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Harnham lists this Director of Product opportunity in new york city, New York. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
***IN OFFICE 4-5x A WEEK IN NYC***
Our client is seeking a Director of Product to own the end-to-end product experience at a fast-growing technology company operating at the intersection of fintech, HR technology, and AI . This is a player-coach role reporting directly to the CEO. You will shape product strategy alongside senior leadership, lead and grow a combined product and design organization, and remain hands-on enough to prototype, provide thoughtful critique, and help drive products from concept through launch.
What You’ll Do
Own the product vision and roadmap across a suite of workforce, payroll, benefits, and financial products, ensuring they come together as a seamless experience
Establish a high bar for product quality and design, ensuring every interaction, workflow, and piece of content reflects strong product judgment
Define how users interact with AI-powered and agentic software , creating experiences that feel intuitive, transparent, trustworthy, and genuinely useful
Embrace AI-native product development by rapidly prototyping concepts, testing with customers, incorporating feedback, and accelerating the path from idea to launch
Lead, hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing product and design organization, fostering strong collaboration between product, design, and engineering
Build strong customer feedback loops across both growing businesses and larger enterprise organizations, translating customer needs into meaningful product improvements
Partner closely with engineering on prioritization, technical tradeoffs, product quality, and execution
Balance product delight with accuracy and reliability, particularly across complex workflows involving compliance, taxation, financial transactions, and other high-stakes requirements
Help shape the broader company narrative, with product strategy and execution contributing to sales, fundraising, customer conversations, and market positioning
What We’re Looking For
5+ years of product management experience , including 2+ years leading product teams , with a track record of shipping complex B2B, fintech, SaaS, or similarly sophisticated products
Strong product and design fluency—you can challenge a product requirements document while also providing meaningful feedback on user experience and visual design
Exceptional product taste and a demonstrated ability to create experiences that stand out, even within traditionally complex or unglamorous categories
An AI-native mindset with hands-on experience using modern AI tools to prototype, build, test, or improve products
Strong perspective on how to make LLM-powered and agentic experiences intuitive, reliable, transparent, and valuable rather than gimmicky
Experience in fintech, payroll, HR technology, payments, financial services, or another regulated/correctness-critical industry is highly desirable
Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with significant ownership and accountability
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with executives, founders, customers, engineers, and other stakeholders
A proven ability to identify, hire, mentor, and develop high-caliber product and design talent
Nice to Have
Early-stage or founding product/design experience
Experience building global products, including localization, multi-country compliance, or cross-border financial workflows
Experience serving both SMB and enterprise customer segments
Experience scaling products through periods of rapid growth and organizational change
Why Join
Join a high-growth technology company building the next generation of AI-powered workforce and financial solutions . You’ll have significant ownership over the product vision and the opportunity to shape how businesses manage complex workforce and financial operations through a modern, intelligent software experience.
Who can apply
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