Vice President, Slate Product Strategy

JPMorganChase•Wilmington, NC

About The Position

The Slate product team is responsible for managing the Slate Edge and legacy Slate card portfolio, two value products that provide lending flexibility and credit access to our customers. In this role, you role will define and deliver customer and P&L focused strategies for our customers. Using your understanding of the needs of the customer segment, internal processes, P&L acumen, and levers we use to drive customer acquisition and engagement, you will dive into various aspects of our Slate products and target segments to identify opportunities to profitably advocate for our customers and expand Slate to serve more customers. As the part of the product strategy team for Slate, you will be responsible to partner across the organization to map and size existing and potential new opportunities for the segment while stretching across other roles to support key portfolio activities in marketing, risk, and potentially acquisitions. The relationships you build and develop with a broad variety of teams across our operations, acquisition, channels, collections, risk management, etc. teams will be key to your success. Using your data analysis, finance background, strategy experience, and customer mindset, you will quantify opportunities through work across the immediate team and with partners. These opportunities will drive substantial conversations and strategies that will create smart and profitable segment expansions. Strategy in hand, you will collaborate to bring together teams to implement and deliver our broader bank goals and mission. To be successful, you are comfortable going broad and deep, looking for opportunities and supporting the broader team to identify, size, and implement a variety of initiatives. You have a background in credit cards or other forms of consumer lending. You are capable of talking about customers, P&Ls, marketing, brand, acquisition, segments, or risk.

Requirements

Focus on the customer and the jobs our products perform to address the needs of segment and how they fit into our existing products or potential new products
Prior experience in risk, finance, marketing, or product management in financial services
Partner effectively and conscientiously by leading through strong collaboration
Focus on driving quantifiable business results, returns for shareholders, and value for customers
Experienced in helping design data studies, reading beyond the data, understanding customer drivers and needs, experimenting, learning, and taking calculated risks based on data
Pushes boundaries of “what could be” to innovate and serve our customers’ needs

Nice To Haves

Proven ability to take initiative, influence others, and achieve results without direct supervision over resources
Strong analytical, problem solving and planning skills with an excellent ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and experience with SAAS, data queries
Excellent written and verbal presentation skills including proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
Prior experience in credit card issuing institutions, risk management, marketing, or finance functions
MBA or equivalent experience in a financial services or consumer product organization

Responsibilities

Bring an entrepreneurial and self-starter attitude to evaluate opportunities for the Slate portfolio of cards
Provide strategic thought to develop and prioritize the most critical initiatives to grow revenues and accounts while solving customer pain points
Effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop new features, experiences, or a compelling product for the segment
Partner with analytics, marketing, product, operations, risk and finance teams to provide thoughtful recommendations and understand and articulate potential benefits to both customers and the P&L
Navigate a highly-matrixed organization, influence partners, build consensus, and work across various functional departments (e.g., agile products)
Act as a thought leader, presenting and discussing ideas with intent to persuade, educate, and enhance understanding across all levels of the organization
Package and deliver monthly reporting and strategy read-outs for the Slate portfolio, tracking key metrics and progress on goals
Focus on the customer and the jobs our products perform to address the needs of segment and how they fit into our existing products or potential new products
Prior experience in risk, finance, marketing, or product management in financial services
Partner effectively and conscientiously by leading through strong collaboration
Focus on driving quantifiable business results, returns for shareholders, and value for customers
Experienced in helping design data studies, reading beyond the data, understanding customer drivers and needs, experimenting, learning, and taking calculated risks based on data
Pushes boundaries of “what could be” to innovate and serve our customers’ needs