What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Product Manager Lead position at KellyMitchell Group?
Job Summary
Our client, a leading financial services provider, is seeking a Senior Product Manager Lead to join their hybrid team in McLean, Richmond, or NYC.
Key initiative:
Core Responsibilities
At KellyMitchell, our culture is world class. We’re movers and shakers! We don’t mind a bit of friendly competition, and we reward hard work with unlimited potential for growth. This is an exciting opportunity to join a company known for innovative solutions and unsurpassed customer service. We're passionate about helping companies solve their biggest IT staffing & project solutions challenges. As an employee-owned, women-led organization serving Fortune 500 companies nationwide, we deliver expert service at a moment's notice.
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Our client, a leading financial services provider, is seeking a Senior Product Manager Lead to join their hybrid team in McLean, Richmond, or NYC.
Key initiative:
- Break down monolith into modular components
- Improve system scalability and maintainability
Core Responsibilities
- Define and own the product roadmap in partnership with tech leads
- Identify gaps, propose solutions, and drive continuous improvements
- Focus on forward-looking platform capabilities for trading desks
- Manage product backlogs and sprint cycles
- Collaborate closely with engineering and business stakeholders
- Act as the primary point of contact (POC) for requests and escalations across business teams
- Ensure solutions support auditable risk mitigation practices
- Oversee regulatory reporting improvements
- Identify next steps and enhancements in risk workflows
- Collaborating closely with business and engineering stakeholders to surface requirements and align on expectations
- Partnering with the tech lead to define and own the product roadmap, translating engineering input and stakeholder pain points into a prioritized plan
- Breaking down opportunity areas — upstream data quality, model risk testing, reporting UX, and code modernization — into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Driving day-to-day backlog prioritization and sprint ceremonies alongside the engineering team
- Identifying and closing gaps in automation, compliance readiness, and platform standardization as the migration completes
- Serving as the primary point of contact for requests and escalations, managing communication and expectation-setting across business partners
- 8 years of experience (8 years minimum, no exceptions)
- Strong background in: Product management and Risk (market/liquidity/capital)
- Product Management expertise: roadmap ownership, backlog management, delivery execution
- Experience working closely with engineering teams
- Familiarity with tools: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft PowerPoint / Word
- Experience designing auditable risk mitigation solutions
- Experience with regulatory reporting environments
- Experience within financial services, insurance, banking, or other highly regulated industries strongly preferred
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a bias toward action
- Solution-focused: identifies problems and brings options, not just issues
- Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills
- Comfortable operating independently in fast-moving, high-pressure environments
- Confident communicating with and presenting to senior executives
- Location: McLean, VA; , Richmond, VA; or NYC
- Hybrid, 3 days a week onsite
- Pay Range: The approximate pay range for this position is between $75.00 and $90.00. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to background, knowledge, skills, and location. We comply with local wage minimums.
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Plans
- Employee-Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP)
- 401K offered
At KellyMitchell, our culture is world class. We’re movers and shakers! We don’t mind a bit of friendly competition, and we reward hard work with unlimited potential for growth. This is an exciting opportunity to join a company known for innovative solutions and unsurpassed customer service. We're passionate about helping companies solve their biggest IT staffing & project solutions challenges. As an employee-owned, women-led organization serving Fortune 500 companies nationwide, we deliver expert service at a moment's notice.
Marketing Disclosure
By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from KellyMitchell and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at https://www.careers.kellymitchell.com/privacy-policy
Salary : $75 - $90