Executive Product Manager - VP

Barclays•Hanover Township, NJ

3d•$155,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Executive Product Manager is responsible for leading product strategy, defining product vision and market strategy, and guiding products as they evolve. The role works across functions—including marketing, engineering, operations, sales, architecture, and business teams—to align priorities and ensure products meet customer and market needs. It uses market research, customer insights, and performance data to set priorities and guide product decisions. The role defines product strategy, roadmaps, and OKRs; prioritizes capabilities, epics, and investments; and owns the end-to-end product development lifecycle from concept to launch. It balances near-term delivery with long-term goals, oversees product performance and risk, and drives customer-centric outcomes and measurable business value. The position also calls for commercial and financial judgment, including understanding pricing, costs, and ROI. As a Vice President, the role contributes to or sets strategy, recommends change, manages resources and policies, and drives continuous improvement. Depending on whether it carries people-leadership or individual-contributor responsibilities, it may manage and develop employees or provide subject-matter expertise and technical direction. The position advises senior stakeholders, collaborates across the organization, and supports risk management, governance, and strategic decisions. The role is based in either the Whippany, New Jersey, or Wilmington, Delaware office.

Requirements

Considerable commercial acumen and the ability to translate business strategy into measurable product outcomes.
Excellent stakeholder guidance and influencing skills, including experience building alignment among senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
Strong strategic thinking and data-driven judgment, using insights to prioritize investments and optimize performance.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
The role may be assessed on risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, and job-specific technical skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience overseeing large-scale transformation programs.
Experience driving innovation and fostering a customer-centric product culture.

Responsibilities

Define product strategy aligned with business vision, market demands, customer outcomes, and growth objectives.
Set and drive product roadmaps, objectives, key results, and measurable product outcomes.
Shape and prioritize strategic priorities, epics, capabilities, and investments, balancing business value, customer impact, feasibility, and long-term goals.
Lead cross-functional relationships and align stakeholders and teams on product strategy, goals, priorities, and dependencies.
Own the end-to-end product development lifecycle from concept through launch, supporting efficient processes, timely delivery, and customer expectations.
Oversee product risk management, identify risks, develop mitigation strategies, and maintain alignment with control functions and governance requirements.
Monitor product performance using data and insights, assess progress against objectives, and adjust strategies to optimize outcomes and value.
Keep customer insights, feedback, behaviors, and pain points central to product vision and decision-making.
Apply commercial and financial judgment to product decisions, including pricing, cost structures, and ROI.
Advise key stakeholders, functional leadership teams, and senior management on functional and cross-functional impacts and alignment.
Contribute to or set strategy, recommend change, manage resources and policies, maintain processes, and deliver continuous improvement.
Manage and mitigate risks and strengthen controls in relation to the work performed.
Collaborate across business and support areas to remain aligned with business activity and strategy.
Develop innovative solutions through analytical thinking, research, and evaluation of complex alternatives.
Build and maintain trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve business objectives.
Where the role includes people leadership, define responsibilities, plan future team needs, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to pay decisions.
Where the role is an individual contributor, guide technical direction, lead collaborative multi-year assignments, and train, guide, and coach less experienced specialists.