VP, Product Management

Early Warning®•Chicago, IL

3d•$248,000 - $360,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses. Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment. Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship. Overall Purpose The Vice President, Product Management leads the vision, strategy, and execution across a portfolio of products aligned to a customer segment. The role will set the tone, performance, and culture for the product organization. Build, align, and motivate cross functional teams to develop a common understanding of the customer’s pain points and the passion to solve issues and develop innovative solutions that delight customers.

Requirements

Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of bachelor’s degree
15 or more years of related work experience
Demonstrated experience in design thinking and agile development process and methodology
Demonstrated leadership experience and cross functional collaboration experience including direct management experience
Proven experience in and passion for building and delivering great products
Experience in recruiting and developing direct talent
Demonstrated experience in setting a product strategy, roadmap and in meeting product revenue targets
Demonstrated experience driving alignment at the executive and client leadership level
Excellent listening and execution skills
Background and drug screen

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree
Certifications in design thinking and/or agile.
Prior experience working in payments, financial services or similar regulated industry.
People management experience.

Responsibilities

Leadership: Builds internal and external coalitions and alignment on product strategy and execution.
Builds and influences cross functional mission-based teams aligned to solve customer problems.
Directly influences executives and customer leadership with strong vision, strategy, and product execution.
Customer Partnership & Alignment: Passionately holds the team accountable for demonstrating a deep understanding of customer problems and pain points.
Focuses on gaining insights into customer empathy to discover and solve unmet opportunities.
Lead a high performing team: Provides exceptional leadership in developing highly engaged, high performance team that is highly customer focused and market-oriented.
Driving Team Outcomes: Working closely across marketing, sales, analytics, design and development partners, drives strong go to market strategies to attain product revenue and client adoption targets.
Holds teams accountable to internal financial targets customer net promoter and satisfaction goals.
Performance Focused: Incents and expects top performance.
Develops team skills to work independently with a high sense of urgency.
An active coach with the ability to make difficult talent decisions.
Thought Leadership: Possesses a deep understanding of the market, industry, and competitive environment, translating advantages to a winning position.
A natural curious learner, able to challenge existing norms and motivate the team to achieve targets.
An active participant in helping our customers develop solutions across all disciplines.
Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Benefits

Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
Paid Time Off – Unlimited Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

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