Director - Product Management

You will be responsible for planning, directing, managing, and coordinating day-to-day business activities and product-related projects. This includes creating agendas, briefings, and materials for internal meetings and client events. You will actively engage in client communication and work closely with the Client Service and Program Delivery teams to ensure client satisfaction. Additionally, you will be involved in planning staffing levels, leading recruiting, hiring, and onboarding efforts for new team members under your supervision. Utilizing strong analytical skills, you will make data-driven decisions and oversee assigned accounts to provide direction and ensure client satisfaction. Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams will be essential to ensure the achievement of business outcomes in working solutions. You will be expected to construct comprehensive presentations that address issues and translate them into actionable objectives and compelling stories. Partnering with the Client Service team, you will identify account growth opportunities and support sales initiatives. Developing a strong network of relationships with key stakeholders will be a key aspect of your role. Providing mentorship and career development for team members while upholding a company culture that emphasizes quality, continuous improvement, employee retention, and high performance is also important. You will define project visions for large and complex projects in the financial services industry and create and execute product strategies for growing digital platforms or ecosystems. Supporting Product Managers in developing thought leadership in the financial services industry and presenting industry viewpoints to senior customers and prospects will be part of your responsibilities. You will be expected to develop prioritized roadmaps based on value scoring in collaboration with stakeholders for business initiatives. Recognizing key findings, synthesizing information, and developing alternative solutions will be crucial, along with challenging assumptions when necessary. The ideal candidate for this role should have at least 8 years of product management experience in the Financial Services sector, with a preference for experience in Retail, Small, Fintech, Insurance, and/or Wealth. Digital agency experience is considered a plus. Experience working with an Executive Leadership Team or C-suite team members is required, along with outstanding executive presence, the ability to inspire, engage, partner with, and influence senior leadership. Being digitally-savvy and well-informed on innovations, trends, and technologies in the financial services digital space is essential. You should have a proven ability to manage program-level or enterprise priorities and be resourceful in finding solutions where they may not be obvious. Familiarity with various functional suites and software packages for requirements, such as JIRA and Azure DevOps, is expected. Deep knowledge and experience with multiple Software Development Life Cycles (SDLCs) like Agile, Scrum, and traditional waterfall will also be beneficial for this role.,