Interim Lead Product Manager

Acin Limited; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic fintech company that is reshaping operational risk management with innovative solutions. As a Senior Product Manager, you will lead cross-functional teams to define and deliver a market-leading cloud-based platform. Collaborate with engineers, designers, and data scientists to solve complex client problems and drive product innovation. This role offers the chance to influence product strategy and work in a supportive environment that values creativity and excellence. With a strong team culture and exciting benefits, this is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a fast-growing industry.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced Private Health Insurance

Life insurance with Smart Health services

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Perkbox discount platform

Employee Assistance Program

Cycle to work scheme

Electric car leasing

Regular company events and socials

Strong team culture

Qualifications

• Experience as a senior Product Manager in fintech or similar.
• Strong understanding of data engineering and AI.
• Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and track product objectives with the Chief Product Officer.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions.
• Host workshops to gather user requirements and feedback.

Skills

Product Management

Agile Methodologies

Data Engineering

Data Science

Artificial Intelligence

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Product Analytics Tools

Job description

About us

Our product is all about collaboration and innovation. So are our people. We’re a small team, but we’ve got a big vision: to build a brand-new infrastructure for operational risk management. It’s not easy. We’re redefining the way some of the world’s biggest financial services companies and banks work with data. There are a lot of challenges – but a lot of opportunities to think and act creatively, too.

Backed by banks (JP Morgan, Citi, Barclays, Lloyds, BNP) and ratings agencies, Acin helps banks objectively manage their risk control landscape. Based on a network of peers, Acin’s data protocols connect a bank’s risk control data across their firm and industry leading to greater cost savings, and creating huge efficiency savings across the bank both in front and back-office operations.

The role

You shape and deliver the Acin product to become a market leading cloud-based platform, finding innovative solutions to address client problems.

Main duties

• Working with clients and Acin team members to define, shape and solve problems via the product.
• Working with the Chief Product Officer, you will define and track quarterly objectives, own your ongoing product roadmap and any related metrics or key results.
• Hosting end user workshops to elicit and define requirements of how the Acin product can better solve problem areas. Working with end users and our design team to discover, explore, and clearly define problems to be solved.
• Working with designers, engineers and data scientists to explore, test and document solutions to these problems.
• Coordinating and coaching cross functional squads to discover solutions to problems and deliver OKRs.
• Prioritising the delivery workload of the squads and shaping feature releases to deliver OKRs.
• Driving innovation of squad teams to deliver effective & elegant solutions to clients’ problems.
• Collaborate with Intelligence & Analytics, Engineering and Client teams to embed product releases for maximum impact and value.
• Supporting the development of the Acin Product Vision and Strategy.
• Working with our QA engineers, you will define repeatable and automated tests for all proposed solutions, so that we deliver performant and high-quality releases.
• Line management and development of one Junior Product Manager in line with business goals and career progression aspirations.
• Maintain a culture of excellence in the Product Management team that is aligned with Acin values.

Requirements

• Experience as a senior or lead Product Manager, ideally within a scaling fintech or relevant organisation, leading multiple cross functional squads of engineers, designers, and data scientists.
• Operating in a complex technology and data environment, with a good understanding of data engineering, data science and artificial intelligence.
• A clear track record of solving the hard problems by bringing cross functional teams together and inspiring your team in the process.
• Experience of delivering impactful products in an agile manner.
• Setting up, managing, and getting the best out of Jira, Confluence and Product Analytics tools.
• You can communicate clearly and effectively to challenging audiences, including to clients and engineers.
• You have experience of setting and tracking OKRs for your product teams to deliver successful outcomes for a company.
• Experience communicating complex technology solutions in simple terms to non-technical users or stakeholders.
• Technical requirement definition in a complex B2B environment.

Benefits

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing, dynamic fintech that is creating huge momentum in the market. Alongside a friendly, dynamic, and inclusive culture, we offer…

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Enhanced Private Health Insurance for you and your family
• Life insurance, including access to their Smart Health services such as unlimited access to an online GP as well as a range of other health and wellbeing experts
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave policies
• Perkbox - a discount platform and wellbeing resource centre.
• Employee Assistance Program – access to free counselling sessions and support through Perkbox.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric car leasing
• Hybrid working options + an amazing office in Central London
• Regular company events and socials
• A strong team culture where successes are celebrated together. Our core company values are get up and go, keep going, and always further.

Acin is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, sex, colour, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.