Product Lead

Department: Product

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London

Compensation: £86,000 - £110,000 / year

Description

What we do at Codat

Codat helps banks create stronger, data-driven relationships with their business customers. Our platform makes it easy for banks to access, synchronize, and interpret data from customers’ financial software, enabling critical use cases such as supplier onboarding for commercial card and virtual card programs, and underwriting business loans.

We empower the world’s largest banks to grow share of wallet, reduce churn, and scale operations efficiently. Codat is backed by leading investors, including JP Morgan, Canapi Ventures, Shopify, Plaid, Tiger Global, PayPal Ventures, Index Ventures, and American Express Ventures.

The Role

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Product Lead to drive the vision, strategy, and execution of our Accounting Product Suite. Reporting to the Chief Customer Officer/General Manager, you will be a full-stack product leader, responsible for shaping the product's future while ensuring its successful delivery and adoption. You will combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution, leveraging your fintech expertise and B2B or B2B2B experience to deliver exceptional value to our clients and their customers.

Responsibilities:

Product Vision and Strategy:
- Collaborate with the Chief Customer Officer/General Manager to define and refine the overarching product vision and strategy for the Accounting Product Suite, aligning it with Codat's overall goals.
- Conduct in-depth market research and competitive analysis to identify opportunities and inform strategic product decisions within the accounting domain.
- Develop and own the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer needs, specifically within the accounting product area.
Product Discovery and Execution:
- Lead the product discovery process, gathering insights from customers, stakeholders (including fintechs, banks, and SMB service providers), and market trends.
- Define and prioritise product requirements, creating clear and concise business analysis, user stories and specifications for the Accounting Product Suite.
- Lead a product engineering team to ensure valuable, timely and high-quality delivery of whole product solutions.
Adoption and Commercialisation:
- Develop and execute go-to-market strategies, working with sales and customer teams to drive product adoption among our bank and fintech target client base.
- Use data to obsess about product performance and client experience, identifying areas for improvement and optimisation within the Accounting Product Suite.
- Develop a clear understanding of our Product Market Fit and contribute to proposition strategy and development.
- Drive product commercialisation and client enablement, ensuring alignment with pricing and revenue goals.
Team Leadership and Management:
- Line manage, coach and mentor other members of the Product team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
- Build and develop a high-performing product team, attracting and retaining top talent.
- Be prepared to take on further line management as the team and product suite grows.
Values-Led Leadership:
- Embody Codat's core values: Useful, United, Unstoppable.
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment, promoting teamwork and mutual support.
- Drive relentlessly to achieve product goals, demonstrating a proactive and solution-oriented approach.
- Ensure the product provides genuine value to our customers, focusing on delivering whole product solutions to solve real-world problems.

What makes a great Product Lead at Codat

Proven experience as a Product Lead or Senior Product Manager in a hyper-growth fintech, with a focus on B2B or B2B2B go-to-market motions.
Strong understanding of the lending or accounting domains and related financial data.
Demonstrated ability to develop and execute product strategies that drive business growth.
Excellent product discovery, delivery, and execution skills, with a track record of successfully launching and scaling products.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Experience managing and mentoring product teams, with a passion for developing talent.

Why Join Codat?

Opportunity to lead the product vision and strategy for a critical business unit within a rapidly growing fintech company.
Collaborative and supportive work environment, driven by our core values: Useful, United, and Unstoppable.
Significant opportunity for career growth and development, with the potential to lead a larger product organisation.
Work on a product that is changing the way that small businesses interact with financial services.

Benefits & Perks

We offer a range of benefits including:
🥼 Healthcare- We provide private health insurance through vitality after probation.
🌴 Holiday- 25 days+ bank holidays - rising one day per year of service up to 30 days.
🧩 Equity - Success is a team game and everyone receive's a piece of the success

Perks:
We have a range of other perks available from: Cycle to work schemes, charitable giving, tech benefits etc

🏢 Where we work
We have an office in the Farringdon, London. We always encourage & recommend time spent in person with colleagues but provide the flexibility to make this work for you.

The Role

What makes a great Product Lead at Codat

Benefits & Perks

About Codat