Principal Platform Product Manager

Panacea Financial Holdings Inc•Little Rock, AR

7h•Remote

About The Position

Panacea Financial Holdings (“Panacea”) is a rapidly growing fintech and banking platform purpose-built to serve the unique financial needs of physicians, dentists, and veterinarians. Panacea is building the next-generation financial ecosystem for healthcare professionals—spanning practice finance, personal banking, patient finance, accounting / tax, advisory and payments. We’re looking for a Principal Platform Product Manager to own our banking core platform, the foundation that powers all deposit and lending products. This role will set the long-term product strategy for how we build, scale, and evolve our financial products, while also partnering closely on a critical migration from our legacy core to a modern, real-time platform. You’ll operate at the intersection of product, engineering, and the business, driving high-impact decisions in a regulated environment. This is a highly strategic, hands-on role suited for someone who thrives in complexity and brings strong product judgment to ambiguous problems.

Requirements

8+ years of product management experience, including ownership of complex platforms or systems
Strong background in fintech, banking, or lending, with experience working on or alongside banking core systems
Experience with Fiserv Finxact strongly preferred (or similar modern banking cores)
Proven experience operating in regulated environments (KYC, AML, BSA, PCI, SOC, etc.)
Demonstrated success leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives or system migrations
Experience working in high-growth or ambiguous environments
Ability to influence executive stakeholders and contribute to strategic decision-making
Strong product judgment with the ability to drive both discovery and execution
Systems thinker with experience navigating complex, interconnected platforms
Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban); Agile or Scrum certification a plus
Ability to operate effectively in high-ambiguity environments
Proven cross-functional leadership and stakeholder alignment skills
Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
Technical fluency and ability to partner closely with engineering teams
Solid understanding of regulatory and compliance considerations in financial products
High ownership mindset with a bias toward action and results
Adaptable, solutions-oriented, and comfortable with rapid iteration

Nice To Haves

Agile or Scrum certification a plus

Responsibilities

Own and drive the long-term product vision and strategy for our core platform evolution, including setting priorities and defining success criteria.
Partner closely on the migration to Finxact by making product recommendations and decisions to enable crisp execution.
Define how legacy system behaviors translate to a modern, real-time architecture, including key tradeoffs (functional parity vs. intentional improvements)
Act as the product owner of the banking core platform, driving decisions across accounts, transactions, balances, statements, and entitlements
Collaborate with another Product Manager who owns the customer experience
Lead cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Operations, Compliance, Risk, and Go-To-Market teams to ensure a seamless and compliant transition
Coordinate platform readiness across external vendors and integration partners, including payment rails, aggregators, and digital banking providers
Own and evolve the post-migration platform vision and roadmap, prioritizing capabilities that drive customer value, operational efficiency, and long-term scalability
Ensure the platform meets ongoing regulatory, compliance, and reliability standards, including uptime, auditability, and data integrity
Partner with internal teams to build and improve back-office tooling and workflows that support servicing, operations, and customer experience
Contribute to new product development and identify opportunities to leverage automation and AI across internal and customer-facing systems
Define the banking core strategy to enable seamless integration between the Panacea core and each new sponsor bank core as partnerships expand