Sr. Product Strategy Manager

$128,600 - $150,000/Yr

Origence - Irvine, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Irvine, CA

About the position

The Sr. Product Strategy Manager at Origence will be instrumental in shaping the strategic direction of account opening and fraud products. This role involves conducting market research, competitive analysis, and customer insights analysis to drive informed decision-making and product success. The manager will work closely with various stakeholders to develop strategies, validate solutions, and execute go-to-market plans while tracking product performance and implementing feedback mechanisms.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the product strategy for account opening and fraud mitigation solutions to achieve revenue, growth, and market share objectives.
• Acquire and maintain working knowledge of competitive platforms including feature and functionality, market share, and pricing.
• Work closely with business and product leaders to discover and validate market problems, analyze the competitive landscape, and conduct customer interviews to define the strategy.
• Document the strategy in a lean business case that describes the business outcome hypothesis, scope, risks, MVP and optional features, estimated cost to build and implement, pricing/revenue, and ROI.
• Analyze buy/build/partner opportunities and recommend best-in-class partners and solutions to complement or integrate into Origence's flagship products and platforms.
• Present product vision and roadmaps to key internal groups, including executive management, and external users in a comprehensive, clear, and concise manner.
• Develop, prioritize, and maintain a healthy backlog of epics for approval and execution.
• Execute strategic plans in support of key objectives.
• Partner with product functional and technical leaders to identify and plan capabilities necessary to meet both short- and long-term business needs.
• Shepherd new products and features, as assigned, through all stages of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Work with internal stakeholders to create and execute go-to-market plans.
• Ensure sufficient documentation, knowledge transfer, and training is created for internal teams and customers.
• Collaborate with internal teams to formalize pricing, terms, conditions, contracts, and billing processes to bring new products and features to market.
• Implement tracking for sales, implementations, and live clients and activity for internal reporting and comparing results against plans and forecasts.
• Document all research, interviews, assumptions, and forecasts in a central hub accessible by other members of product management and others.
• Develop market feedback loops for customers and internal stakeholders.
• Create and manage KPIs for reference and use by Product Management Strategy and others to inform decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Product Management, or related field; MBA preferred.
• 7+ years of product strategy experience in financial services, credit union industry, or fintech industry, with a focus on account opening, fraud prevention, or risk management.
• Knowledge of financial industry and/or credit union operations, especially account opening and fraud prevention.
• Experience with data visualization and analysis tools such as Excel, PowerBI, and Tableau.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to obtain insights from market data, product usage data, and customer interviews.

Nice-to-haves

• Certified in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or experience working in agile methodologies.
• Experience with Google Analytics.

Benefits

• Flexible Working Environment
• Paid Time Off
• 401k (8% match)
• College Tuition Benefits/ Tuition Reimbursement
• Good Benefits options
• Company Culture with cultural and holiday celebrations, theme days, monthly townhalls, and quarterly company meetings.