Director of Product Management, Consumer

Curinos empowers financial institutions to make better, faster and more profitable decisions through industry-leading proprietary data, technologies and insights. With decades-long expertise in the financial services industry and a relentless focus on the future, Curinos technology and analytics ecosystem allows clients to anticipate customer needs and optimize their go-to market decisions in an increasingly competitive market.

Curinos operates under a hybrid modality. This individual may work from the New York City or Chicago office. 

The Director of Product, Consumer will manage Curinos’s suite of products that serve consumer and retail bank clients.

Retail Deposit Optimizer helps some of the largest banks in the United States create and curate more profitable customer relationships through deposit products across over $5 trillion of balances under management by analyzing and identifying actionable next-steps for their product and pricing offers across retail deposit accounts.

• Retail Deposit Analyzer provides industry benchmarks and a clear view of market trend to financial institutions to help them intelligently track their portfolios in relation to the market.
• Unsecured Lenders Benchmark delivers competitive intelligence that allows lenders to assess their unsecured lending performance in relation to the market in near real time against 42 of the top 50 lenders in the United States
•  Consumer Lending Pricing Data allows our clients to compare their price position against their competitors in the consumer lending space, with pricing data sourced through trusted channels and client data contribution.
• Finally, Retail Deposit Pricing Data gives Curinos clients access to deposit data from over 3,600 financial institutions, providing their teams with the real-time market intelligence they need to make better product and pricing decisions.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a seasoned Director of Product Management to guide and execute on the strategic direction for our portfolio of Consumer banking products and data offerings.

This Director of Product Management will be responsible for creating the cross-product strategy and roadmaps that meet the Consumer business needs. This role is a mix of individual contributor work and direct management of one Product Manager and product pod from day one.

You will:

•  Use your understanding of the market and its needs, through direct engagement with financial institution clients, to identify opportunities and requirements;
• Create impact-driven, not feature-focused, roadmaps that solve customer and client problems, enabling the business to meet its objectives.
•  Develop a holistic and exhaustive understanding of our products’ infrastructures and capabilities.
• Manage multi-layered stakeholder relationships across Engineering, business unit leaders, data architects, and other Product team members.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Evaluate market trends, the competitive landscape, and emerging technologies to manage the tradeoff between investment across operational efficiency, tech debt, and new features
• Analyze user data and industry or competitor research to identify trends and insights that will facilitate product success
• Partner with our Consumer business unit to create, manage, and communicate an inspiring product vision and impact-focused roadmap for our suite of Consumer banking products;
• Contribute to commercial activity, such as providing strategic input into client pitch-work and RFP responses, or participating in industry & product conferences or webinars;
• Run and directly participate in the daily operations of a high-performing Product Pod, including writing user stories with support from your Engineering Manager and UX Designer, planning sprints, and delivering measurable value to our clients;
• Manage a Product Manager, providing leadership, training, and career guidance.

Base Salary Range: $160,000 - $200,000 plus bonus.

• At least 6 years of software Product Management experience with demonstrated career progression and business-moving product impact and a focus on B2B or B2B2C SaaS solutions.
• At least 2 years of experience in retail banking or serving the retail banking industry, with a preference for consumer deposit experience.
• Demonstrated experience as a Senior Product Manager or higher working in enterprise and B2B software as a user-centric product manager with a consistent record of multi-workstream management and effective delivery in an Agile environment.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute strategic product roadmaps, including competitive analysis, financial modeling, customer feedback and solution ideation.
• Demonstrated experience understanding and communicating nuanced ideas to variety of audiences (including high-level client stakeholders and internal technical and non-technical stakeholders) and orienting them to a business strategy.
• Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, and leading product managers and indirectly leading teams of software engineers, user experience designers, and technical individual contributors.

Why work at Curinos?  

• Competitive benefits, including a range of Financial, Health and Lifestyle benefits to choose from 
• Flexible working options, including home working, flexible hours and part time options, depending on the role requirements – please ask! 
• Competitive annual leave, floating holidays, volunteering days and a day off for your birthday!
• Learning and development tools to assist with your career development 
• Work with industry leading Subject Matter Experts and specialist products 
• Regular social events and networking opportunities 
• Collaborative, supportive culture, including an active DE&I program 
• Employee Assistance Program which provides expert third-party advice on wellbeing, relationships, legal and financial matters, as well as access to counselling services 

Applying: 

We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't meet all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have relevant skills or experience, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! 

If you need any adjustments to support your application, such as information in alternative formats, special requirements to access our buildings or adjusted interview formats please contact us at [email protected] and we’ll do everything we can to help.

Inclusivity at Curinos: 

We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed.  As such, Curinos is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics.