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Product Leader
Lead Bank · 🇺🇸 Kansas City, MO; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA (Hybrid); United States -Remote · Remote
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- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 9 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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The US Department of Labor certified 9 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
About Lead Bank Lead is a banking infrastructure platform trusted by the most innovative companies to power complex financial products. We enable fintechs to offer compliant, programmable services like payments, lending, and digital assets at scale. Banking has moved beyond traditional institutions and is now embedded directly into everyday experiences, meaning companies need modern infrastructure that is safe, secure, and operationally sound. Today, Lead is one of the only API-first, developer-focused partner banks with the financial, regulatory, and legal expertise required to help fintechs succeed. We operate offices in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, and New York City, and an FDIC-insured bank in Kansas City. Product Team at Lead Lead’s Product team identifies partner needs, defines strategy, and works closely with Engineering and Design to bring products to life, guiding execution from concept through launch. But building financial infrastructure isn't just about shipping features. This team is tasked with transforming the most complex banking systems and regulatory requirements into intuitive products that developers love to build with. To help fintechs launch, grow, and innovate with confidence, the Product team must be driven by a singular goal: creating elegant solutions to difficult problems. To that end, success on this team requires genuine curiosity, exceptional communication, and thoughtful collaboration. Role Description: We are looking for a Product Leader to support the development of our Banking as a Service platform. The services that you build will create the pathway for our clients to deliver innovative financial products relating to deposits, credit and lending, issuing and accepting credit card and/or debit card transactions, and more. Our ideal product manager is highly analytical and uses “first principles thinking” when understanding a new domain. We are looking for someone with a user first mindset to build a next generation platform from the ground up. In this role you will: - Be passionate about changing the banking system to meet the needs of a modern digital economy - Define product strategy and ensure alignment with broader company goals and vision - Break down ambiguous problems, ask the right questions when gathering data across cross-functional groups, and use a structured (first principles) approach to create clarity and move forward - Develop and maintain a prioritized product roadmap with well-defined product requirements and compelling business justifications - Set clear goals and success metrics to measure product performance and guide decision-making - Maintain knowledge of the technical and operational elements of your product to make informed, data-driven decisions - Develop clear, actionable product requirements and communicate them effectively to engineering and design teams - Collaborate closely across engineering, design, compliance, operations, and other teams to drive execution from concept to launch - Be the glue in a diverse cross-functional environment, facilitating alignment, decisions, and consensus - Manage and mentor a team of product managers, providing guidance, support, and feedback to help them grow - Own resource allocation and hiring decisions to ensure the team is structured to meet product and business goals - Gather customer insights and feedback to inform roadmap prioritization and feature design - Begin making trade-off decisions that balance user value, technical complexity, and business impact - Perform all other duties as assigned Qualifications: - 10+ years demonstrated experience in product management and/or engineering with a track record building world class fintech products - Prior experience in enterprise soft