VP, Product Strategy & Investor Governance Platform

Selby Jennings; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is seeking a Vice President of Product Management in New York to lead the strategy and evolution of a market-leading proxy voting and investment stewardship platform used by institutional investors, asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, and corporate issuers.

You will own the product vision, partner with engineering, and work directly with clients to drive innovation, adoption, and commercial success while guiding a small team through the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of product management experience within financial services, fintech, market infrastructure, governance technology, or related sectors.
• Deep understanding of proxy voting, shareholder governance, investment stewardship, corporate actions, or institutional investor workflows.
• Experience working with institutional investors, asset managers, custodians, broker-dealers, transfer agents, or governance service providers.
• Track record of managing complex enterprise platforms and delivering measurable business outcomes.
• Strong ability to communicate effectively with both technical teams and executive stakeholders.
• Experience building product roadmaps, defining requirements, and working within Agile development environments.
• Intellectual curiosity around AI and emerging technologies and their application to financial services products.
• Executive presence and the ability to influence senior internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own product strategy, roadmap, and execution for a suite of proxy voting and investment stewardship solutions.
• Partner with engineering teams to define product requirements, prioritize enhancements, and deliver scalable technology solutions.
• Work directly with institutional clients to understand operational challenges, gather feedback, and identify opportunities for product innovation.
• Drive adoption and commercial success by ensuring products align with evolving client needs, market trends, and regulatory developments.
• Translate complex governance, stewardship, and proxy voting workflows into intuitive and scalable product capabilities.
• Collaborate with sales, client service, operations, legal, and technology teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Evaluate opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and emerging technologies to improve client outcomes and operational efficiency.
• Present product strategy, priorities, and business cases to executive stakeholders and senior client audiences.
• Lead and mentor a small team while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and client focus.

Skills

Product management

Financial services

Governance technology

Executive communication

Agile development

Executive collaboration

AI awareness

Job description

Selby Jennings is seeking a Vice President of Product Management in New York to lead the strategy and evolution of a market-leading proxy voting and investment stewardship platform used by institutional investors, asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, and corporate issuers.

You will own the product vision, partner with engineering, and work directly with clients to drive innovation, adoption, and commercial success while guiding a small team through the product lifecycle.