Product Director, Payments and Banking

Ford Credit is searching for a Product Director, Payments and Banking, who will build and implement digital products and experiences that our customers across Europe will love. These experiences will have the power to transform our relationship with our customers. You will be responsible for several payments and banking products used both internally across departments and by our end customers. You’ll work closely with our Global Product and Tech teams to understand what payment capabilities need to be built on a global scale and use your judgement to identify specific EU market needs. This is a rare opportunity to apply your unique Product, Design and Tech skillsets to create your own Product practice to support the wider business.

The minimum requirements we seek:

• A proven leader who drives the strategic roadmap and end-to-end product management lifecycle from development to deployment
• 10+ years’ experience working with digital data-oriented products
• You’ve built, customised or improved payment products and services that can be leveraged by other teams and systems
• You can articulate a strategic mission that translates into the necessary actions to drive outcomes and land products that improve the customer experience
• Experience working in a matrixed team structure and influencing across product areas
• Someone who inspires creativity and out-of-the-box thinking in developing product ideas and problem solving
• Excellent communicator with the ability to articulate vision and seek alignment across parties
• You can influence without authority, working on/with technical and cross-functional or highly matrixed teams who do not report into this role to get things done
• Bachelor’s degree or combination of experience and education

Our preferred requirements:

• You champion the voice of the customer and integrate customer insight into the decision-making process
• You have experience in the automotive finance market
• You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Someone who understands the customer journey and has developed and delivered products to improve the customer experience and customer engagement

Additional Information: The Company is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment or harassment on the grounds of race, religion or belief, sex, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability. This position is based in Dunton and it is expected the successful candidate will be able to attend the Dunton office for typically 2 to 3 days a week and remain flexible on the days they are required to attend the office according to business requirements. As part of our pre-employment checks process, successful candidates will be required to undergo a criminal record check. This will be conducted in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and applied only to unspent convictions.