Director, Product Management

Kinective provides software that connects banks and credit unions with fintech technology. The Director of Product Management leads the Product Management team, developing product and growth strategies, roadmaps, and plans to improve adoption and success, and coordinating implementation across teams.

Responsibilities:

• Understand product goals for the business and key channels
• Develop understanding and drive execution of goal achievement and what elements are contributing or detracting factors to product adoption and success
• Uncover opportunities and build roadmaps to better realize the business and customer goals intended for the product
• Demonstrated understanding of the lifecycle of a product while working with development and product teams to bring it to life
• Lead the development and growth of new targets for each product and build plans to support how we plan to hit these targets
• Proactively diagnose problems that are inhibiting growth, identify solutions, and build cases for why / how we should invest in solving - this will include research for market and opportunity sizing
• Develop and deliver upon growth strategy recommendations with vital data, research, and/or experimentation, proactively ensuring these strategies are grounded in thoughtful and strategically relevant insights and/or metrics based on Kinective strategic goals
• Ability to collaborate with vital teams to operationalize and implement recommendations across product, tech, marketing
• Collaborate with executive teams to analyze results, develop recommendations for continued optimization, and communicate these findings to continuously refine our strategy as we scale
• Encompasses knowledge of existing products and habits of usage with the end user
• Partner with cross-functional teams (and Development) to manage sprints and appropriate hand-off between product management, quality assurance, and quality assurance
• Identify key challenges, gaps, and barriers to successful implementation and delivery
• Lead the development, documentation, and delivery of product training to internal team members. Develop effective project management to deliver on-time

Requirements:

• Please note that this role does not currently offer sponsorship opportunities
• Bachelor's degree in related field
• 5+ years' experience in banking and/or Fintech space
• 5+ years' experience in digital product management and implementation
• 5-7 years' experience leading teams (direct and cross-functional)
• Experience working in a Private Equity backed organization.??