Lead Product Manager - Risk

Burns Sheehan; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic FinTech company as a Lead Product Manager, where you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of risk technology. This role offers a unique chance to own critical systems that drive growth and profitability while working in a data-rich environment alongside top-tier engineers. If you're passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technology to make smarter decisions and thrive in fast-paced environments, this is the perfect challenge for you. Be part of a mission-driven team that's scaling rapidly and making a real impact in the industry.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Product Management, particularly in FinTech.
• Strong commercial instincts and ability to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of next-generation risk infrastructure.
• Collaborate with engineers and data scientists to drive product success.

Skills

Product Management

Risk Management

Credit Decisioning

Fraud Detection

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Job description

Lead Product Manager | FinTech | Risk Technology

Role: Lead Product Manager

Salary: Up to £110,000 + Shares

Location: London (Hybrid - 3 days onsite)

We're partnered with a high-growth, mission-driven FinTech that's rethinking how technology is consumed-making it more affordable, flexible, and sustainable.

With a growing user base and strong traction across both consumer and business markets, they're doubling down on one of their most critical capabilities: intelligent, scalable risk and credit decisioning. This is a core pillar of the business, powering everything from onboarding and pricing to fraud detection and customer experience.

They're now hiring a dedicated Lead Product Manager to take ownership of this area and help build the company's next-generation risk infrastructure.

What makes this special:

Deep impact - own the systems that sit at the heart of growth, risk, and profitability

️ Cutting-edge tech - opportunity to shape how LLMs, Open Banking, and new data sources power smarter decisions

Data-rich environment - work alongside top-tier engineers and data scientists to turn insight into outcomes

Mission-led and scaling fast - sustainable business model, clear product-market fit, and strong investor backing

What we're looking for:

️ 5+ years of Product Management experience

️ Experience in risk, credit, fraud, or other fintech infrastructure domains

️ Fluent in backend systems & confident working closely with engineers and data scientists

️ Strong commercial and analytical instincts

️ Excellent communicator and influencer, able to align senior stakeholders and technical teams

️ Autonomous, decisive, and outcome-oriented-you thrive in fast-paced, high-ownership environments

If this sounds like your kind of challenge, we'd love to chat. ️

Lead Product Manager | Sustainable FinTech | Risk | Decisioning

Burns Sheehan Ltd will consider applications based only on skills and ability and will not discriminate on any grounds.