Staff Product Manager New York, New York, United States

Brex Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in New York City is looking for a Principal Product Manager to define and lead product strategy in a high-growth environment. This role involves collaborating with various cross-functional teams to ensure impactful product initiatives. Candidates should have 7-10 years of product management experience, especially in fintech, and demonstrate strong analytical and executive communication skills. The expected salary range is $240,000 - $300,000, with additional compensation options available.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of product management experience in high-growth B2B or fintech.
• Proven track record of leading complex, high-impact product initiatives.
• Strong fluency in technical systems and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Define and own a multi-quarter product vision and strategy.
• Lead complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Partner closely with Engineering to design scalable systems.
• Set clear success metrics and hold teams accountable.

Skills

Product management experience

Strategic rigor

Technical depth

Analytical excellence

Executive communication

Systems mindset

High standards

Job description

### Principal Product Manager#### New York, New York, United StatesPrincipal Product Manager**Why join us**Brex is the AI-powered spend platform. We help companies spend with confidence with integrated corporate cards, banking, and global payments, plus intuitive software for travel and expenses. Tens of thousands of companies from startups to enterprises — including DoorDash, Flexport, and Compass — use Brex to proactively control spend, reduce costs, and increase efficiency on a global scale.Working at Brex allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream. We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career.## **Product at Brex**The Product team is at the forefront of Brex's mission to empower employees anywhere to make better financial decisions. With a deep understanding of the business, we identify and scope out the most impactful opportunities for Brex to tackle. We are responsible for aligning cross-functional teams — such as Engineering, Legal, Compliance, and Design — on key decisions. We set strategy and drive products from inception to launch, enabling Brex to grow rapidly and help our customers reach their full potential.## **What you’ll do**As a Staff Product Manager at Brex, you will operate at the intersection of product strategy, technical depth, and business impact. You will define and drive multi-quarter strategy within one of Brex’s most critical product domains, leading initiatives that materially shape the company’s trajectory.You will be expected to identify the highest-leverage problems, frame them with rigor, and mobilize cross-functional teams to deliver step-function improvements in customer value, revenue, efficiency, or distribution.You will work directly with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Design, Data, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Finance, and GTM. You will influence decisions beyond your immediate team and elevate the standards of product thinking across the organization.## **Where you’ll work**This role will be based in either our San Francisco, Seattle or New York City office. You must be willing to work in the office at least 3 days per week on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Employees will be able to work remotely for up to 4 weeks per year, for a minimum of one week at a time.## **Responsibilities*** Define and own a multi-quarter product vision and strategy aligned to Brex’s highest company priorities.* Identify high-leverage opportunities that create durable competitive advantage, not just incremental improvements.* Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives that span multiple teams, systems, and stakeholder groups.* Develop deep domain expertise in your area (e.g., financial infrastructure, risk systems, growth systems, payables ecosystem, etc.) and use it to inform product direction.* Partner closely with Engineering to design scalable technical systems, engaging meaningfully in architectural discussions and tradeoffs.* Set clear success metrics tied to company-level outcomes and hold teams accountable to measurable impact.* Drive structured decision-making in ambiguous environments, balancing speed with rigor.* Influence senior leaders and executives through clear thinking, strong written narratives, and data-backed recommendations.* Improve product craft and operating standards across the organization, mentoring PMs and elevating how we build.## **Requirements*** **Experience:** 7–10+ years of product management experience, with a demonstrated track record of leading complex, high-impact product initiatives in high-growth B2B or fintech environments. Experience building platform or financial infrastructure products is strongly preferred.* **Strategic rigor:** Proven ability to define product strategy that translates into measurable business outcomes.* **Technical depth:** Strong fluency in technical systems and architecture. You are comfortable discussing APIs, data models, experimentation frameworks, and system tradeoffs with engineers.* **Analytical excellence:** Highly data-driven. Strong experience defining metrics, running experiments, and using SQL (or similar tools) to guide decisions.* **Executive communication:** Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Ability to influence senior stakeholders through structured thinking and compelling narratives.* **Systems mindset:** Ability to reason holistically across product, technical, operational, compliance, and revenue systems.* **High standards:** Demonstrated ability to raise the quality bar — for product thinking, execution, and customer experience.## **Compensation**The expected salary range for this role is $240,000 - $300,000. However, the starting base pay will depend on a number of factors including the candidate’s location, skills, experience, market demands, and internal pay parity. Depending on the position offered, equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.*Please be aware, job-seekers may be at risk of targeting by malicious actors looking for personal data. Brex recruiters will only reach out via LinkedIn or email with a domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Brex via other sources should be ignored.*