Akoya is hiring a
Product Strategy and Strategic Initiatives Lead

Summary

The job is for a Product Strategy and Strategic Initiatives Lead in the financial technology industry, working remotely within the US. The role involves creating product strategies, leading partnerships and mergers, managing product economics, and conducting market research.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Engineering, Technology, Management, Industrial Technology and Operations, Supply Chain Management, or a closely related field and six (6) years of experience as a Product Strategy and Strategic Initiatives Lead (or closely related occupation) executing consulting and strategy deliverables using emerging technologies in the Business-to-Business/Business-to-Business-to-Consumer (B2B/B2B2C) financial services industry
• Master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Engineering, Technology, Management, Industrial Technology and Operations, Supply Chain Management, or a closely related field and four (4) years of experience as a Product Strategy and Strategic Initiatives Lead (or closely related occupation) executing consulting and strategy deliverables using emerging technologies in the Business-to-Business/Business-to-Business-to-Consumer (B2B/B2B2C) financial services industry
• Demonstrated Expertise developing business strategies and functional requirements -- deploying models for the registration and assessment of third parties, including deploying technologies for consumer consent and token management (OAuth 2.0); and defining product solutions for financial services organizations to adopt open banking in the U.S using SWOT analysis, RCA analysis, Business Model Canvas, and functional architecture diagrams -- within a banking environment
• DE conducting market research and trend analysis (primary and secondary research -- client interviews and analyst reports, and competitive analysis) to create business value propositions and cases for strategic initiatives in the financial services industry; breaking down functional requirements in JIRA to arrive at Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and roadmap for strategic initiatives, using SWOT Analysis and Porter Five Forces
• DE creating functional architectures adapted for products and services in a Cloud-based model using Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) in the financial services industry
• DE defining and improving management workflows and processes using Agile product development processes -- Jira

Responsibilities

• Recommends Partnerships and Merger and Acquisition (M&A) actions to deliver against product strategy
• Develops and maintains multi-year product plans
• Works with internal stakeholders, customers, and industry experts to identify and articulate the firm’s competitive position in the marketplace
• Identifies opportunities to scale the business
• Develops multi-year product strategies and converts them into actionable initiatives that are incorporated in the product roadmap
• Identifies key use cases to focus on and drive the prioritization of the work needed to have a successful proposition
• Leads PME processes to drive prioritization and transparency to product development and product lifecycle management activities
• Identifies the tools and processes in support of frameworks
• Develops strategy and creates compelling prioritization and mapping artifacts using a data and insights-based approach
• Obtains buy-in on the strategy from leadership and acts as the point of contact for colleagues, providing thought leadership and effectively communicating with and influencing key stakeholders
• Leads key strategic initiatives across the organization and partners with internal and external stakeholders to set clear milestones with success criteria
• Manages product economics and pricing -- partnering with Finance and Product organizations to develop adequate pricing and cost models for use cases
• Conducts organizational studies and evaluations, designs systems and procedures, conducts work simplification and measurement studies, and prepares operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively
• Analyzes data gathered and develops solutions or alternative methods of proceeding

Preferred Qualifications

Up to 10% travel requirement

Benefits

• Remote work, flexible hours
• Salary: $148,907.00 – $190,000.00/year
• Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday, approximately 40 hours/week