Executive Director, Product - Open Banking Experiences

JOB DESCRIPTION

Ignite your passion for product innovation by leading customer-centric development, inspiring solutions, and shaping the future with your strategic vision and influence. Chase is seeking a dedicated and innovative Product Director to lead a key area of the rapidly growing Open Banking product. In this role, you will use your experience in customer-focused outcomes and strong delivery track record to provide customers improved experiences to manage their personal finances including holistic views of their data, and enhance several use cases including Payments.

As an Executive Director, Product in Open Banking, you will lead innovation through the development of products and features that delight customers. As a leader on the team, you will 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
• Partner with and influence other Product teams to enhance existing customer experiences to include external data.
• Partner with engineering leads to oversee development team and ensure effective sprint planning and utilization of development cycles
• Engage in and drive testing and validation across feature delivery
• Lead a team of product managers
• Act as a strategic partner across the Product Quad team partnering with tech, design and data

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills 

• 10+ 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 leading product teams, driving change within large organizations, and managing stakeholders across multiple functions
• Strong experience with APIs, including API-based products and services, and an understanding of API-related concepts (ex. JSON), and experience with partner-facing restful APIs
• Experience in defining and building out product roadmap  
• Structured and strategic thinker, effective communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Commitment and self-motivation suitable to a start-up team
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office suite and with JIRA

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills 

• Recognized thought leader within Open Banking
• Demonstrable experience working on a regulated product or feature set

ABOUT US

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs. 

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions.  We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process. 

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

ABOUT THE TEAM
Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We’re proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions – all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.
We offer a broad array of credit cards to meet the needs of individuals and small businesses, including Chase-branded and co-branded cards in partnership with well-known companies and organizations. Merchant Services is a leading provider of payment, fraud and data security for companies, capable of authorizing transactions across global currencies.