Payments Product Delivery Lead

Payments Product Delivery Lead

This role will be onsite at our Gateway office in Columbus, OH (or in Minnetonka, Chicago, or Detroit).

The Payments Product Delivery Lead plays a critical role in driving execution within Payments. This role provides end-to-end delivery oversight for complex, cross-functional initiatives involving Payments, Operations, Fraud, Risk, Servicing, Technology, and external vendor teams. The Delivery Lead ensures predictability in execution, clear dependency management, and streamlined communication to deliver solutions that scale efficiently with high-quality functionality on schedule. This individual will act as the strategic partner to Product, Engineering, and operational leaders, ensuring alignment, transparency, and disciplined execution practices across all phases of delivery. The focus will be on driving execution of Payments functionality, managing dependencies and stakeholder alignment, ensuring predictable, on-time delivery and supporting scale for Payment Products.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Day to day execution
• Translate strategy into business requirements into delivery plans
• E2E delivery cycle
• Risk/Issues/Dependencies
• Stakeholder communication
• Track Key Delivery Metrics and use insights to improve team performance

Cross-Functional Coordination:

• Liaison between Payments, etc.
• Primary delivery partner
• Reporting to leaders

Strategic Alignment:

• Provide thought leadership in balancing short-term delivery needs with long-term strategic goals
• Collaborate with key stakeholders and business partners to ensure alignment

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in a Product Development, Product Owner, or Product Manager role.
• Minimum 3 years' product management experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• High degree of processional confidence and credibility with the presence and communication skills to represent IT-related concepts effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to present to senior executives.
• Outstanding ability to forge and maintain trust with key stakeholders.
• Competent in troubleshooting and strategic thinking to overcome obstacles and achieve objectives.
• Ability to work with online systems; working knowledge of accounting/expense management.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of effectively interacting with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Strong team player with effective conflict resolution, interpersonal, and management skills.
• Thorough knowledge of various software programs including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and the ability to quickly learn additional systems/software.
• Adaptability; self-starter; team player; quality minded; focused; committed; able to work independently.
• Must be savvy and passionate about driving results and innovation
• Experience with technical implementations involving one or more vendor partners
• Experience evaluating Third Party capabilities and organizational fit
• Experience with Agile teams and ceremonies

Exempt Status: Yes (not eligible for overtime pay)

Workplace Type: Office

Our Approach to Office Workplace Type: Certain positions outside our branch network may be eligible for a flexible work arrangement. We're combining the best of both worlds: in-office and work from home. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Remote roles will also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for moments that matter. Specific work arrangements will be provided by the hiring team.

Compensation Range: $102,000 - $208,000 Annual Salary

The compensation range represents the low and high end of the base compensation range for this position. Actual compensation will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. Colleagues in this position are also eligible to participate in an applicable incentive compensation plan. In addition, Huntington provides a variety of benefits to colleagues, including health insurance coverage, wellness program, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plan, paid leave programs, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

Huntington is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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