[Hiring] Director, Product - Post-Funding & Payment Strategies @Kapitus

Role Description

Are you a transformative product leader who thrives on building seamless, high-impact financial ecosystems? At Kapitus, we understand that our work isn't done when a deal closes—it’s just beginning. We are seeking a highly motivated and strategic Director of Product to lead the product vision and delivery for our post-funding experiences, encompassing treasury, payment strategies, customer service, and collections functions.

In this role, you will bridge the gap between strategic treasury management and thoughtful asset recovery. This is not a maintenance role; it is a high-visibility opportunity to pioneer digital transformation, integrate AI, and scale our operational capabilities in a highly competitive market.

What You’ll Do:

• Empower & Lead a Product Team: Manage and mentor a dedicated team of Product Owners, fostering an outcome-driven mindset and strong business acumen. You will guide them in building seamless product experiences, managing roadmaps, business case development, prioritization strategies and ensuring high-quality, on-time delivery alongside engineering, QA, and UX teams.
• Drive Strategic Transformation: Partner closely with leaders across Product, Finance, Treasury, Accounting, Collections, Customer Service, and Legal to identify and introduce enhancements that fundamentally advance Kapitus's operational and financial capabilities.
• End-to-End Product Ownership: Take full ownership of product initiatives—from feature definition, build-vs-buy assessments, and vendor integration to execution planning, change management, and post-launch optimization.
• Navigate & Capitalize on Ambiguity: Champion continuous discovery to understand customer behavior, market trends, and emerging financial innovations. Translate complex, ambiguous business needs and technologies into a clear, prioritized product roadmap.
• Deliver Measurable Value: Set the standard for success by defining and monitoring key product metrics. Gather user feedback, evaluate performance, and pivot strategies nimbly to maximize business value and user satisfaction.
• Ensure Compliance & Security: Keep Kapitus ahead of the curve by ensuring all financial products and requirements strictly adhere to industry standards and financial regulations.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of robust product management experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership/people management role within Fintech, Payments, or Small Business (SMB) Lending.
• Committed to people and team development. Mentor, coach and guide Product Owners in pursuit of individual and organizational goals.
• Deep understanding of complex payment workflows, including orchestration, authorization, settlement, exception handling and controls.
• Strong conceptual understanding of Event-Driven Architecture and API integrations and core processing rails (e.g., ACH, wire, card, instant payments).
• Proven ability to engage, influence, and align executive leaders, technical teams, and external partners around product direction and strategy.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills paired with a data-driven, detail-oriented approach to problem-solving.

Requirements

• Expertise in leveraging automation, AI, and digital transformation for process optimization in finance, treasury or collections.
• Experience with complex system conversions, particularly migrating existing products and in-flight accounts to new operating systems.
• Familiarity with financing securitization processes and collections technology.

Benefits

• Competitive Base Salary Range of $157,100-$252,000 annually.
• Annual Incentive Compensation Eligibility - up to 15% annually.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and employer-paid vision plans through UnitedHealthcare (UHC).
• Flexible Spending Account for qualified out-of-pocket expenses.
• Employer sponsored Lifestyle Spending Account for physical, mental and financial well-being.
• 100% Company Paid Insurances for short-term and long-term disability, as well as vision insurance.
• Voluntary Insurance options available for supplemental life insurance and enhanced disability coverage.
• Company-paid maternity and parental leave.
• Pre-tax commuter benefits for travel to and from work.
• LifeBalance Program offering discounts on outdoor activities, arts, health, and fitness.
• Plum Benefits Discount Program for exclusive discounts on shows, travel, and more.
• Tuition Reimbursement of up to $5,000 annually, plus opportunities for conferences and career development.
• Travel reimbursement for all work-related travel.
• Paid Time Off and Sick Time.
• 401K plan with a 25% match on contributions, up to 6% of annual salary.