner with Tax, Accounts Payable, Finance, Procurement, IT, and regional business teams to identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, harmonization, and enhanced product value. Support the Product Line Strategy Owner in defining the broader product line roadmap by providing detailed product-level priorities, dependencies, risks, and opportunities. Lead and support agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring impediments are addressed and delivery processes are continuously improved. Work with delivery teams to ensure solutions are designed, built, tested, and deployed in line with business needs, technical standards, compliance requirements, and global template principles. Support full life-cycle implementations, enhancements, deployments, and ongoing product support across SAP and non-SAP systems. Provide clear communication of product value, features, benefits, delivery progress, risks, and dependencies to business stakeholders and leadership. Act as the voice of the product team to leadership, identifying challenges, risks, and opportunities to improve agile effectiveness and product delivery. Support issue resolution and problem-solving for production support, projects, and enhancements related to Tax and Accounts Payable solutions. Maintain awareness of current and emerging technologies, market trends, and best practices relevant to Tax, Accounts Payable, SAP, automation, and digital finance solutions. Perform other responsibilities as assigned by the Supervisor.

Candidate Profile

Bachelor’s