Associate Director – Consumer Financial Services Strategy & Product

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Verizon is seeking a vision-driven product leader to drive the growth of our consumer financial services portfolio and unlock significant new value for our this role you will support the strategy identification and deployment of innovative consumer-facing financial products that deepen customer engagement and expand Verizons presence in the fintech and financial services ecosystem. You will be responsible for evaluating market dynamics conducting deep consumer research to understand user needs and defining compelling value propositions. By turning market insights into actionable product strategies you will play a central role in transforming how millions of customers interact with Verizons expanding digital services.

To realize this growth you will identify negotiate and establish strategic partnerships with leading third-party financial institutions to co-create differentiated highly competitive financial solutions. You will be responsible for building robust data-backed financial business cases defining economic models and securing leadership buy-in to fund and prioritize new initiatives. From concept through rollout you will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners across product design engineering compliance marketing and operations to architect seamless end-to-end user experiences and execute high-impact go-to-market strategies that accelerate adoption and maximize customer value.

The ideal candidate for the role will possess a blend of strategic vision fintech expertise commercial acumen and execution muscle:

• Fintech & Consumer Financial Services Expertise: Deep understanding of consumer fintech products (e.g. co-branded credit cards buy-now-pay-later/point-of-sale financing digital wallets rewards programs or embedded finance) and the associated regulatory risk and compliance landscapes.
• Strategic Business Development & Partnership Management: Proven track record of evaluating negotiating and managing complex high-value strategic partnerships with third-party financial institutions banks card networks or fintech platforms.
• Commercial & Financial Acumen: Exceptional financial modeling skills with demonstrated ability to build rigorous business cases quantify economic models evaluate P&L implications and secure executive alignment for multi-million-dollar initiatives.
• Customer-Centric Product Vision: Strong user-empathy and background in leveraging quantitative and qualitative market research customer journey mapping and competitive analysis to translate consumer pain points into high-value product features.
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Matrix Execution: Adept at driving consensus orchestrating cross-functional teams (legal compliance marketing engineering digital UI/UX operations) and managing complex go-to-market strategies within a large matrixed enterprise environment.
• Agile & Data-Driven Mindset: Hands-on experience leading products through the full lifecyclefrom concept and discovery to launch and optimizationusing key performance indicators user metrics and iterative testing to measure success and drive growth.

We are seeking a vision-driven commercially minded product leader with experience scaling consumer fintech productssuch as embedded finance digital wallets co-branded credit cards or BNPL solutionswithin complex matrixed enterprises. The ideal candidate combines strong customer empathy with sharp financial acumen possessing a proven track record of crafting data-backed business cases negotiating high-impact partnerships with financial institutions and aligning cross-functional teams to bring innovative digital experiences to market. A hands-on leader you excel at translating consumer insights into growth-oriented product strategies that expand market presence drive deep customer engagement and unlock significant commercial value.

Youll need to have:

• Bachelors degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Eight or more years of relevant experience required demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience or specialized training.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• 8 years of product management experience leading consumer-facing digital products with a primary focus on consumer fintech embedded finance co-branded credit cards POS financing/BNPL or digital wallet ecosystems.
• Demonstrated track record in strategic business development including negotiating structuring and managing complex high-value commercial partnerships with banks card networks and financial institutions.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen with proven success in P&L evaluation robust financial modeling building data-backed business cases and securing executive buy-in for large-scale strategic initiatives.
• Deep customer-centric vision skilled at translating qualitative and quantitative consumer research customer journey mapping and competitive analysis into high-impact product value propositions
• Proven cross-functional leadership within matrixed enterprise environments with expertise in orchestrating cross-functional teams across engineering product design marketing legal compliance and operations.
• Agile product lifecycle execution using key performance indicators user metrics and iterative testing to guide products from initial discovery and go-to-market rollout to long-term performance optimization.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you we encourage you to apply even if you dont meet every even better qualification listed above.

In this hybrid role youll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies.

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Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical dental vision short and long term disability basic life insurance supplemental life insurance AD&D insurance identity theft protection pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year paid parental leave adoption assistance and tuition assistance plus other incentives weve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime shift differential holiday pay allowances etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year which grows with additional service. For part-timers your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.

The annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $146000.00 - $255000.00.

The annual salary range for the New York location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $146000.00 - $255000.00.