Hybrid VP, Merchant Experience – Senior Product Manager

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About the role

  • Product Manager leading the merchant-facing capabilities for Synchrony. Focused on adoption, growth, and scalability across digital financing products in various business segments.

Responsibilities

  • Set direction for merchant distribution experiences by defining the product vision, strategy, and prioritized roadmap to drive adoption of financing products, features, and capabilities across channels.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of product managers (5 direct reports) by setting clear priorities/OKRs, establishing operating rhythms, building talent (hiring/onboarding as needed), and driving accountability for outcomes
  • Drive cross-functional alignment and prioritization by partnering with stakeholders across the business to define, sequence, and govern the features/capabilities needed to support multiproduct and multi-source financing solutions; ensuring clarity on requirements, dependencies, and trade-offs.
  • Sponsor and oversee merchant experience modernization (e.g., portal redesign, improved navigation, alerts/notifications, streamlined workflows such as Apply/Buy/Lookup/Estimate Payments) by setting objectives, securing resourcing, removing blockers, and holding delivery teams accountable for efficiency and consistency improvements.
  • Oversee end-to-end merchant lifecycle experience including onboarding/enablement, POS workflows, reporting/insights, and operational servicing experiences.
  • Champion insight-led prioritization by leveraging market research, competitive insights, and merchant feedback to identify capability gaps and steer investment toward the highest-impact experience improvements.
  • Support and enable sound product decisions by maintaining a working understanding of existing product capabilities and guiding how Enterprise features/capabilities are embedded into merchant point-of-sale channels and merchant digital experiences (in partnership with execution owners).
  • Provide regular updates to Senior Leaders and partner with go to market teams to support commercialization readiness, enablement, and rollout communications as needed
  • Build a strong cross-functional network and foster close working relationships with internal stakeholders across Distribution, Enterprise Product, Technology, Design, Data/Analytics, Operations, and Risk/Compliance.
  • Build and sustain a high-performing product organization by coaching and mentoring leaders/ICs, establishing team operating norms, developing talent and succession plans, and ensuring the team is positioned to deliver against strategic priorities.
  • Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned.

Requirements

  • 8 plus years of experience related to product management (e.g., product strategy, program management, digital delivery, platform ownership), with end-to-end product lifecycle accountability.
  • Proven ability to lead diverse teams and influence senior executives in a matrixed environment
  • Experience working in SAFe Agile frameworks or similar agile methodologies
  • Bachelor’s Degree preferred, or commensurate experience in product management, sales, or marketing in credit or financial services industries
  • Proven ability to manage and develop product managers while driving multiple concurrent product workstreams through effective prioritization and delegation.
  • Passion for innovation and continuous improvement in digital financial products and merchant experiences
  • Strong business acumen and understanding of compliance/regulatory considerations relevant to financial services
  • Deep B2B/merchant experience (provider/merchant portals, POS enablement, servicing/operational tools) and comfort balancing merchant needs with internal operational realities.
  • Proven change leader with experience modernizing legacy platforms/processes and bringing stakeholders along through ambiguity and resistance.
  • Exceptional executive presence and stakeholder management across Sales/Commercial, Operations, Risk, and Technology in a matrixed enterprise.
  • Proven experience leading and scaling product teams, including direct people leadership, hiring and developing talent, and creating strong team culture and accountability.
  • Demonstrated thought leadership coupled with strong communication skills and ability to help teams connect the dots on new ideas, processes and strategy
  • Ability to leverage technology to create new processes and drive efficiency gains
  • Demonstrated strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent influencing and relationship-building skills at multiple levels of organization.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development opportunities

Job title

VP, Merchant Experience – Senior Product Manager

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$130,000 - $210,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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