Senior Director: Product

About Lavu, Inc.

Lavu helps profitable high-growth restaurants run seamlessly and move money effortlessly—maximizing control, eliminating fees, and increasing profitability. We unify restaurant operations and finance into one simple, easy-to-use platform so owners can run, pay, get paid, and grow.

We’re transforming how restaurants operate with our mobile/cloud POS across fine dining, QSR, bars, cafes, pizzerias, and food trucks in 80+ countries. Our mission: partner with owners through knowledge, solutions, and expertise that accelerate growth while advancing the industry.

Director of Product

Lead Marty. Drive Product Execution. Help Build the Financial OS.

Location: Tampa, FL (in office)

THE ROLE

Lavu is building the Financial OS for modern restaurant brands — POS, Payments, Payroll, Banking, Cards and Marty, the AI intelligence layer that ties it all together.

You will lead:

Marty — our AI agent ecosystem and intelligence platform

All Product — POS, Payments, Payroll, Banking, Card Issuing Product Strategy — cross-product roadmap, adoption, and revenue impact

Cross-functional execution with Engineering, Data, Design, and GTMProduct performance across thousands of restaurants in 75 countries

This is the role that turns Lavu’s product portfolio into a unified, AI-powered financial operating system used by the most ambitious restaurants in the world.

WHY NOW

Lavu has crossed into a new category:

50% YoY growth, profitableEBITDA doubled four years in a row#1 Restaurant POS on G2

Operating in 75 countries

Embedded finance adoption is accelerating

Marty is live and customers want more Banking and card issuing are now in motion

We have product–market fit.

We have scale.

We have a data advantage no one else has.

Now we need a product leader who turns this into a category-dominating OS.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

1. Lead and Scale Marty (our AI Restaurant Operating System)

You define and drive the intelligence layer for the entire company.

You will:

Own the AI roadmap and agent ecosystem

Turn Marty into the system restaurants rely on daily

Build and refine intelligence across POS, payments, payroll, banking

Drive adoption across thousands of restaurants

Make Marty a core retention, expansion, and revenue driver

2. Own Product Strategy Across the Financial OS

You are accountable for product outcomes across:

POS → Payments → Payroll → Banking → Cards

You will deliver:

90% attachment on payments
25% adoption of payroll, banking, and cards in 12 months

High-impact financial and operational product releases

Clear revenue and margin outcomes tied to product usage

3. Partner Closely with Engineering to Increase Velocity

You will not manage engineering, but your alignment with engineering drives the company.

You will:

Set priorities, clarify specs, remove ambiguity

Drive a fast, predictable product development rhythm

Shape platform evolution and architecture priorities with engineering leadership

Improve execution quality and reliability through clarity and focus

4. Drive Commercial Impact Through Product

This is a commercial role, not a feature factory.

You will:

Deliver $5M+ ARR in embedded finance in 12–18 months

Improve NRR through adoption

Expand ARPU and unit economics

Build a roadmap tied directly to financial impact, not vanity metrics

5. Build the Product Org That Scales

You inherit a working team.

You build the next generation.

You will:

Hire PMs, AI product talent, and design

Establish standards, rituals, and clarity

Build the culture that ships consistently

Strengthen cross-functional operating rhythms

REQUIREMENTS (NON-NEGOTIABLE)

Technical + Domain Leadership

Built and scaled fintech or embedded finance products

Experience with payments, payroll, banking, or card issuing

Strong understanding of platform architecture

Experience owning data or AI-driven product systems

Can partner deeply with senior engineering leaders

Execution Track Record

Owned zero-to-one and scaled one-to-ten products

Delivered complex, regulated, multi-product environments

Improved execution velocity and product quality

Strong understanding of product economics and monetization

Leadership

Clear communicator who creates alignment

Can influence cross-functionally without drama or politics

Operates with…