Product Strategy Manager

Senior Product Strategy Manager

Job Summary The Senior Product Strategy Manager is responsible for defining and executing the strategic direction, product lifecycle management, and financial performance of assigned products and services within the Payment Product organization at Mountain America Credit Union. This role serves as the strategic business leader for assigned products, balancing member needs, organizational goals, profitability, competitive positioning, operational scalability, and long‑term market relevance by applying product management disciplines with a strong focus on strategic decision‑making, organizational influence, and measurable business outcomes.

• Lead development of product strategy and recommend direction aligned to organization priorities.
• Develop and maintain multi‑year product strategies that align members’ needs, competitive market trends, financial goals, operational capabilities, and organizational vision.
• Execute product strategy within defined portfolio and governance frameworks.
• Identify emerging market trends, technologies, regulatory developments, competitive shifts, and innovation opportunities that may impact assigned products, translating insights into actionable strategic recommendations.
• Support enterprise strategy development for new products, enhancements, partnerships, and investments by conducting financial modeling, ROI analysis, implementation planning, success measurement, and organizational impact assessment.
• Escalate strategic decisions requiring executive alignment on product strategy changes that improve performance, member adoption, operational efficiency, strategic positioning, and financial outcomes.
• Operate within established governance frameworks with defined decision thresholds.
• Monitor and manage product performance, KPIs and success metrics, including but not limited to growth, utilization, member engagement, profitability, operational performance, adoption, satisfaction, and strategic business outcomes.
• Align the strategic evolution and lifecycle management of assigned products and services from ideation through launch, optimization, maturity, and retirement.
• Distill themes and opportunities from member feedback, operational data, financial performance, partner input, market intelligence, competitive analysis, and organizational priorities to inform product strategy and investment decisions.
• Apply product management principles to define product vision, roadmap priorities, business requirements, and member value propositions while ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Make strategic recommendations regarding product enhancements, investments, partnerships, portfolio direction, and long‑term business positioning.
• Influence cross‑functional stakeholders within assigned product domain.
• Provide strategic leadership on initiatives requiring coordination across multiple business units, operational teams, technology partners, vendors, and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with operations, implementation, project management, technology, finance, compliance, risk, marketing, vendors, and leadership teams to successfully deliver strategic initiatives and business outcomes.
• Maintain strong relationships with key partners, vendors, networks, and third‑party providers relevant to assigned product domains.
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy, exercising sound judgment in evaluating opportunities, trade‑offs, and product investment decisions within established governance frameworks.
• Ensure transparency and communication of strategic priorities, roadmap direction, business performance, and upcoming changes across key stakeholders.
• Maintain accountability for product quality, strategic relevance, operational scalability, member experience, and business performance outcomes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, marketing, technology, strategy, or related field OR three additional combined years of education and directly relevant experience. Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience:
  
  5‑7 years in product management, product strategy, business strategy or related roles with…