Lead Digital Product Manager (Fintech)

TL;DR

Lead Digital Product Manager (Fintech): Driving core banking modernization for the small business segment with an accent on deep requirements analysis and data transfer from mainframe to new platforms. Focus on rebuilding SME knowledge, stabilizing configuration governance, and accelerating modernization.

Location: Remote MN 55106

Company

hirify.global has an opening for a Lead Digital Product Manager.

What you will do

• Lead the product roadmap for core banking modernization focused on small business products.
• Translate business outcomes into epics, features, and prioritized backlogs across digital and core systems.
• Perform deep requirements analysis and produce a complete as-is analysis of current system configurations, particularly in Hogan.
• Lead data conversion planning and execution from mainframe to modern platforms.
• Drive externalization of product and pricing rules from the core, including governance, versioning, and change control.
• Lead UAT, operational readiness, and post-conversion stabilization.

Requirements

• 8–12+ years in Product Management or equivalent experience within financial services, including core banking initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience with mainframe-based core systems, ideally Hogan (FIS), including configuration analysis and change management.
• Proven delivery across core modernization, data conversion/migration, and process engineering.
• Strong command of requirements analysis, user stories and acceptance criteria, process flows, and traceability.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and aligning business, technology, and risk stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of small business banking products, processes, and nuances including pricing, fees, product constructs, and operational impacts.

Nice to have

• Prior experience at a large U.S. bank that uses or used Hogan, particularly in Small Business.
• Hands-on work externalizing product and pricing rules, such as product catalog, pricing engine, and rules governance.
• Familiarity with API-first modernization, eventing/data streaming, and config-driven architectures.
• Background in conversion cutovers, parallel runs, and post-conversion stabilization for core systems.
• Comfort with knowledge management frameworks to rebuild SME artifacts rapidly.