Product Lead

About BJAK

BJAK was established in 2019 with the vision to provide smarter methods for individuals to plan, save, and grow their finances. Originating as Southeast Asia's leading mobile-first insurance platform accessible to millions, BJAK is broadening its offerings to include spending, saving, investing, exchanging, and travel-related financial services. Our international workforce comprises over 20 nationalities working from offices and remotely, united by passion for innovative, next-generation financial products.

Role Overview

We are seeking senior product leads to steer significant product segments within BJAK's AI Neobank application. This senior role involves full accountability for product vision, planning, execution, quality assurance, and outcomes across various squads or workstreams. The candidate will collaborate closely across fintech verticals such as insurance, payments, savings, investing, and travel financial services.

Primary Responsibilities

• Define and guide product strategies and priorities for key areas of the AI Neobank app.
• Create and maintain roadmaps, product standards, and success metrics spanning multiple squads or features.
• Mentor and direct product managers, owners, designers, and engineers to achieve clear execution goals.
• Translate regulatory, operational, and commercial constraints into feasible product solutions.
• Ensure high-quality product launches and pursue ongoing post-launch evaluations and enhancements.
• Cultivate a product culture emphasizing rapid delivery, clarity, user-centric value, and transparent measurement.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Extensive experience managing broad digital product domains rather than isolated features.
• Capability to balance strategic planning with execution, integrating user experience, data analytics, engineering, and business objectives.
• Demonstrated skill in prioritizing, sequencing product features, and managing trade-offs effectively.
• Experience leading or mentoring cross-functional squads involving PMs and Product Owners is highly desirable.
• Adept at navigating high ambiguity, rapid environmental changes, and senior-level stakeholder expectations.
• Proficient in simplifying complex financial products into intuitive user journeys.
• Background in fintech, insurance, payments, consumer applications, or regulated financial products is a significant plus.

Desired Attributes

• Ability to establish strategic direction while engaging deeply with product details.
• Drives teams to accelerate progress without compromising product quality.
• Good judgment on when to simplify, scale, or decline initiatives.
• Leadership through clarity and avoiding unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Recognizes that product success stems from iterative improvements across multiple teams rather than quick fixes or false claims.

Unsuitable Profiles

• Product leaders focused solely on managing personnel and meetings without hands-on product involvement.
• Individuals unwilling or unable to engage deeply with product specifics.
• Candidates who cannot keep pace in a rapidly evolving, high-growth environment.
• Leaders prioritizing vanity metrics without understanding genuine user impact.
• Those requiring large teams before delivering measurable product progress.

Location and Language

This position is remote but requires the candidate to be physically located in Singapore, as hiring targets this market specifically. Proficiency in English communication is mandatory as it is the primary language across our global teams.

Selection Process

The hiring process is expedited to facilitate quick decisions and includes an online assessment or practical task, followed by a role-focused interview and a final round with the CEO. Strong candidates who respond promptly to assessments may receive an offer within one week.