Head of Product - Banking

Skills

About the Role

You will own the product strategy and execution for a tokenization product that enables financial institutions to interact seamlessly with tokenized assets without changing their core banking systems. You will define product requirements and API specifications, partner with engineering and design to take the product from prototype to production, and work directly with bank customers to validate and refine it. You will translate bank-side realities into engineering design inputs, run regular discovery conversations with target banks and fintechs, co-own design partner acquisition milestones, and master the competitive landscape. You will report directly to the CEO and have massive ownership over the product roadmap and its commercial success.

Requirements

• 5+ years in product, strategy, or technology roles at a commercial bank, core banking vendor, or bank-focused fintech
• Hands-on experience with core banking systems such as Fiserv, FIS, Jack Henry, or Temenos
• Working knowledge of US deposit regulation including FDIC insurance, OCC guidance, BSA/AML, and Reg CC
• Familiarity with payment rails such as ACH, Fedwire, RTP, FedNow, and SWIFT
• Ability to engage both bank technology architects and engineers building Cosmos SDK modules
• Comfort operating in ambiguity in a pre-product-market-fit environment
• Experience in DLT tokenization, having shipped a product in a tokenization-related environment
• Willingness to work in-office in NYC (Union Square) 3 days a week

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve product requirements (PRDs), including API specifications, reconciliation flows, and integration patterns
• Partner with engineering and design to take the product from prototype to production
• Craft the canonical product roadmap with the Head of Engineering and Co-CEO
• Work with bank customers to validate and refine the product in real-world environments
• Lead product ideation and translate concepts into improvements across demos and production systems
• Navigate internal and external stakeholders to drive adoption and implementation
• Own the tokenization product direction end-to-end
• Make hard product design calls on architecture and deployment models
• Run at least 2 hours per week of direct conversations with target banks, channel partners, and payment fintechs
• Turn bank-side realities into engineering design inputs
• Scope PoCs and define adapter interfaces with the engineering team
• Co-own the path to key milestones with the Chief Commercial Officer
• Master the competitive landscape of tokenization and banking infrastructure

Benefits

• Equity/token allocation
• Token compensation
• Paid leave
• Health coverage