Deposit & Lending Group Product Manager

Established Responsibilities

• Establish thought leadership and 1-3 year strategic vision for Product Roadmap including developing business cases and other artifacts necessary to drive support for new products and enhancements, and communication of roadmap to appropriate internal stakeholders.
• Provide leadership direction of the development and management of pricing strategies that drive growth and profitability.
• Cultivate strong relationships among working teams in IT, LOB, Risk, Marketing, and others including maintaining appropriate forums across the organization to drive transparency and share results of product execution strategy.
• Work closely with cross functional partners and clients to understand client needs, changes in industry landscape, and help drive solutions that are meaningful for clients and revenue growth.
• Provide leadership and oversight to project teams including Identifying project goals, objectives, deliverables, constraints and issues, Monitoring completion of tasks to ensure projects goals are achieved, Demonstrating ability to work tactically to drive multiple, simultaneous initiatives to completion. May participate in or lead cross-functional projects.
• Manage day-to-day priorities by working closely with functional partners and by providing expert support to front, middle and back office.
• Create clear product epics and requirements that are easily understood by business and technology partners and then validate delivery against those requirements, owning the work from start to finish.
• Own and manage a product backlog, with accountability for clearly expressing all backlog items to best achieve product strategy.
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators to determine how well the product is performing in the market, how it impacts the company operations, and ultimately how it contributes to profit.
• Participate in industry events and stay abreast of competition and emerging needs and trends.
• Collaborate with marketing to build out go-to-market strategies and lead campaigns and initiatives driving production adoption and growth.

Qualifications

• An undergraduate degree and at least 10 years of related experience, preferably in Product Management in Financial Services.
• Advanced understanding of industry, technology, marketing and product trends.
• Demonstrated advanced leadership qualities, including a high degree of professionalism with the ability to influence and affect change within an organization.
• Strong management skills (staff, project and product) with the ability to direct the day-to-day operations of a functional area through planning and delegation of work.
• Effective problem-solving skills to make decisions based on limited precedents or guidelines.
• Strong knowledge of evolving technologies.
• In-depth knowledge of related product industry landscape.
• In-depth knowledge of regulatory issues.
• In-depth knowledge of banking, banking systems and applicable technologies.