Product Director

We're seeking a detail-oriented leader who thrives in the weeds and has a proven track record of successfully driving innovation in an agile environment. As a Product Director in Home Lending, you'll lead the charge in creating products and features that captivate and delight customers. You'll harness your expertise to challenge the status quo, eliminate obstacles, and cultivate a culture of continuous innovation. You'll partner with cross-functional teams to deliver transformative solutions and deliver best-in-class products.

Join us in redefining the future of Home Lending

Job responsibilities:

• Define and Prioritize Product Backlog: Work closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, define user stories, and prioritize the product backlog to ensure alignment with business goals and customer needs.
• Collaborate with Development Teams: Engage daily with engineering and design teams to set strategy, clarify requirements, provide feedback, and ensure that product increments are delivered on time and meet quality standards.
• Conduct User Research and Testing: Organize and participate in user research sessions and usability testing to gather insights and validate product features, iterating based on feedback.
• Facilitate Agile Ceremonies: Lead and participate in agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to ensure effective team collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Monitor Product Performance: Analyze product performance metrics and user feedback to identify areas for improvement and make data-driven decisions to enhance the product.
• Communicate with Stakeholders: Regularly update stakeholders on product progress, challenges, and upcoming priorities, ensuring transparency and alignment across the organization.
• Develop Product Roadmaps: Create and maintain product roadmaps that outline the strategic direction and key milestones, ensuring they are communicated and understood by all relevant parties.
• Stay Informed on Industry Trends: Continuously research and stay informed about industry trends, competitor products, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation and differentiation.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Customer-Centric Mindset: Demonstrate a deep understanding of customer needs and pain points, uncovering root cause, and use this knowledge to guide product development and prioritize features that deliver maximum value.
• Visionary Leadership: Ability to articulate a clear product vision and strategy that aligns with the company's goals, and inspire cross-functional teams to work towards achieving it.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Proficiency in using data and analytics to inform product decisions, measure success, and iterate on product features to improve user experience and business outcomes.
• Collaboration and Communication: Strong skills in collaborating with engineering, design, and business teams, and effectively communicating product goals, priorities, and progress to stakeholders at all levels.
• Technical Acumen: A solid understanding of the technical aspects of product development, enabling effective collaboration with engineering teams and informed decision-making regarding technical trade-offs.
• Agile Methodology Expertise: Experience in working within agile frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban, to manage product backlogs, plan sprints, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality product increments.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to identify root cause over symptom problems, formulate real problem statements and address product challenges creatively and efficiently, ensuring that solutions align with both user needs and business objectives.
• Market and Competitive Analysis: Conduct thorough market research and competitive analysis to identify opportunities for differentiation and innovation, and incorporate these insights into the product roadmap.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor's Degree in a Relevant Field: A degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Previous experience in user experience design and solution design.
• Proficient in Figma, JIRA, JIRA Align, Excel, PowerPoint, Process Mapping Tools.

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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