VP, Product Strategy & Management (AI)

Job Description

Job Description

Vice President, Product Management

Proxy Voting & Investment Stewardship Solutions

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)

About the Role

Our client, a leading provider of technology and infrastructure solutions to the global investment community, is seeking a Vice President of Product Management to lead the strategy and evolution of a market-leading proxy voting and investment stewardship platform used by institutional investors, asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, and corporate issuers.

This role sits at the intersection of financial services, governance, and technology. The successful candidate will be responsible for shaping product strategy, driving innovation, and partnering with clients to solve increasingly complex stewardship, voting, and regulatory challenges. The position offers significant visibility with senior leadership and the opportunity to influence products that support some of the largest participants in the capital markets ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Own product strategy, roadmap, and execution for a suite of proxy voting and investment stewardship solutions.
• Partner with engineering teams to define product requirements, prioritize enhancements, and deliver scalable technology solutions.
• Work directly with institutional clients to understand operational challenges, gather feedback, and identify opportunities for product innovation.
• Drive adoption and commercial success by ensuring products align with evolving client needs, market trends, and regulatory developments.
• Translate complex governance, stewardship, and proxy voting workflows into intuitive and scalable product capabilities.
• Collaborate with sales, client service, operations, legal, and technology teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Evaluate opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and emerging technologies to improve client outcomes and operational efficiency.
• Present product strategy, priorities, and business cases to executive stakeholders and senior client audiences.
• Lead and mentor a small team while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and client focus.

Desired Background

• 10+ years of product management experience within financial services, fintech, market infrastructure, governance technology, or related sectors.
• Deep understanding of proxy voting, shareholder governance, investment stewardship, corporate actions, or institutional investor workflows.
• Experience working with institutional investors, asset managers, custodians, broker-dealers, transfer agents, or governance service providers.
• Track record of managing complex enterprise platforms and delivering measurable business outcomes.
• Strong ability to communicate effectively with both technical teams and executive stakeholders.
• Experience building product roadmaps, defining requirements, and working within Agile development environments.
• Intellectual curiosity around AI and emerging technologies and their application to financial services products.
• Executive presence and the ability to influence senior internal and external stakeholders.

Ideal Backgrounds

Candidates may come from:

• AI Product experience
• Institutional fintech platforms
• Market infrastructure providers
• Custody or securities services organizations
• Product leadership roles supporting institutional investors and asset managers

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of investor governance technology while leading products that play a critical role in shareholder engagement and investment stewardship across global capital markets.

\nCompany Description

Operating as part of Phaidon International, Selby Jennings is a multi-award winning global recruitment organization focused on servicing the financial industry.

By breaking down financial markets into individual niches and micro-specialisms, Selby Jennings powers a knowledge-led model, delivering global solutions into local markets. Every consultant is an expert in their field. Structuring our teams to mirror the demands of our clients and candidates, we identify, qualify and present the highest caliber candidates, as well as identifying the best market opportunities for leading finance professionals.

We work in partnership with clients to tailor-make a suitable search model based on the type of assignment and client service level requirements, adopting a bespoke combination of solutions to ensure optimum reach into the active and passive market places.

From our offices around the world, we recruit beyond international boundaries, pro-actively sourcing the best talent in the industry. Across contingent, retained, and project solutions, our service is unrivaled; speaking to our level of service provision, search accuracy, and flexibility.

Company Description

Operating as part of Phaidon International, Selby Jennings is a multi-award winning global recruitment organization focused on servicing the financial industry.\r\n\r\nBy breaking down financial markets into individual niches and micro-specialisms, Selby Jennings powers a knowledge-led model, delivering global solutions into local markets. Every consultant is an expert in their field. Structuring our teams to mirror the demands of our clients and candidates, we identify, qualify and present the highest caliber candidates, as well as identifying the best market opportunities for leading finance professionals.\r\n\r\nWe work in partnership with clients to tailor-make a suitable search model based on the type of assignment and client service level requirements, adopting a bespoke combination of solutions to ensure optimum reach into the active and passive market places.\r\n\r\nFrom our offices around the world, we recruit beyond international boundaries, pro-actively sourcing the best talent in the industry. Across contingent, retained, and project solutions, our service is unrivaled; speaking to our level of service provision, search accuracy, and flexibility.