Director of Product - SaaS New Venture

Company: M&T Bank
Location: Buffalo
Posted on: February 15, 2020

Job Description:

Overview: Nota is an incubated start-up backed by M & T Bank poised to disrupt a multi-billion-dollar financial services industry. This autonomous venture is seeking top-tier technologists to help design, build, and deliver the organization's first Cloud-Native customer-facing web app. All of us are entrepreneurs at heart, working together to deliver immense value to our customers. Is this an adventure that youd like to be part of? We are looking for an exceptionalDirector of Product who is passionate about designing and building customer experiences to join the executive leadership team and drive the product vision, definition and prioritization. As the Directorof Product, you will lead and drive product development for this new venture. You will essentially be the glue that brings together customer and market needs to develop a compelling product vision and deliver our disruptive solution to market. The Director of Product will have a broad base of skills to collaborate effectively with design, strategy, and engineering throughout the product development lifecycle, from concept through market launch and beyond. You will oversee the product teams and drive the overall vision, strategy, and execution. Responsibilities: Product Strategy - Define the overall product vision and strategy with inputs from key stakeholders - Provide the voice of the customer in key strategic discussions - Collaborate with strategy teams to understand the competitive landscape and develop the business model and operating plans - Build, manage and maintain the product roadmap and features - Serve as the product evangelist and communicate the vision and progress across key stakeholders - Define outcome-based product KPIs (not just lists of features) to organize work and measure success Product Execution - Work with design teams to gain an understanding of user personas, pain points and journeys; act as the voice of the customer and synthesize product feedback from key stakeholders - Set near-term product priorities in support of the overall vision, effectively balancing short-term and long-term objectives to deliver maximum value - Collaborate with strategy, design, and engineering teams to prioritize and deliver key product features using an iterative, agile approach - Be a champion of the MVP concept and drive towards product-market fit by de-risking and validating key areas of the product through frequent market feedback (via concept testing, analytics, A/B testing, surveys, POCs, etc.) - Oversee product team members and ensure effective overall delivery by championing lean startup, agile, and other product development best practices across the team Education and Experience Required: Bachelors degree and a minimum of 7 years proven marketing, product management, financial, operations and/or project management experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 11 years higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 7 years proven marketing, product management, financial, operations and/or project management experience Minimum of 2 years managerial and/or work leadership experience Strong understanding of pertinent technologies and industries Entrepreneurial spirit Education and Experience Preferred: Prior start-up or agency experience 5+ years of SaaS product experience Technology experience, does not have to be a startup, can be a larger product technology company. #LI-RS1 Location Buffalo, New York, United States of America

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