Head of Cards (SME bank)

A top opportunity to join the first digital Lithuanian capital bank for business- SME Bank serving their customers remotely from anywhere.

SME Bank focuses on small and medium-sized businesses, which provide not only day-to-day banking services but also borrowing products.

Together with SME Finance, a financial technology start-up, SME Bank manages financing portfolios in one ecosystem.

In this role you will:

• Take responsibility and accountability to select best partners and develop Cards as a new Product for SME ecosystem companies, set strategic product development roadmap;
• Work with other leadership and business teams to elaborate the needs and priorities to build a better product, drive continuous improvement into other related existing products;
• Manage all aspects of product, including stakeholders, requirements, launches and issues;
• Manage related vendors / providers / partnerships;
• Build high-performing team to reach objectives;
• Focus on delivery through collaboration;
• Reimagine journeys with cross functional teams and manage collaborating across functions to build truly seamless end-to-end journeys;
• Maintain a prioritized Product Backlog that is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the team will work on next;
• Effectively run backlog refinement / grooming sessions at regular intervals;
• Ensure the usability, quality and delivery of a feature and the product as a whole.

Requirements:

• Solid experience within the Cards area (possible partners, schemes and innovative cards products), issuing and acquiring included;
• Experience in new product development – Cards (preferred);
• Experience with both Credit, Debit and virtual, plastic Cards;
• Experience managing in matrixed environment including managing cross functional teams; excellent stakeholder management;
• Ability to think out of the box and drive innovation;
• Experience in design thinking methodology and agile way of working in Scrum (move fast and iterate);
• Ability to handle ambiguity and to manage organizational and content complexity;
• Proficiency in English;
• Familiar with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence).

Company offers:

• A competitive compensation package;
• Health Insurance;
• Education & Personal Growth;
• Working with a diverse and results-oriented team;
• A chance to get exposure to different areas of an international business;
• Great company events and team retreats;
• Fully stocked snack bar and refreshments;
• Amazing Vilnius panorama view from 18th floor