Product Lead

About the company

Our client is a software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Drive product discovery and help set the roadmap for a software platform, partnering closely with senior leadership, engineers and end users. The work combines hands-on product use, customer research and workflow analysis with shaping and shipping features, including light prototyping with AI coding tools.

What you'll do

- Conduct user interviews and process discovery to inform the roadmap alongside company leaders.

- Use the product directly in realistic operating situations and convert what you learn into priorities.

- Work with product engineers on requirements and with AI engineers on evaluation approaches and datasets that improve reliability.

- Design and build small to medium customer-facing features with the help of coding agents and AI workflows.

- Review live workflows to confirm AI systems perform strongly across core finance operations.

- Guide interface and experience decisions with a high standard for craft and quality.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- Four or more years in accounting, finance or consulting, with solid knowledge of financial services or fintech.

- Prior hands-on work at a mid-level to senior rank in strategy consulting or professional accounting services, ideally at a well-regarded firm.

- Comfort collaborating directly with customers and software engineers.

- Skill at turning intricate finance processes into clear product direction and owning results from discovery to delivery.

- Able to work from the New York office.

Bonus points

- Background at early-stage startups or other high-growth companies.

- Strong academic record.

- Some feel for interface and user experience design.

- Having built a project using AI coding agents.

- Past experience owning a business, serving as a chief of staff, or working as a generalist operator.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 150,000 to 200,000 per year

- Equity

- Relocation support

Location and work model

- New York, NY, United States

- On-site, 4-5 days per week in the office

- Full-time