Lead product strategy and development in financial services, driving innovation and expanding client relationships while managing product lifecycles.
Lab49 seeks a dynamic Product Leader to spearhead transformative projects across the Financial Services sector for our elite clients. In this pivotal role, you'll drive innovation, deliver high-impact solutions in a cross-functional agile environment, and play a key role in expanding our client relationships and identifying new business opportunities. Your ability to balance product excellence with strategic business growth will be crucial to our continued success.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead product strategy, discovery, and development for complex financial services initiatives
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute product roadmaps
- Engage with C-level executives, presenting insights, strategies, and progress updates
- Cultivate strong client relationships to ensure project success and identify new opportunities
- Translate intricate financial concepts into tangible artifacts and actionable product strategies
Qualifications:
- Extensive experience in the financial sector and product management
- Deep understanding of financial services landscape and trends
- Demonstrated experience in product strategy and development
- Proven ability to manage full product lifecycles from discovery to delivery
- Strong leadership and communication skills, adept at stakeholder management
- Analytical mindset with a focus on user-centric approaches
- We work across various financial services domains.
- Strong product mindset including hypothesis driven development and data-driven results
- User-centered thinking and ability to collaborate with UX teams
- Strategic roadmapping and prioritization
- Agile methodologies and practices
- Day-to-day backlog and delivery management
- Data-driven decision making
- Stakeholder management and communication
- Ability to mobilize cross-functional teams towards achieving key business outcomes
- Strong focus on driving and demonstrating business value
- Strategic vision to align product initiatives with overall business goals
- Expertise in navigating complex client ecosystems and building long-term partnerships
- Skill in identifying and capitalizing on new business opportunities within existing client relationships
- Capacity to influence and gain buy-in from both internal stakeholders and client executives
- Proven track record of leading high-impact projects that deliver measurable results
Domain Expertise:
Core Product Skills:
Leadership and Relationship Building:
We are hiring across multiple levels for this job.
The base salary range across different levels are-
• Principal level: $180,000 - $220,000
Placement within the range provided above is based on the individual’s relevant experience and skills for the role and level.
Base salary is only one component of our total compensation package. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, which is determined upon company and individual performance.
Salary range disclosure as required by S9427A when hiring in New York.
Lab49/ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.
Lab49/ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.
Top Skills
Agile Methodologies
User-Centered Design
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