Sr. Product Director

About Origence

With 30 years at the forefront of fintech innovation, we specialize in SaaS lending solutions that lead the industry. Our core mission is customer-centric, focusing on empowering Credit Unions across the United States with the tools to offer accessible, competitive lending services. We're deeply committed to enhancing the financial ecosystem for a broad network of credit unions, members and auto dealers. We invest in our greatest assets, our employees, and foster a culture of innovation and ownership through freedom and responsibility. We celebrate fiscal accountability, operational rigor and efficiency to create a sustainably healthy and robust business for the long term.

The Sr. Product Director - Solution Management is a strategic thinker that is responsible for working closely with our Product Strategy team to fully understand the product business justification, client needs and requirements, vendor options, technological options and the competitive landscape. The Software Product Director collaborates with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, designers, and marketing professionals, to ensure the successful product solution is identified, vetted and validated so that clear, concise and complete features can be provided to the execution team.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Product Strategy, Research and Vision:

• In collaboration with the Product Strategy team, develop and communicate a clear product solution vision aligned with the company's overall objectives.
• Conduct market research, competitor analysis, and stay abreast of industry trends to inform product solution strategy.
• Build the Solution Roadmap in alignment with Epic Roadmap (Client Facing) for distribution to the Product and Development Team

Progressive Elaboration

• Leadership of Solution Planning to deliver on EPIC Success Criteria including:
  • Test Plan/Strategy (UAT, Performance, E2E testing)
  • Customer Validation Plan/Strategy
  • Solution Features
  • Dependencies and impact analysis to system and processes
  • Understanding and accounting for solution impacts to customer onboarding, billing and cost to implement
  • Understand Compliance Requirements and adherence
  • Define how to measure client AV, success measures

Leadership & Collaboration:

• Lead a multidisciplinary product team, fostering collaboration and a shared understanding of product goals.
• Work closely with stakeholders, including executives, to align product strategies with overall business objectives.
• Provide guidance to cross-functional teams throughout the product development life cycle.

Customer Focus:

• Maintain a deep understanding of customer nee