Product Manager (Financial Crime)

Product Managers at Fivecast are responsible for identifying, defining and driving Fivecast products and features through a complete lifecycle from inception to support. The Product Manager (Financial Crime) will have a specific focus on the Anti Financial Crime (AFC) market segment and work with all areas of the business to increase market penetration by enhancing the existing products and developing new concepts for the financial sector.

The Product Manager (Financial Crime) will work closely alongside AI specialists, AI engineers and intelligence analysts to rapidly prototype and validate next-generation capabilities. The role bridges emerging AI technology and market reality, translating insights from customers, competitor analysis and market research into concrete prototypes and concept proposals that are shared with the Australia-based Product team for knowledge transfer and roadmap integration.

Location:  Arlington, Virginia, USA, full time in office

Responsibilities:  

• Driving the future-facing product roadmap by identifying and prioritising AI-enabled capabilities that address unmet customer and market needs in the AFC domain.
• Engaging with customers, pre-sales and internal sales teams to elicit requirements, validate prototypes and translate feedback into actionable product specifications.
• Conducting and synthesising ongoing market analysis and competitor analysis to inform the direction of prototype development and product strategy.
• Leading advanced rapid prototyping initiatives within Fivecast Labs, collaborating directly with AI specialists, AI engineers and intelligence analysts to build proof-of-concept solutions at pace.
• Presenting prototypes and capability concepts to the Australia-based Product team, facilitating structured knowledge transfer sessions and cooperative roadmap planning.
• Developing product concepts, feature descriptions and prototype briefs that bridge AI engineering output and commercial product requirements.
• Working with Sales, Marketing and Customer Success teams on go-to-market strategy to ensure prototyped capabilities are positioned for successful adoption.
• Assisting VP Product with shaping the long-term Product Roadmap, with particular focus on AI-driven and data-intelligence features in the AFC domain.

Requirements:

• Citizenship:  USA citizen or permanent resident.
• Tertiary Qualifications:  University Bachelor’s degree in a STEM, computer science, data science, financial markets or business field
• Product Management experience (5+ years):  Proven experience owning product definition, requirements and delivery, ideally in a SaaS or data / analytics environment.
• Substantial expertise in Financial Crime / AFC domain working for banking or other financial institutions. Experience working in or closely with anti-financial crime, compliance, or risk domains (e.g. AML, KYC, investigations), with a solid understanding of customer and regulatory drivers.
• Customer-led product development:  Strong track record of working with customers, sales and internal stakeholders to translate real-world needs into product requirements and features.
• Technical and AI fluency:
  Comfortable working with AI/data-driven products and collaborating closely with engineers and data specialists. Familiar with modern AI tools and how they can accelerate product discovery and prototyping.
• Operating in ambiguity / fast-paced environments:  Experience delivering advanced prototypes of early capability in R&D or early-stage product environments where rapid iteration and prototyping are required

Experience that makes strong applicants (nice to have):

• Deep AFC expertise in banking or financial institutions
• Direct experience with onboarding, screening, investigations or case management tooling
• Experience in using AI tooling in developing functional UX prototypes or early product capabilities
• Experience in competitive analysis and market intelligence
• Prior work in innovation labs or startup environments