Senior Staff Product Manager - Fintech AI Foundations

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and champion the strategic vision and roadmap for our Fintech AI Foundation, identifying key opportunities to leverage AI/ML to solve complex financial challenges, reduce friction for customers and developers, and create new value propositions. This includes both short-term deliverables and long-term transformational goals.
• Drive the end-to-end product lifecycle for core AI services and infrastructure, including data pipelines, model management, inference engines, and API frameworks. Oversee product management processes from backlog grooming to prioritizing initiatives and features, partnering closely with engineering and architecture colleagues.
• Partner closely with AI/ML engineers, data scientists, product teams, design, legal, and compliance to translate complex technical concepts into clear product requirements and deliver impactful solutions.
• Manage upstream and downstream dependency requests and timelines efficiently, influencing stakeholders and senior leadership effectively.
• Foster a culture of continuous innovation and experimentation, leading rapid iteration on AI solutions based on performance metrics, user feedback, and market trends.
• Possess a deep technical understanding of AI/ML technologies, including large language models (LLMs), machine learning architectures, and their practical applications within the fintech domain.
• Work closely with external partners, architects, and engineers to design and build secure, high-scale integrations, ensuring high-quality outcomes and proactively resolving issues.
• Implement prioritization principles using a data-backed approach for defining priorities and making tradeoff decisions.
• Utilize data-driven methods to define and measure success metrics, prioritize requirements, and communicate plans and launches, delivering impactful business results.
• Conduct thorough customer discovery with end-users and developers to understand their challenges and derive insights on resolving significant customer issues delightfully.
• Work closely with customers and partners, adopting a customer-focused approach to strategy and priorities.
• Employ prolific writing skills to craft effective Product Requirements Documents, decision documents, executive summaries, and presentations for communication across various levels.
• Work closely with legal and compliance teams to ensure all AI initiatives adhere to financial regulations, data privacy standards, and ethical AI principles.
• Collaborate with program management to ensure precise project execution and delivery by managing dependencies and plans across various services and teams.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in product management or a related field, with at least 3+ years focused on AI/ML products within the fintech or financial services industry.
• Proven track record of defining, building, and launching successful, scalable AI-powered platforms or products that meet enterprise needs.
• Deep technical understanding of machine learning concepts, data science workflows, AI infrastructure, APIs, industry standards, and platform design principles.
• Strong ability to think strategically, identify market opportunities, and translate them into actionable product roadmaps, aligning long-term transformation goals with immediate delivery milestones.
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders across an organization, including executive leadership.
• Demonstrated excellence in executing transformation roadmaps and delivering incremental value while addressing legacy system deprecation.
• In-depth knowledge of product management processes and adeptness at driving consensus across diverse teams.
• Experience with Agile methodologies as a product owner, establishing clear requirements through detailed epics.
• Quick learner with minimal supervision required to become a domain expert.
• A passion for solving complex problems at the intersection of finance and artificial intelligence.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
• Domain knowledge in FinTech, Payment Standards, and FinTech Compliance is highly advantageous.

Nice to Have

• Master's degree in a related field.
• Domain knowledge in FinTech, Payment Standards, and FinTech Compliance.