Director of Product - Asset-Backed Financing (ABF)

Kforce•New York, NY

46d

About The Position

Kforce is working with a global investment platform that is searching for a Director of Product to lead the next generation of technology, analytics, and risk platforms powering a multi-billion-dollar Asset-Backed Financing (ABF) business. This is a rare opportunity to build at the intersection of structured finance, investment decision-making, and advanced data engineering-within an environment that values domain expertise, precision, and execution excellence. This role is for someone who understands how ABF deals work: how loans behave, how waterfalls run, how risk is priced, and where data gaps can change investment outcomes. If you've sat close to the ABF desk, understand the mechanics of consumer or mortgage-backed credit, and can translate that expertise into scalable technology and analytical frameworks, this will be one of the most impactful product roles you will find in the market. The firm is offering a Top-of-market base, substantial bonus, and competitive equity/RSU package. This role is intentionally curated for rare ABF/structured-finance experts who also excel in product thinking!

Requirements

Required ABF Expertise (must have at least one major vertical):
Consumer Credit: auto, unsecured personal loans, credit cards
Residential Mortgages: agency and non-agency RMBS
Structured Credit (ABS)
Non-Performing Loans: charged-off receivables, distressed real estate, restructured debt
A domain-first, tech-fluent product leader
Experience at a bank, rating agency, specialty finance platform, or credit-focused investment firm
Hands-on exposure to Intex, waterfalls, tranche modeling, collateral analytics, and loan-level behavior
Strong understanding of ABF risk drivers (delinquencies, prepay dynamics, severity, curing, vintage performance)
Ability to speak fluently with engineers (data modeling, Python/SQL familiarity, APIs, dashboards)
Ability to speak fluently with investors (deal structuring, performance drivers, risk considerations)
Confident communicator capable of engaging senior front-office stakeholders

Responsibilities

Product Vision & Roadmap: Build and lead the strategy for platforms supporting sourcing, diligence, modeling, deal execution, performance monitoring, and risk management across global ABF strategies
Analytics & Decision Tools: Architect next-gen tools for scenario analysis, exposure management, cashflow forecasting, loss modeling, KPIs, and real-time portfolio insights
Data & Platform Architecture: Partner with engineering to design scalable ABF data models, ingestion pipelines, dashboards, and workflow systems
Front-Office Partnership: Work directly with investment teams translating deal needs into technical requirements
Product Leadership: Align global stakeholders, drive adoption, and ensure consistent user experienceRequired ABF Expertise (must have at least one major vertical)