Enablement Services - Product Executive Director

Ignite your passion for product innovation by leading customer-centric development, inspiring solutions, and shaping the future with your strategic vision and influence.

As a Product Director within the Acquisition and Enablement Platform team, you will lead innovation through the development of products and features that delight customers. As a leader on the team, you leverage your advanced capabilities to challenge traditional approaches, remove barriers to success, and foster a culture of continuous innovation that helps inspire cross-functional teams create groundbreaking solutions that address customer needs.

Job responsibilities

• Oversees the product roadmap, vision, development, execution, risk management, and business growth targets
• Leads the entire product life cycle through planning, execution, and future development by continuously adapting, developing new products and methodologies, managing risks, and achieving business targets like cost, features, reusability, and reliability to support growth
• Coaches and mentors the product team on best practices, such as solution generation, market research, storyboarding, mind-mapping, prototyping methods, product adoption strategies, and product delivery, enabling them to effectively deliver on objectives
• Owns product performance and is accountable for investing in enhancements to achieve business objectives
• Monitors market trends, conducts competitive analysis, and identifies opportunities for product differentiation
• Oversee the end-to-end API product roadmap for Enablement Services Capture & Serve apg including vision, development, risk management, and business growth targets
• Lead the discovery and development of API-driven products and methodologies to enhance the customer experience and drive business growth
• Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration within the team
• Lead and coordinate complex API product initiatives across multiple areas, driving strategy alignment, prioritization decisions, and optimal sequencing
• Build robust partnerships with the Quad (Product, Experience, Tech/Architecture/Data & Analytics) to achieve results

• 8+ years of experience or equivalent expertise delivering products, projects, or technology applications
• Extensive knowledge of the product development life cycle, technical design, and data analytics
• Proven ability to influence the adoption of key product life cycle activities including discovery, ideation, strategic development, requirements definition, and value management
• Experience driving change within organizations and managing stakeholders across multiple functions
• Extensive experience with all stages of the API based product development life cycle, including technical design, solution, and optimization post-launch.
• Exceptional ability to understand data and leverage analytic insights to continually improve the experience and reach/exceed OKRs.
• Demonstrated ability to execute in a demanding technology space, with multiple co-suppliers, juggling multiple complex dependencies and modernization efforts.
• Expertise and comfort in building out and owning an API roadmap, backlog, and full end-to-end execution, with adherence to Agility principles.

• Recognized thought leader within a related field
• Deep understanding of Java, APIs, Security, and other software development platforms
• Experience working in financial services, acquisition, digital products, online and mobile platforms, etc.
• Ability to prioritize a large book of work, meetings, team dynamics, and overall discovery
• Ability to influence stakeholders with diverse points of view and maintain grounded and productive discussions, including senior leadership level audience