Head of Product Management, AI, Stablecoin

Role Overview

• Own the full product lifecycle for AI and stablecoin initiatives, from early discovery through launch and iteration, ensuring alignment with Coastal’s broader strategy and delivering measurable business outcomes.
• Set the vision and lead execution for Coastal’s Stablecoin and AI strategy, translating emerging technologies into scalable, compliant, and customer-centric financial products.
• Develop and drive product strategy in alignment with company objectives, influencing both near-term execution and long-term roadmap direction.
• Act as the product owner across multiple workstreams, prioritizing ruthlessly, managing trade-offs, and ensuring clarity of execution across cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate deeply with engineering, design, operations, compliance, and external partners to ship high-quality solutions quickly and scalably.
• Champion a hypothesis-driven, data-informed approach to product development—setting success metrics, running A/B tests, and using data to drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with operations to ensure product readiness, adoption, and customer satisfaction.
• Proactively identify friction in customer experience, internal workflows, or partner integration—and drive cross-functional initiatives to resolve them.
• Mentor and support junior product managers, fostering a high-performing, collaborative product culture.
• Represent the product team in senior-level conversations, shaping strategic direction and communicating trade-offs clearly to executives and stakeholders.
• Stay ahead of emerging trends in fintech, AI, and infrastructure—bringing forward new ideas and turning them into actionable product opportunities.

Requirements

• 8+ years of product management experience, ideally in fintech, BaaS, embedded finance, or enterprise platforms, delivering products from zero-to-one as well as scaling existing offerings.
• Subject matter expertise in stablecoins and AI, with a track record of turning frontier tech into real-world financial products that balance innovation with regulatory rigor.
• Proven ability to own product strategy, roadmap, and execution across complex systems, balancing customer needs, technical constraints, and business objectives.
• Strong business acumen with a deep understanding of financial drivers, trade-offs, and how to drive impact across P&L-like metrics, even without formal ownership.
• Data-driven decision maker with hands-on experience designing experiments, interpreting results, and driving measurable outcomes.
• Familiarity with AI/ML applications in product workflows, with a strong interest in emerging technologies and their practical impact.
• Comfortable operating in high-ambiguity, high-accountability environments; thrives in a fast-paced, startup-like setting.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence without authority, guide executive conversations, and align cross-functional teams.
• Experience mentoring or managing product managers, and a desire to grow into broader product leadership responsibilities over time.
• Passion for solving real-world problems in regulated environments—bonus if you've worked directly with risk, compliance, or external partners in a banking context.

Benefits

• Medical Coverage: Choose from three competitive medical plans to find the coverage that best fits your needs and lifestyle.
• Health Savings Account (HSA): Available with eligible medical plans, offering tax advantages and employer contributions.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA): Options for healthcare and dependent care expenses to help you save on out-of-pocket costs.
• Dental and Vision Insurance: Plans to keep you and your family smiling and seeing clearly.
• Life Insurance: Company-paid basic life insurance with options to purchase additional coverage for yourself and your dependents.
• Long-Term /Short-Term Disability (LTD): Income protection in the event of a long-term illness or injury.
• Supplemental Benefits: Including Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, and Critical Illness coverage to provide extra financial support when you need it most.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan: A competitive retirement savings plan with company matching to help you plan for the future.
• Paid Time Off: Generous vacation and sick leave policies to support your time away from work.
• Holidays: Enjoy 11 paid holidays throughout the year.