Product Manager - Lead

Job Description:

Product Manager - Lead - W2 Only
Location: Mclean VA - Hybrid - 3 days

About the Role

Our banking client is seeking an experienced Lead Product Manager to drive the strategy, development, and ongoing enhancement of digital banking products and financial services solutions. This role will work closely with business, technology, risk, compliance, operations, and customer experience teams to define product vision, prioritize roadmaps, and deliver secure, scalable, and customer-focused solutions.

The ideal candidate combines strong product management expertise with knowledge of banking, financial services, digital channels, payments, lending, deposits, or related regulated products.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and communicate product vision, strategy, goals, and success metrics.
  
• Own and maintain the product roadmap in alignment with business and customer priorities.
  
• Lead product discovery, requirements gathering, market research, and customer-focused design.
  
• Translate business needs and customer problems into clear product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
  
• Partner with engineering, UX/UI, architecture, data, operations, risk, legal, and compliance teams to deliver product capabilities.
  
• Manage the product backlog and prioritize features based on value, risk, regulatory requirements, customer needs, and technical feasibility.
  
• Lead products through the complete lifecycle, including strategy, discovery, development, testing, launch, adoption, and continuous improvement.
  
• Facilitate stakeholder discussions, product reviews, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and roadmap sessions.
  
• Monitor product performance using customer feedback, analytics, operational metrics, and financial results.
  
• Identify opportunities to improve customer experience, operational efficiency, revenue, and product adoption.
  
• Ensure products comply with banking regulations, information security standards, privacy requirements, and internal controls.
  
• Identify and manage product risks, dependencies, issues, and delivery constraints.
  
• Present product strategy, status, decisions, and recommendations to senior leadership.
  
• Mentor and provide guidance to associate and mid-level product managers.
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
  
• 8+ years of experience in product management, product ownership, business analysis, or technology delivery.
  
• 3+ years of experience leading products or product portfolios in banking, financial services, fintech, payments, lending, deposits, or a related regulated industry.
  
• Demonstrated experience defining product strategy, roadmaps, backlogs, and measurable outcomes.
  
• Strong experience working with Agile and product development methodologies.
  
• Experience translating business and customer needs into detailed requirements and user stories.
  
• Strong understanding of banking processes, customer journeys, risk controls, and regulatory considerations.
  
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, and presentation skills.
  
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
  
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and prioritization skills.
  

Pay Range: $80- $85/hr

The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision and 401K contributions as well as any other PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by appliable state or localities where you reside or work.

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