Lead Product Manager, Risk- Product Innovation

Overview

Lead Product Manager, Risk-Based Product Innovation s is a remote position, however, the candidate must reside within 30 miles of one of the following locations:
Portland ME, Chicago IL, Boston MA, Washington DC, Dallas TX, San Jose CA, Seattle WA, or New York City NY.

WEX is an innovative payments and technology company. We are investing in new product capabilities that align with the evolving needs of commercial customers and unlock future growth. This role will help shape and lead new financial product initiatives within our North American Mobility division, defining product strategies and delivering customer-centric solutions in collaboration with risk, finance, engineering, and GTM teams.

This position is ideal for a senior product leader with deep experience in financial services or payments who thrives in highly collaborative environments and designs scalable, customer-first solutions.

• Own a portfolio of initiatives within the Risk-Based Financial Products—driving strategy, execution, and delivery across multiple work streams such as flexible payment terms, underwriting controls, and revolving credit features.
• Translate customer and business needs into well-scoped features that drive measurable financial outcomes.
• Collaborate with risk, finance, and data science to design segment-specific credit policies and pricing strategies.
• Partner with risk, finance, engineering, and operations to define, deliver, and scale financial products within a modern platform architecture.
• Align with finance and GTM teams to build business cases, forecast P&L outcomes, and support cross-functional launches.
• Lead agile development teams in the execution of MVPs, with a strong bias toward experimentation, measurement, and iteration.
• Integrate qualitative and quantitative insights to craft product strategy and drive data-informed decisions.
• Share insights across stakeholders to drive alignment, empowerment, and progress.
• Measure success by balancing customer-impact metrics (adoption, satisfaction, retention, engagement) with business outcomes (revenue uplift, credit utilization, portfolio health).

• Strategic Mindset:
  Understand the market, evolving fleet needs, and WEX’s platform strategy to guide product direction.
• Customer Obsession:
  Use customer empathy, feedback, and data to solve the right problems and deliver value.
• Results Focused:
  Drive clarity on priorities and outcomes, grounded in data and business impact.
• Insights Driven:
  Use analytics, experiments, and discovery methods to inform product decisions.
• Trusted Partner:
  Build cross-functional alignment through clear communication and collaborative problem-solving.
• Relevant Expertise:
  Knowledge of payments, financial services, or B2B risk-based products, with a strong learning mindset.

• 8–10+ years of product management experience in a modern, data-driven organization.
• Experience building financial, risk, or card products—especially in a B2B or embedded context is a strong plus.
• Proven ability to drive execution in cross-functional environments and manage delivery across multiple stakeholders.
• Experience decomposing complex initiatives into small, testable features and iterative milestones.
• Familiarity with agile processes, experimentation frameworks, and modern product discovery techniques.
• Ability to balance technical feasibility with customer experience and commercial viability.
• Clear, structured communication skills with an ability to influence across teams.
• Undergraduate degree required; advanced degree is a plus.

Pay Range: $ - $. Base pay is one component of WEX’s total compensation package. Most sales positions are eligible for commission; non-sales roles are typically eligible for a quarterly or annual bonus based on role and applicable plan. WEX offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life and disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, and more.

• Seniority level:
  Mid-Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Product Management and Marketing
• Industries:
  Software Development