Director of Product Management
Director of Product Management
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$ 300 - 340
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Job Description
About Kikoff
Kikoff is a personal finance platform designed to help millions of underserved Americans achieve financial wellness. Our mission is to provide refreshingly fair effective and simple pathways for everyday people to meet their financial goals. We design financial products that simplify credit building so our users can reach their financial goals. Kikoff is a Series B company and has raised over $42 million in total funding. Investors include Portage Ventures Lightspeed Venture Partners GGV Coatue Core Innovation Capital and basketball star Stephen Curry. Kikoff was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco.
The Role
Kikoff is looking for a Director of Product Management to shape and execute the product strategy for our suite of financial wellness solutions. This highvisibility role will spearhead innovative consumerfirst products that empower underserved Americans to build credit and achieve their financial goals. As the Director of Product Management youll work with crossfunctional teams of product managers designers engineers and data scientists to define and build impactful products. You must be able to help define strategies for complex areas and lead teams from ideation to measurable product impact while navigating ambiguity and driving meaningful solutions for our customers.
Director of Product Management Responsibilities
Drive strategy and for highpriority product initiatives that align with Kikoffs mission of financial inclusion and wellness
Lead strategic initiatives that cut across multiple product teams communicating with inspiration and motivation
Direct the evolution of Kikoffs product roadmap to meet customer needs and business objectives
Create structure success metrics and criteria for evaluating product success
Take direction from leadership regarding key objectives but architect a comprehensive product strategy to achieve successful outcomes
Advise and mentor product leaders as they execute against the roadmap and drive measurable results
Champion deep consumer empathy across the organization and foster a culture of usercentered decision making
Build grow and retain top product talent within the organization
Collaborate navigate and influence across the organization and with external partners
Drive the discovery process to form a deep understanding of our users and uncover products and features that will best empower consumers
Reach beyond instinct alone to capture and analyze the right data to allow for informed decisionmaking
Champion your products within your team across the company and with consumers
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
10 years of experience in product management with at least 5 years leading and growing product teams
7 years of experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders
Experience running executivelevel reviews and shaping the evolution of a companys product strategy
Proven track record of thinking through tough problems and building innovative solutions
Strong analytical skills with experience leveraging data to make business decisions
Experience managing and scaling product organizations
Demonstrated success in building consumerfocused financial products
Experience working in fastpaced startup environments
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in fintech or consumer financial services
Experience building 01 products that have achieved productmarket fit
Experience in driving financial inclusion initiatives
Track record of building products that solve deeply personal financial problems
History of working collaboratively with crossfunctional teams including marketing legal operations and leadership
What Will Help Make You Successful
You have deep empathy for consumers and a passion for solving financial problems in new and innovative ways
You feel comfortable in the drivers seat and have a natural way of knowing how to get to the destination but also know when its time for others to drive
You can wear as many hats as necessary from strategist to researcher from analyst to mentor
You have a strong perspective on how to innovate in the consumer financial tools space
You wont stop until the data tells you its right
You can roll up your sleeves when needed conducting user interviews analyzing database insights wireframing in Miro and using our products firsthand
Why Kikoff
This is a consumer fintech startup and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We are backed by some of Silicon Valleys top VCs. We value extreme ownership clear communication a strong sense of craftsmanship and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes you can build an exciting business AND have reallife realcustomer impact.
Benefits
Medical dental and vision coverage
Kikoff covers the full cost of health insurance for the employee!
Stock Options
Generous flexible vacation policy to help you recharge
US salary range for this fulltime position consists of base equity benefits
Compensation
Our salary ranges are determined by role and experience: $300k $340k base equity Regular team building events to help you get to know the Kikoff team and so much more!
Visa sponsorship available: Kikoff is willing to provide sponsorship for H1B visas and U.S. green cards for exceptional talent.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Kikoff Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to complying with all federal state and local laws providing equal employment opportunities and considers qualified applicants without regard to race color religion creed gender national origin age disability veteran status marital status pregnancy sex gender expression or identity sexual orientation citizenship or any other legally protected class. Please reference the following information for more information: If you need reasonable accommodation for a job opening please connect with us at and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disabilityrelated limitation. Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. ## San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance Kikoff will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
If you need reasonable accommodation for a job opening please connect with us at and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disabilityrelated limitation. Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process.
San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance Kikoff will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
