About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Financial Services.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Overview

This opportunity is for a Senior Associate Product Management role supporting Enterprise Core Platform work for a confidential client in Financial Services. You will help define and deliver real-time, resilient processing capabilities that power card account and transaction flows (collections, fraud, disputes, credit bureau integrations and network migrations). This role balances discovery, technical partnership, and delivery to protect customer experiences while enabling business growth.

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What You’ll Do

• Drive discovery and delivery for product capabilities across Collections, Fraud, Disputes, and Credit Bureau integrations.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, data scientists, and subject-matter experts to structure discovery, define acceptance criteria, and scope work.
• Translate business problems into testable hypotheses and prioritized product backlogs.
• Own feature roadmaps for assigned areas; balance short-term delivery and long-term architecture resiliency.
• Work closely with platform and network integration teams to enable feature parity during platform migrations.
• Identify, evaluate, and mitigate product and technical risks with data-informed decisions.
• Communicate progress and roadmaps clearly to stakeholders and cross-functional forums.
• Use approved AI tools to accelerate discovery and product effectiveness where appropriate.

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What You’ll Learn & Grow

• Human-centered product practices: build customer-focused acceptance criteria and research plans.
• Business-focused delivery: apply hypothesis-driven prioritization and measure business impact.
• Technology fluency: understand and influence platform architecture and integrations.
• Integrated problem solving and leadership: challenge assumptions, lead cross-functional problem solving, and present concise product roadmaps.

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Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or military experience.
• At least 1 year of product management experience OR 1+ year in product design, agile delivery, business analysis, data science, or software engineering.
• Comfortable working with cross-functional teams in agile environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering.
• 1+ years translating business strategy into consumer-facing or platform products.
• Experience working on core product platforms that power digital experiences.
• Experience serving as a product owner or driving delivery in an agile development process.

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Who Succeeds Here

• Intellectually curious — asks why, explores unfamiliar topics, and adapts to ambiguity.
• Strong communicator and influencer — explains complex topics clearly and brings others along.
• Bias toward action — organized, able to prioritize, and persistent in removing roadblocks.
• Customer-focused and collaborative — cares about user outcomes and team growth.
• Humble learner and team player — seeks feedback and builds long-term working relationships.

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Compensation & Benefits

• McLean, VA: $111,200 - $126,900 (Sr. Associate, Product Management). This role may also be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation (cash bonus and/or long-term incentives). Actual offers will be reflected in candidates’ offer letters and may vary by location and experience.
• The confidential client offers comprehensive benefits for health, financial wellbeing, and professional development. Eligibility and details vary by role and employment status.

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Other Details & Legal

• Employment type: Full-time.
• This role will accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.
• No agencies please.
• Reasonable accommodations: If you require an accommodation during the recruiting process, contact the recruiting team. All information you provide will be kept confidential and used only to provide needed accommodations.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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