Lead Product Manager

Our client is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support online money transfers, and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as checks and money orders. The company operates as a payment processor for online vendors, auction sites and many other commercial users, for which it charges a fee.

They are championing possibilities for all by making money fast, easy, and more enjoyable. Their hope is to unlock opportunities for people in their everyday lives and empower the millions of people and businesses around the world who trust, rely, and use their services.

Role Description:

• Alignment with Business Goals: Ensure that foundational data products and solutions are designed and delivered in accordance with the business's strategic objectives and priorities.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to understand their requirements, gather feedback, align shared OKRs as necessary, and transparently prioritize initiatives accordingly.
• Data Quality and Integrity: Ensure adherence to best practices and standards for the accuracy, reliability, and integrity of the data used in data products and solutions.
• Innovation: Continuously explore and leverage new technologies, tools, and methodologies to enhance data products and deliver additional value to the business.

Responsibilities:

• Run continuous discovery sessions with business partners to identify, scope, and prioritize opportunities to monetize or commercialize our client data assets aligned with business strategy.
• Partner with the Enterprise Services organization to understand key revenue growth opportunities and ways that data can unlock or unblock them.
• Own the creation of requirements for Data Product and Engineering teams based on discovery conversations with key stakeholders.
• Define growth targets in tandem with internal customers and proactively monitor performance versus projections.
• Communicate plans with objectives, target outcomes, and critical results to all audiences, including the our clientSenior Leadership team.
• Partner with Data Governance, Privacy, and Compliance teams to ensure our products and solutions are within regulatory boundaries.

Requirements:

• 7 - 10 years of experience in Product Management, Sales Engineering, or Data Solutions Development.
• Strong communication, listening, interpersonal, influencing, and negotiation skills; able to convey important messages clearly and compellingly amidst ambiguity.
• Ability to influence at all levels of a highly matrixed organization and across multiple domains.
• Navigate ongoing changes related to evolving business requirements.
• Enjoy learning new skills and adapting to changes in your environment, tools, and responsibilities at pace.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to manage a large, diverse set of to-dos – vigorously prioritize, stay on top of multiple work streams, monitor progress, and hold owners accountable. 
• Have a strong execution bias and a deep passion for solving internal and external customer problems.
• Self-starter who doesn't hesitate to proactively approach situations to learn fast.