Director of Product

📋 Description

• • As the Director of Product at 9fin, you will be instrumental in shaping the future of our AI-powered platform, which is revolutionizing the global debt markets. This is a pivotal leadership role within our rapidly expanding Design, Data, Engineering, and Product Management (DDEP) department, which currently comprises over 100 professionals organized into cross-functional product squads. You will be responsible for setting the strategic vision and guiding multiple high-impact teams dedicated to transforming how our customers discover, analyze, and act upon private market intelligence.
• • This leadership position is particularly critical at a strategic inflection point for 9fin. You will be tasked with bringing structure, clarity, and focus to a dynamic and fast-paced environment, ensuring that your teams operate with urgency and achieve measurable progress on a quarterly basis. The role offers a well-defined career trajectory towards becoming a VP of Product Management and presents an opportunity to serve as the second-in-command to the Chief Product Officer (CPO) as the product organization continues its impressive scale.
• • Your responsibilities will span both high-level strategy and deep operational execution. You will own the strategic direction and be accountable for measurable business outcomes across four distinct product teams: Private Credit, Structured Credit, Distressed, and Legal products. Furthermore, you will oversee our core APIs and News Automation capabilities, which are essential for delivering real-time intelligence across the entire 9fin platform.
• • A key aspect of your role will be to strengthen the product operating rhythm. This involves building and refining processes that empower teams to accelerate their pace, make high-quality, data-informed decisions, and deliver outcomes with a sense of urgency. You will be focused on reducing organizational noise and increasing the tempo of execution, ensuring that efforts are aligned and impactful.
• • You will continuously evolve the way product teams function, including their planning methodologies, regular rituals, communication strategies, and tooling. The goal is to eliminate ambiguity and foster an environment where execution can accelerate efficiently. Your leadership will be grounded in the 9fin Product Principles, serving as your operational foundation for championing clarity in all decision-making processes.
• • Mentoring and developing product leaders will be a significant part of your role. Through effective coaching, direct and constructive feedback, and by elevating the overall product craft across discovery, delivery, and measurement phases, you will foster a culture of continuous improvement and excellence within the product organization.
• • Enhancing customer understanding is paramount. You will achieve this by establishing systematic win/loss analysis, deepening our understanding of customer personas, and creating market learning loops that effectively guide strategic decision-making and future product investments.
• • Building tight alignment with Go-to-Market (GTM) teams is crucial for accelerating customer acquisition and retention. You will work closely with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to drive improvements in trials, onboarding, retention rates, and expansion opportunities, all based on the demonstrable workflow value delivered by the 9fin platform.
• • You will also improve end-to-end workflow delivery by collaborating closely with Legal, Content, and Data Operations teams. This collaboration aims to simplify the handling of complex information and significantly boost customer confidence in our platform's capabilities.
• • Ultimately, your success will be measured by driving measurable improvements in product adoption, upsell momentum, and renewal success. This will be achieved through delivering a differentiated customer experience and ensuring a clear, compelling market fit for our offerings.
• • You will thrive in complex enterprise environments, bringing clarity, ambition, and accountability to product organizations that are navigating significant scale. Your focus on unlocking productivity through AI-first workflows will be central to the platform's continued innovation and market leadership.