The critical ASPECTS of this role include:
- Providing leadership, influence, and direction on a wide range of topics including AI/Cloud/Data for FinTech Products.
- Influencing and building credibility as a member of the leadership team.
- Strategic- acquiring and maintaining a deep understanding of the strategies, priorities, business drivers affecting the product management function. Use accumulated knowledge to drive more informed decisions.
- Clearly communicating compelling messages to senior executives.
- A deep understanding of business development, and the ability to build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships.
This role needs a seasoned, polished, proactive Strategy/Product Leader with experience supporting large, complex organizations who has a propensity towards:
- A “winning spirit”. They are always moving forward, creating momentum. They live in a state of restlessness.
- Seeking to understand the business more deeply and drive constructive conversation about opportunities not considered previously.
- Seeing out into the future and acting upon developing market trends.
- Making bold statements and setting bold goals.
- Risk taking while being pragmatic- they can qualify/quantify their vision.
- Learning quickly and influencing in shorter timeframes.
- Leveraging analytics as a key element to drive/optimize strategy and execution. Try, measure, refine.
- Managing greater complexity.
- Building confidence as a trusted advisor to executive leadership.
---> Leadership Style Sought:
- Be comfortable moving people out of their comfort zones and driving results thru people.
- Ability to Inspire innovation
- Passionate advocate of using customer-centered value.
- Strong emotional intelligence. A team building approach that values objectivity, clarity, accountability. Results, Results, Results
- Highly resilient.
How will you make an impact?
Strategic Planning and Development:
- Develop and oversee the execution of the company’s short-term and long-term strategic objectives.
- Leads the strategic planning process, collaborates with leadership to identify key growth areas, operational improvements, and market expansion opportunities.
- Define and communicate the product vision and strategy in alignment with the company’s business goals and market opportunities.
- Develop and drive new, strategic product roadmap, ensuring it reflects market needs, customer insights, and emerging trends.
- Continuously evaluate the product portfolio to identify opportunities for expansion, innovation, or improvement.
- Provide insight and analysis into emerging market trends, industry shifts, and competitor strategies to shape company direction.
- Conduct thorough competitive analysis and identify market gaps to drive business differentiation.
Product Development & Execution:
- Identification of strategic product opportunities from ideation, through development, GA solution releases, and successful commercialization
- Works closely with engineering, design, marketing, sales, and customer support teams to ensure successful product development and delivery.
- Provide strategic direction re product design, ensuring a user-centric approach and that products meet customer needs and quality standards.
- Collaborate on new product launches, working with marketing and sales teams to promote and position new products effectively in the market
Innovation & Problem Solving:
- Support and continue to drive a culture of innovation within the product team, encouraging creative problem-solving and new ideas to drive product excellence.
- Lead strategic brainstorming sessions, prototype development, and the testing of new concepts to drive product differentiation in the market.
- Ensure products are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with long-term company goals in terms of driving Cloud Revenue and ACV.
Leadership and Team Management:
- Lead a high-performing team, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
Mergers and Acquisitions:
- Partners with Corporate Team to evaluate potential mergers and acquisitions that align with the company’s strategic goals.
Market and Industry Expertise:
- Stays current on industry trends, market changes, and competitor activity to anticipate future challenges and opportunities.
- Participate at company at industry conferences, forums, and other events to build the company’s strategic presence and network.
