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.
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