Vice President of Product Management

Vice President, Product Management
Location: United States | Full-Time | Remote / Hybrid / On-site
Reports To: Chief Executive Officer / Chief Operating Officer
About the Role
We are looking for a Vice President, Product Management to lead product strategy, product planning, roadmap development, and cross-functional product execution across the organization.
This is a senior leadership role responsible for defining product priorities, translating business and customer needs into product strategies, and building a disciplined product management function. The VP, Product Management will oversee product planning, requirements, prioritization, lifecycle management, performance measurement, and coordination across Product, Technology, Operations, Design, Compliance, and other functions.
You will work closely with executive leadership and leaders across Technology, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Finance, Risk, Compliance, and Customer Operations. The role will ensure that product decisions are aligned with business objectives, customer requirements, operational capabilities, and long-term organizational priorities.
Because the organization is continuing to build and scale, this role will have significant influence over product management processes, roadmap development, product governance, prioritization frameworks, and the structure of the product organization.
The ideal candidate is commercially aware, customer-focused, analytical, and comfortable moving between product strategy, detailed execution, and executive-level decision-making.
Responsibilities
• Lead the overall product management function, including product strategy, roadmap development, prioritization, requirements, lifecycle management, and product performance.
• Develop and maintain a product strategy aligned with organizational objectives, customer needs, market opportunities, and long-term business priorities.
• Partner with executive leadership to translate strategic goals into clear product priorities, initiatives, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes.
• Establish standardized product management processes, frameworks, documentation standards, and decision-making practices across the organization.
• Own the product roadmap and ensure that product initiatives are appropriately prioritized based on business impact, customer value, resources, dependencies, and execution requirements.
• Conduct market, customer, competitive, and business analysis to identify product opportunities, risks, and areas for improvement.
• Work closely with Technology and Engineering to translate product requirements into practical development plans, milestones, and deliverables.
• Partner with Operations, Compliance, Legal, Risk, and other stakeholders to ensure product requirements account for operational, regulatory, governance, and risk considerations.
• Establish clear product requirements, business cases, success criteria, KPIs, and performance measurement frameworks for major product initiatives.
• Oversee product discovery, requirements gathering, prioritization, launch planning, adoption measurement, and product lifecycle management.
• Work closely with Sales, Marketing, and Business Development to incorporate customer feedback, market intelligence, commercial priorities, and go-to-market requirements into product planning.
• Establish structured processes for collecting, evaluating, prioritizing, and incorporating customer and stakeholder feedback.
• Monitor product performance, adoption, customer engagement, operational impact, and business outcomes and provide regular reporting to executive leadership.
• Evaluate product economics, resource requirements, development priorities, and expected business impact to support informed investment decisions.
• Identify product risks, dependencies, execution constraints, and opportunities and coordinate appropriate mitigation or improvement plans.
• Support the evaluation and development of new products, features, services, partnerships, integrations, and strategic product initiatives.
• Establish product governance standards covering prioritization, approvals, documentation, lifecycle decisions, and cross-functional accountability.
• Improve product management tools, workflows, analytics, documentation, and operating processes to support organizational growth.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing product management organization as product and business requirements expand.
• Maintain a high standard of customer focus, analytical rigor, commercial judgment, accountability, communication, and execution discipline across the product organization.
What We're Looking For
We are looking for a senior product leader who combines strong product strategy expertise with commercial judgment, customer understanding, analytical capability, and the ability to build scalable product organizations.
The strongest candidates will typically have:
• 20+ years of progressive experience in product management, product strategy, product development, technology, business strategy, or a related field.
• Significant leadership experience managing product managers, product teams, or complex product portfolios at a senior level.
• Demonstrated experience developing product strategies, roadmaps, prioritization frameworks, and product management processes.
• Strong understanding of product discovery, requirements management, product lifecycle management, customer research, prioritization, and product performance measurement.
• Proven ability to translate business objectives and customer needs into clear product strategies and actionable roadmaps.
• Strong analytical and commercial skills, with the ability to evaluate product opportunities, business cases, market conditions, and expected outcomes.
• Experience working closely with Engineering, Technology, Design, Operations, Compliance, Legal, Sales, Marketing, and other cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex product initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, dependencies, and competing priorities.
• Strong understanding of product KPIs, customer metrics, business performance indicators, and product analytics.
• Experience launching, scaling, improving, or managing products throughout different stages of the product lifecycle.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, presentation, and executive decision-support skills.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving environment with evolving priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, develop, coach, and retain high-performing product management professionals.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Product Management, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Marketing, or a related field required. MBA or other advanced credentials are strongly preferred.
Experience in financial services, fintech, technology, payments, trading, SaaS, enterprise software, or other complex technology-driven environments is a plus.
We are also interested in candidates from high-growth technology companies, financial institutions, consulting firms, SaaS businesses, enterprise technology companies, and organizations with sophisticated product management functions.
Location and Work Arrangement
This position is based in the United States. The company offers remote, hybrid, and on-site working arrangements depending on the individual, location, and business needs.
Travel may be required as needed for leadership meetings, product planning sessions, customer discussions, partner meetings, strategic planning, industry events, and team activities.
Compensation and Benefits
The company offers a competitive executive compensation package, including:
• Competitive executive base salary
• Annual performance-based incentive
• Equity appreciation opportunities
• 401(k) retirement benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and company holidays
• Professional development and industry training
• Reimbursement for approved business travel
Final compensation will depend on experience, qualifications, and the scope of the role.

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