Product Manager with R&D

Mastek Ltd - Phoenix, AZ

Full-time - Mid Level

Phoenix, AZ

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

This position serves as a strategic partner and advisor in technology and innovation, focusing on R&D strategy, product commercialization, and program execution. The role involves collaboration with product, technology, and venture partners to define and address needs in R&D programs, ensuring timely and budget-compliant delivery of projects that meet specifications.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with key Product, Business, and Technical partners to identify, understand, and prioritize key product needs in the backlog based on impact, complexity, cost, and demand.
• Drive and empower experimentation with emerging technologies including GenAI, utilizing tooling, frameworks, guardrails, models, and environments.
• Deliver a robust roadmap of useful capabilities to meet the needs of the R&D team and partners relying on early-stage technologies.
• Navigate and understand a complex and rapidly evolving technology space with creative problem-solving skills and a bias for early action.
• Operationalize and monitor key change management activities to ensure pilots and experiments meet targets.
• Partner across the organization to lead R&D efforts and processes, gaining an in-depth understanding of customer needs and applying strategic and tactical methods to stay ahead of competitive trends.
• Act as a strategic problem solver and architect for future technology and capability needs of CTO R&D to implement business strategy.
• Drive continuous organizational and leadership development to enable R&D growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, or Engineering.
• At least 4 years of project management, product management, and/or leadership experience in technology roles.
• A deep understanding of the FinTech industry.
• Proven track record of building, launching, and driving products through the lifecycle.
• Ability to bring innovative thinking coupled with practical execution to solve multi-dimensional issues.
• Demonstrated leadership and management experience in working with cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams on complex projects.
• Highly focused on delivering products that meet the needs of patients and customers.
• Ability to influence leadership to adopt new ideas, products, and/or approaches.
• Ability to read and understand complex contracts and work with legal and transaction teams.