Lead the Way to Intelligent Banking with Us! 

You might not think about what happens behind the scenes when you check your bank balance or deposit a check from your phone, but we do. Every day. 

Kinective empowers banks and credit unions to move beyond keeping up with technology to shaping the future of banking. Our platform seamlessly connects the right tools, delivers real-time data, and drives smarter operations for more than 4,000 financial institutions nationwide. We are a fast-growing team built on individual ownership, company-wide collaboration, and setting industry-leading standards. Here, new ideas are encouraged, candid feedback is welcomed, and your growth truly matters as much as the company’s. At Kinective, we are leading the way to intelligent banking together and enjoying the journey along the way. 

Why This Role Matters

The Director of Technical Product Management for Data Intelligence and Digital Connectivity is responsible for driving the technical strategy, integrations, and execution across two of our most critical product lines. This role serves as the primary technical counterpart to Product, Engineering, and external partners, ensuring our platform delivers scalable, standardized, and high-quality connectivity to financial institutions, fintechs, and core systems. This role will lead the technical business analysis function, oversee partner-led integration development, and provide technical expertise during complex pre-sales opportunities.

How We’ll Measure Your Success

• Delivering a clear, actionable technical roadmap that supports product strategy, improves platform scalability, and reduces one-off custom work.
• Establishing a repeatable third-party development program where partners can build and deliver integrations efficiently, consistently, and with minimal engineering rework.
• Elevating the technical business analysis function by improving data-mapping quality, documentation standards, tooling, and throughput, resulting in faster and more reliable integration delivery.
• Accelerating complex sales cycles through technical expertise, reusable solution artifacts, and improved clarity around integration patterns, data availability, and feasibility.
• Strengthening alignment across product, engineering, and go-to-market teams through clear technical requirements, shared integration standards, and improved collaboration
• Expanding the breadth and quality of supported integrations across Data Intelligence and Digital Connectivity while maintaining rigorous technical, security, and performance standards.

Success here isn’t about checking boxes – it’s about propelling Kinective’s mission to lead the way to intelligent banking. You must bring excellence to your craft, balance resourcefulness with respect, share and celebrate unique expertise and diverse perspectives, and continuously raise the bar as we innovate and grow.

What you’ll own:

Technical Product Leadership & Strategy

• Serve as the primary technical stakeholder for the Data Intelligence and Digital Connectivity product lines.
• Translate product vision into technical requirements, data models, and API-driven integration patterns.
• Influence architecture decisions that support scalability, resiliency, and standardization.
• Partner closely with engineering, architecture, and platform teams to prioritize and deliver technical roadmap items.

External Integration & 3rd-Party Development Ownership

• Own the engagement model for third-party development where external partners build new integrations into our platform. 
• Define technical specifications, acceptance criteria, and delivery expectations.
• Provide oversight to ensure code quality, adherence to API standards, and timely delivery.
• Coordinate across legal, security, and engineering teams to ensure partners meet compliance requirements

Leadership of the Technical Business Analysis Organization

• Lead the team responsible for defining and mapping data between cores, fintechs, and our standardized APIs.
• Establish and enforce best practices for data mapping, interface documentation, and requirements analysis.
• Ensure the team delivers clear, complete, and technically sound mapping documentation for engineering.
• Coach and develop technical business analysts; build capacity and improve efficiency.

Sales Engineering & Pre-Sales Technical Support

• Support Sales and GTM teams during complex pre-sales opportunities where deep technical knowledge is required. 
• Communicate integration patterns, data availability, and technical feasibility to prospects.
• Produce reusable documentation, diagrams, and technical guidance that accelerate the sales cycle.
• Act as the technical authority for unique or “first of kind” integration scenarios.

Necessary Qualifications:

• 5+ years in Product Management, Technical Product Management, or a closely related role.
• Strong understanding of APIs, data models, and system-to-system integrations.
• Experience working with engineering teams on complex technical deliverables.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and artifacts.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts.
• Demonstrated ability to lead without authority and influence cross-functional teams.
• Experience supporting pre-sales or customer-facing technical conversations.
• Experience with financial systems, core banking platforms, or fintech integrations.
• Familiarity with data mapping, ETL processes, or middleware integration tools.
• Experience managing or working with external development partners.
• Background in technical business analysis, solution architecture, or sales engineering.
• Knowledge of data governance, security, and compliance frameworks in financial services.

What you’re great at: 

• Technical Fluency in APIs & Data Integration – Able to understand, explain, and influence API design, data models, and system-to-system connectivity.
• Product & Technical Strategy Alignment – Converts product vision into scalable integration patterns, requirements, and technical roadmaps.
• Cross-Functional Leadership – Leads without authority across engineering, GTM, technical business analysts, and external partners.
• Structured Problem Solving & Systems Thinking – Breaks down complex integration scenarios into clear, repeatable, scalable approaches.
• Partner & Stakeholder Management – Effectively manages third-party dev teams, internal stakeholders, and customer/partner technical interactions.
• Clear Technical Communication – Distills complex technical topics into actionable guidance for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Execution Discipline – Drives predictable delivery across multiple teams through clear requirements, expectations, and accountability.

Pay, Benefits & Total Rewards

$150,000 – $175,000

The salary range listed reflects the minimum and maximum for this role. Individual compensation is based on experience, qualifications, job-related skills, geographic location, and internal equity. Most offers are not made at or near the top of the range. 

Base pay is one component of Kinective’s Total Rewards package. Depending on the role, employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, commission plans, or equity. All employees receive access to a competitive benefits package designed to support health, well-being, and financial security, including: 

• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescriptions, life & disability) 
• Flexible PTO, 11 company holidays, and generous parental & caregiver leave 
• An immediately-vested 401(k) plan with company contributions 
• Wellness resources and professional development opportunities 
• And it doesn't end there... 

If you've made it this far, we'd love to hear from you. 

Click "apply" and let's start the conversation – even if you're not sure you check every box. We care about potential just as much as experience, and the right fit goes both ways.  

Take a deeper dive into all things Kinective at kinective.io 

Please note that this role does not currently offer sponsorship opportunities.