Head of Product

Fintel Connect

. Lead the product team, including line management, one-to-ones, performance reviews and development plans .

Posted 9/23/2026full-timeVancouver • CanadaLead💰 CA$110,000 - CA$120,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong leadership in product management, with a focus on team development, strategic planning, and effective communication. Possesses technical depth to engage with engineering on architecture and delivery while balancing commercial and operational priorities.

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Product ManagementTeam LeadershipRoadmap Process ManagementCommercial JudgementTechnical Depth

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Hard Skills

Product DiscoveryRequirements SpecificationAcceptance CriteriaPerformance ReviewsTechnical Debt ManagementOperational Efficiency AnalysisRisk AssessmentFeature Rollout CoordinationSaaS ExperienceFintech Knowledge

Soft Skills

CoachingOrganizational SkillsPrioritizationWritten CommunicationVerbal Communication

Industry Keywords

CompliancePrivacyRegulatory ConsiderationsPerformance MarketingClient Services

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the product team, including line management, one-to-ones, performance reviews and development plans
Define success metrics for the product function and each role
Set standards for discovery, requirements, specification, acceptance criteria, documentation and handover to engineering and QA
Coach the team and raise technical and product knowledge
Own team structure, hiring and onboarding
Allocate people across products and initiatives and manage workload and coverage
Own intake and evaluation of new initiatives for the Product Roadmap Committee
Prepare analysis covering commercial opportunity, operational efficiency, customer need, technical health and capacity impact
Present options, evidence and trade-offs to the committee
Maintain the Leadership Roadmap as the single source of truth
Track agreed priorities and timelines, flagging slippage, risk and capacity pressure
Run discovery, roadmap planning, release planning and post-launch reviews with engineering and QA
Balance feature work with platform stability, release readiness, technical debt, security and compliance
Coordinate feature rollout and adoption with marketing, client services and engineering
Serve as the point of entry for product requests across the business
Represent product in leadership, client and prospect conversations

Requirements

What you’ll need

Five or more years in product management
At least two years leading a product team
Ideally experience within SaaS, fintech, compliance or performance marketing
Track record of framing trade-offs across commercial, operational and technical demands for executive decision-making
Experience running a roadmap process reporting to a product committee, steering group or executive sponsor
Strong commercial judgement and ability to size opportunity, cost and risk
Technical depth to discuss architecture, delivery risk and technical debt with engineering
Strong organizational and prioritization skills across concurrent initiatives
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to explain technical concepts and requirements to business stakeholders
Experience coaching product managers and improving discovery, specification and delivery practices
Familiarity with compliance, privacy and regulatory considerations in fintech is an asset

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
Five paid personal days
Paid volunteer time
Summer Fridays
Regular team events
Direct exposure to the executive team
Equal opportunity, diverse and inclusive workplace