Product Manager

Mindlance is a rapidly growing staffing firm focused on providing workforce solutions across various domains. They are seeking a Product Manager to lead the product roadmap for core banking modernization, focusing on small business products, while mentoring cross-functional teams and performing deep requirements analysis.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the product roadmap for core banking modernization focused on small business products (e.g., deposit, lending-related servicing, pricing/fees)
• Translate business outcomes into epics, features, and prioritized backlogs across digital + core systems
• Mentor/lead cross-functional teams: Digital PMs, Financial PMs, BSCs, BAs
• Perform deep requirements analysis: decompose business needs into clear, testable functional and non-functional requirements
• Produce a complete as-is analysis of current system configurations (particularly in Hogan) and define the to-be configuration on the target platform
• Create and maintain process flows (current and future state) and systems interaction maps
• Lead data conversion planning and execution from mainframe to modern platforms (e.g., mapping, cleansing rules, reconciliation, cutover/runbook)
• Partner with architecture and engineering on integration patterns, APIs, and data contracts; support conversion dress rehearsals and cutover
• Define and manage deliverables: configuration workbooks, traceability (requirements → test cases), conversion rules, acceptance criteria, and runbooks
• Drive externalization of product and pricing rules from the core (e.g., product catalog/pricing engine patterns), including governance, versioning, and change control
• Ensure configurability and reusability for small business product variants and pricing scenarios
• Systematically rebuild SME knowledge: establish playbooks, configuration catalogs, decision logs, and knowledge repositories
• Embed controls for data quality, auditability, and compliance (model of record, change logs, approvals)
• Coordinate with Risk/Compliance, InfoSec, and Audit on policy alignment and control evidence
• Lead UAT, operational readiness, and post-conversion stabilization; track SLAs, defects, and business adoption metrics
• Manage dependencies across vendors (e.g., Hogan), platform teams, and downstream systems (statements, fees, pricing, online banking)

Requirements:

• 8–12+ years in Product Management or equivalent (BSC/BA lead) within financial services, including core banking initiatives
• Demonstrated experience with mainframe-based core systems, ideally Hogan (FIS), including configuration analysis and change management
• Proven delivery across core modernization, data conversion/migration, and process engineering
• Strong command of requirements analysis, user stories & acceptance criteria, process flows, and traceability
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and aligning business, tech, and risk stakeholders
• Deep understanding of small business banking products, processes, and nuances (pricing/fees, product constructs, operational impacts)
• Prior experience at a large U.S. bank that uses/used Hogan particularly in Small Business
• Hands-on work externalizing product and pricing rules (e.g., product catalog, pricing engine, rules governance)
• Familiarity with API-first modernization, eventing/data streaming, and config-driven architectures
• Background in conversion cutovers, parallel runs, and post-conversion stabilization for core systems
• Comfort with knowledge management frameworks to rebuild SME artifacts rapidly
• Exposure to regulatory and control requirements for core banking changes (audit trails, approvals, separation of duties)