Director of Product

Sambla Group is a fintech company with a clear goal – to be your trusted financial partner. We need you, your ambition and your skills on our journey. We have become the fast-growing fintech company that we are today – bridging the gap between borrowers and lenders – thanks to all the 450+ amazing people who work here.

Our success is the result of the commitment to deliver the best customer journey and consumer finance products in the industry. Our vision is to democratize lending and empower customers to improve their personal finances. Through our well known brands such as Sambla, Advisa, Rahalaitos, Omalaina, Rahoitu and DigiFinans we support customers in consolidating and getting the best terms on their loans.

We are now looking for a Director of Product. 

In this role you will report to the Chief Product and Technology Officer and be a key driver in shaping lasting customer relationships through continuous value creation and fostering a truly customer centric organisation. You will lead the product function in defining vision, aligning strategy, and delivering experiences that help customers build lasting, healthy financial habits.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Strategic Alignment & OKR Leadership
  Act as the primary driver of the OKR process within Product –defining, cascading, and tracking objectives and key results to ensure alignment with company strategy and financial targets.

• Roadmap Ownership
  Lead the creation, curation, and delivery of a unified product roadmap, ensuring initiatives are prioritized based on impact, effort, and strategic fit.

• Execution Excellence
  Drive focus and accountability across product teams to deliver high-quality outcomes on time and within scope.

• Cross-Functional and Cross-Market Collaboration
  Partner with Engineering, Design, Data, Commercial, Marketing, and Country Operations to ensure cross-functional and cross-market involvement, alignment and efficient execution.

• Best Practices & Frameworks
  Establish and embed product management best practices across discovery, validation, delivery, and measurement.

• Product Health Metrics (KPIs)
  Define and monitor key product metrics to track adoption, engagement, retention, and overall product health, ensuring alignment with company strategy, financial targets, and market needs.

• Product Leadership & Team Development
  Lead and develop a team of Product Managers. Setting direction, raising the craft, and ensuring focus on initiatives that create the greatest customer and business impact. Build a strong product culture that values discovery, evidence-based decisions, and measurable outcomes. 

For this position, we see that you have: 

• Master's degree or equivalent experience.
  
  

• 8+ years in software product development, including 3-5 years managing PMs.
  
  

• Experience across industries; banking or other regulated environments is a strong plus.

Ideally you have: 

• Proven track record leading multi-team product organizations, ideally in fintech or other high-growth, regulated environments. Past experience from matrix organisations is merited. 
  
  

• Strong strategic acumen paired with operational rigor – able to connect company vision to execution.
  
  

• Deep understanding of product lifecycle management, customer behavior, and metrics-driven decision-making.
  
  

• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  
  

• Business in mind & people at heart – we deliver results together and celebrate our achievements.
• A varied and challenging role in a multinational and highly innovative company, where we value the development of our employees. 
• We are strong believers in creating a fun workplace where people enjoy coming to work.
• A friendly culture with openness and respect for one another, with the possibility to influence and make a difference on society and people's everyday lives.
  
  Please note
  As part of our efforts to foster an unbiased recruitment process, we kindly encourage you to not include picture, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age in your CV.