Senior Director, Product
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About Cari Network
We are bringing together innovators, regulators, and operators with deep experience across banking, technology, and business.
Skills
About the Role
You'll own the product strategy, roadmap, and delivery for the platform capabilities that connect participating banks to the Cari Network — from API integration and operational tooling to the fiat settlement infrastructure that synchronizes on-chain token activity with underlying bank deposit positions. You'll support setting strategic direction while personally driving hands-on execution: writing product requirements, prioritizing initiatives with engineering, engaging directly with network banks, and resolving cross-functional dependencies. You'll mentor and develop a team of product managers, but you'll also be an individual contributor on the work that matters most. There are no existing products to iterate on — you'll define and ship foundational infrastructure from MVP through production deployment.
Requirements
- U.S.-based with an ability to travel up to 25%
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- 10+ years of product management experience in enterprise B2B digital payments in a FinTech, bank, or regulated financial services environment, including 2+ years in a managerial role
- Demonstrated ability and genuine appetite to operate as an individual contributor alongside leadership responsibilities
- Proven track record shipping bank-grade digital or API-driven financial products from ideation through production deployment
- Deep experience with fiat payment rails, settlement infrastructure, and bank core system integrations
- Blockchain/crypto knowledge acquired through professional or personal endeavors strongly preferred
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Strong technical acumen with the ability to engage substantively with Engineering on architecture and implementation tradeoffs
- Skilled at managing complexity across multiple external stakeholders, including banks, end customers, and on- and off-chain ecosystem partners
- An entrepreneurial mindset that thrives on 0->1 product building and ambiguity
Responsibilities
- Own the product strategy and roadmap across three core domains: the API integration layer connecting participating banks to the network, the operational portal, and the interbank fiat settlement process
- Serve as a hands-on individual contributor on product requirements definition, while reviewing and governing PRDs produced by your team
- Lead and develop a team of product managers, providing day-to-day guidance on execution quality, stakeholder management, and prioritization
- Engage directly with participating banks and ecosystem partners to understand product requirements and translate them into well-defined specifications
- Serve as the senior product point of contact for participating banks on integration and platform feedback
- Work with Legal and Risk teams to ensure features satisfy regulatory, compliance, and legal obligations
- Drive alignment across internal stakeholders on scope, dependencies, and delivery sequencing
- Define success metrics and monitor performance post-launch
- Support pilot bank integration and go-live, including documentation, training, and issue resolution
- Drive sprint planning, backlog governance, and cross-team coordination
- Support business development and marketing efforts with product expertise as requested
Benefits
- Full medical, vision, dental benefits
- 401(k) with matching program
- Flexible vacation policy (PTO) and remote-first work environment