Principal Product Manager

We are seeking a Principal Product Manager to drive the vision, strategy, and execution of our "Link" product. Reporting to the VP Product, you will be a full-stack product manager, responsible for shaping the product's future while ensuring its successful delivery and adoption.

As the most senior product manager in London, you will also serve as a key leader, mentor, and example for the wider product organisation, helping to uplift the craft of product management at Codat.

• Proven experience as a Principal Product Manager or Senior Product Manager in a hyper-growth fintech, with a focus on B2B or B2B2B go-to-market motions.
• Proven experience owning and scaling a product defined by its user experience (UX) and user interface (UI).
• Preferably, experience with products that are embedded into third-party platforms or applications, rather than standalone products.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership and mentor peers.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to make data-driven decisions.

• Own and drive the long-term (2+ year) product vision and strategy for Link, in alignment with the VP Product and Codat's overall goals.
• Conduct in-depth market research, monitor market trends, and perform competitive analysis to proactively identify opportunities and inform strategic product decisions.
• Develop, own, and expertly socialize the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer needs.
• Articulate and advocate for key investment decisions for your product, using clear business cases and build-vs-buy analysis to support your proposals.

• Lead the product discovery process, gathering insights from customers, stakeholders (including fintechs, banks, and SMB service providers), and cultivating high-quality relationships with key sources of feedback.
• Define and prioritise product requirements, focusing on holistic problem-solving and creating clear specifications for the Link product.
• Lead a product engineering team to ensure valuable, timely, and high-quality delivery of whole product solutions.
• Be opinionated on the whole product solution, from implementation to adoption, ensuring your product is not just shipped, but is successful in-market.

• Own the go-to-market strategy, from planning and commercialisation to execution.
• Relentlessly drive alignment on your product's narrative with GTM teams, holding regular enablement sessions and equipping them to succeed.
• Obsess over product performance and Product Market Fit, using data to identify areas for improvement and optimisation.

• Act as an example and mentor to other PMs, regularly uplifting, coaching, and motivating your peers to foster excellence across the team.
• Build alignment across the business and with senior leadership, providing a sense of stability, calm, and direction even through significant change.
• Demonstrate the ability to have difficult conversations and make unpopular but necessary changes in a way that maintains trust and drives the product forward.

• Opportunity to lead the product vision and strategy for a critical business unit within a rapidly growing fintech company.
• A unique leadership opportunity as the most senior product manager in our London office, with high visibility and a direct line to the VP Product in New York.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment, driven by our core values: Useful, United, and Unstoppable.
• Significant opportunity for career growth and development, with the potential for future growth into broader strategic leadership or people management roles.