Senior Product Manager

About GSS

Hello. Welcome to GSS! We are a Network-Driven Managed Service transforming the global financial system with cutting-edge technology, including AI/Machine Learning and collaboration with top financial institutions. GSS will become the industry default for screening transactions for sanctions risk through a consistent, standardised, and scalable model. Supported by regulators, trusted by the market. Join us in revolutionising the industry and making a real impact!

About the Role

In this role you’ll work closely with the Chief Product Officer and the financial services industry to define and execute a long-term product vision for GSS, one that is transformative, delivers real value to our clients and delivers the business objectives of GSS.

What You'll Do

Key responsibilities of the role include (but are not be limited to):

• Market and competitor analysis: Maintain a deep understanding of the market landscape including emerging trends, regulatory shifts, and competitor activity. Translate insights into strategic opportunities.

• Product strategy & vision: Define and communicate a clear, compelling product vision and strategy that is transformative, informed by market dynamics, aligns with company goals and maximises market opportunities.

• Long-term roadmap: Own and evolve the product long-term roadmap, ensuring it delivers on the strategic vision, differentiates the product and delivers value to GSS’s clients.

• Marketing and communication: Champion the product value proposition, internally and externally. Gain buy-in from internal and external stakeholders through effective communication and sharing the right context at the right time. Champion a customer-first mindset across the business.

• Problem discovery: Use data, research, and structured thinking to identify high-impact problems. Prioritise initiatives based on business value, user needs, and technical feasibility.

• Innovation and solution definition: Translate insights into innovative product strategies and features. Collaborate with design and engineering to deliver solutions that are intuitive, compliant, and scalable.

• Commercialisation & pricing strategy : Defining pricing models in collaboration with Commercial team.

• OKR and KPI definition: Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for your products tracking product performance with data, usage insights, and stakeholder feedback.

• Product management practices : Establish, evolve and champion best-in-class Product Management practices. Define frameworks, tools and rituals that promote strategic thinking, client focus and cross-functional collaboration.

• Lead with vision: act as a thought leader, mentor, and coach in this senior position that will shape and elevate the team's ways of working. You will foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement, ensuring the team stays aligned with product goals, strategic priorities and best practices.

Ideal Experience

• Over 7 years’ experience working in Product Management in a RegTech or FinTech

• In-depth understanding of sanctions screening, including client challenges, client needs and third-party products

• In-depth understanding of the global payments industry, including market trends and market infrastructure

• In-depth understanding of Large Language Models, including market trends and how they are being applied

• Analytically-minded with the ability to derive insight from data and use that insight to inform product development decisions

• Ability to think creatively and identify innovative ways of solving client problems

• Customer centric, with the ability to articulate clearly the product value proposition and the unique outcomes the product has on the client

• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels

• Experience presenting at industry events, including webinars, panel discussions and presentations

• Commercially-minded with experience developing business cases, pricing models and go-to-market strategies

What You Get in Return:

🚀 Impactful Work: Be part of a growing startup where your contributions make a real difference.

🏖 Generous Leave: Enjoy 30 days of holiday (plus bank holidays).

💷 Comprehensive Benefits: Including a generous pension scheme, annual discretionary bonus, private medical insurance, and life assurance.

👩‍⚕️ Wellbeing Perks: Access to EAP, YuLife, holistic wellbeing programs, and a Virtual GP for your health and happiness.

🤸‍♀️ Flexibility: Hybrid working environment (we are open to remote working for some roles, please check with us at application) with a ‘work abroad’ policy for up to 4 weeks a year.

👩‍🎓 Learning: Access to Udemy, a learning platform with thousands of top-rated courses to develop both tech and business skills.

Ready to revolutionise finance and have fun doing it? At GSS we live by our values: Respect, Ownership, Synergy, Efficiency and we are building something transformational together. Join us and take your career to the next level.

Diversity statement

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.