VP Agile Product Management

Boeing Employees Credit Union; Idaho; Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Company Match (up to 3%)

Medical, Dental and Vision

PTO + Exchange Program

Tuition Reimbursement Program

Volunteer time off + donation match

Job summary

BECU, a trusted financial institution serving millions of members, invites an experienced Vice President of Agile Product Management to join our Seattle-area team. You will shape enterprise product practices, governance, and the roadmap, guiding product leaders and coaches across the organization.

You will partner with senior leaders to align strategy with execution, manage cross-product dependencies, and improve outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience building, deploying, or leading products.
• 10 years of people leadership in a matrixed environment.
• 5 years of broad product management experience with multiple agile teams.
• Experience leading product management practices and governance across a large organization.
• Willing to travel up to 15% to the headquarters in Tukwila, if not based in Seattle.

Responsibilities

• Shape the Product Management Function: lead enterprise product management lifecycle, operating model, governance, tools, processes, and continuous improvement.
• Coach and Develop Talent: provide coaching, mentoring, and training; conduct timely performance evaluations.
• Build Consistent Standards: implement and oversee product management standards across the organization.
• Guide the Enterprise Roadmap: drive creation and maintenance of the enterprise product roadmap, align with strategy and priorities.
• Grow Product Leadership: identify leadership needs, define roles, hire talent, onboard, coach leaders.
• Lead Through Influence: develop a team of product coaches with matrix leadership responsibilities.
• Resolve Enterprise Constraints: identify, accelerate, and resolve dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Strengthen Cross-Product Decisions: establish Product Council for alignment and decision-making.
• Connect Plans and Priorities: integrate roadmaps, funding decisions, and delivery plans with stakeholders.
• Advise Senior Leaders: provide updates to executive forums on progress, risks, and priorities.

Skills

Product leadership

Agile delivery

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Coaching and mentoring

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in business/tech/product

Job description

Is it surprising to hear that a financial institution of 1.5 million members and over $30 billion in managed assets say that success comes from focusing on people, not profits?

Our "people helping people" philosophy has guided us since 1935, driving our deep commitment to serving our members, communities, and each other. When you join our team, you become part of a purpose-driven organization where your work makes a real difference.

While we're proud of our history, we're even more excited about our future. With business and technology transformation on the horizon, there's never been a better time to be part of BECU.

You bring more than your expertise to your role, and that matters here. Your story, perspectives, and lived experiences help shape belonging at BECU and deepen how we connect with and support our employees, our members, and our communities.

PAY RANGE

The Target Pay Range for this position is $250,000.00-$300,000.00 annually. The full Pay Range is $200,000.00 - $350,000.00 annually. At BECU, compensation decisions are determined using factors such as relevant job-related skills, experience, and education or training. Should an offer for employment be made, we will consider individual qualifications. In addition to your salary, compensation incentives are available for the hired applicant. Incentives are performance based and targets vary by role.

BENEFITS

- because people helping people starts with supporting you

• 401(k) Company Match (up to 3%)
• 4% annual contribution to your 401(k) by BECU
• Medical, Dental and Vision (family contributions as well)
• PTO Program + Exchange Program
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• BECU Cares volunteer time off + donation match

IMPACT YOU'LL MAKE:

As Vice President of Agile Product Management, you'll shape how product management works across BECU and strengthen the connection between enterprise strategy and execution. You'll establish the lifecycle, operating model, governance, tools, and standards that enable consistent and effective product practices. By leading product coaches, guiding product leaders across the organization, and partnering with senior leaders, you'll help maintain the enterprise product roadmap, address cross-product dependencies, and improve product execution outcomes.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Shape the Product Management Function: Lead BECU's enterprise product management function, including the product management lifecycle, operating model, governance, tools, processes, controls, and continuous improvement practices.
• Coach and Develop Talent: Provide ongoing coaching, mentoring, and training to support employee growth and performance, and meet with staff in a timely manner to conduct performance evaluations.
• Build Consistent Standards: Implement and oversee product management standards across BECU to strengthen role clarity, product maturity, execution discipline, and the effectiveness of product leaders.
• Guide the Enterprise Roadmap: Drive the creation and ongoing maintenance of the BECU-level product roadmap, aligning it with enterprise strategy, portfolio priorities, product plans, technology capacity, and execution commitments.
• Grow Product Leadership: Identify enterprise product leadership needs, define roles, hire talent, support onboarding, and continuously coach product leaders.
• Lead Through Influence: Develop a team of product coaches while providing matrix leadership and dotted-line accountability for product leaders across BECU.
• Resolve Enterprise Constraints: Implement processes to identify, accelerate, and resolve dependencies, issues, risks, capacity constraints, and tradeoffs that affect product execution or strategic outcomes.
• Strengthen Cross-Product Decisions: Establish and lead a Product Council that improves alignment, strengthens decision-making, and resolves tactical and strategic execution issues.
• Connect Plans and Priorities: Integrate product roadmaps, dependencies, funding decisions, and delivery plans in partnership with business, technology, portfolio, finance, risk, and senior leadership stakeholders.
• Advise Senior Leaders: Provide regular updates and recommendations to executive and senior leadership forums on product roadmap progress, execution risks, capacity challenges, issue resolution, and priority changes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, technology, engineering, product management, related field, or equivalent work or educational experience required.
• 10 years of experience building, deploying, or leading products, including experience in product management, project or program management, engineering or technology delivery, or equivalent roles.
• 10 years of people leadership experience, including experience leading senior professionals and influencing teams in a matrixed environment.
• 5 years of broad product management experience required, including accountability beyond product owner responsibilities and experience overseeing multiple scrum or agile teams.
• Experience leading product management practices, operating models, governance forums, or product transformations across a large, complex organization.
• Willing to travel up to 15% to the headquarters In Tukwila, if not based in Seattle.

Desired Qualifications

• This job is remote or hybrid, but preference is that you reside in the following states: Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California, Arizona, Georgia, North California, South Carolina, Texas or Virginia.
• Advanced degree
• Experience in financial services, credit unions, banking, or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience leading a significant product transformation.
• Strong understanding of agile delivery, technology capacity planning, product roadmaps, portfolio alignment, dependency management, and enterprise execution.
• Proven ability to influence executives, senior leaders, technology leaders, and cross-functional partners to align priorities, resolve tradeoffs, and drive enterprise outcomes.
• Excellent communication, executive presence, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills required, including the ability to communicate complex product, capacity, and execution topics to executive and technology leaders.

BECU reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need rises.

EEO Statement:

BECU is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status.