Product Manager

Linedata is hiring an experienced Product Manager to drive the strategy, evolution, and growth of Capitalstream, its lending and leasing platform. In this role, you’ll turn customer needs and market signals into a clear roadmap, partner across teams to deliver measurable value, and support the transition from traditional on-premise deployment toward modern SaaS-based solutions.

This position is based in Boston, MA and is onsite. The ideal candidate brings 3+ years of Product Management experience and a strong background working with lending and lending technology workflows.

What you’ll do

• Own and help drive Capitalstream product strategy, roadmap, and priority setting.
• Build a strong understanding of customer needs through client engagement, market research, product usage, and industry trends.
• Translate customer requirements and commercial opportunities into clear product requirements, features, and priorities.
• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog using customer value, market demand, strategic importance, and revenue opportunity.
• Assess the competitive landscape to identify opportunities to strengthen Capitalstream’s market position.
• Support short- and long-term product planning, forecasting, and business analysis for leadership.
• Identify opportunities to convert custom development, consulting engagements, and value-added processes into scalable product capabilities.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Development, and Quality Assurance across the product development lifecycle.
• Define clear product and feature requirements and ensure alignment across business and technical stakeholders.
• Provide direction and prioritization to development and QA teams for product enhancements and new capabilities.
• Work with Engineering to understand technical challenges, evaluate solutions, and develop specifications that address customer and product needs.
• Prioritize and manage product releases, including enhancement packages and hotfixes.
• Help drive Capitalstream’s evolution from on-premise models toward SaaS solutions.
• Work with technical teams to support modern DevOps, CI/CD, build, and deployment practices.
• Maintain a focus on product quality, usability, scalability, and customer experience.
• Act as a product subject matter expert for customers and internal stakeholders.
• Develop deep understanding of lending and leasing workflows, customer pain points, and evolving market requirements.
• Engage with customers to gather feedback, validate priorities, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Partner with Sales and client-facing teams to support strategic opportunities and communicate the Capitalstream value proposition.
• Provide product training and enablement to Sales, Implementation Services, Development, Quality Assurance, and Support teams.
• Support Marketing with development and launch of new product capabilities and offerings.
• Evaluate partnerships, integrations, and licensing opportunities to enhance the Capitalstream platform.
• Build and support relationships with key technology, systems, content, and integration partners, including external partners for broader solutions.
• Contribute to product documentation, including user and administration materials for new capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of Product Management experience within a technology or software organization.
• 5+ years of experience working with loan origination, business lending, consumer lending, equipment finance, leasing, or related lending technology solutions.
• Strong experience gathering customer requirements and translating them into product strategy, roadmaps, and actionable product requirements.
• 3+ years of experience working with Agile methodologies and product development tools such as Jira.
• Experience working closely with Engineering, Development, and Quality Assurance throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Understanding of SaaS architecture and modern software delivery models.
• Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD principles and deployment practices.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and align cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, planning, and execution skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with attention to detail and hands-on execution.
• Comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to travel approximately 5–10% as needed.

Technologies you’ll work with

• Agile methodologies
• Jira
• SaaS architecture
• DevOps
• CI/CD

Preferred

• MBA or other advanced degree.
• Demonstrated experience helping migrate or transform an on-premise software product into a SaaS-based offering.
• Experience working with commercial lending, equipment finance, loan origination, or lending workflow platforms.
• Experience developing product business cases, forecasts, competitive analyses, and go-to-market strategies.
• Experience working directly with financial institutions and senior business and technology stakeholders.

What will make you successful

• Customer Focus: uncover customer needs and translate them into scalable product capabilities.
• Strategic Product Thinking: connect market trends, customer requirements, technology, and commercial goals to establish clear product priorities.
• Critical Thinking: evaluate alternatives, assess trade-offs, and make thoughtful decisions in complex situations.
• Execution: organize and prioritize effectively, set realistic expectations, and deliver on commitments.
• Collaboration: build partnerships across Product, Engineering, Sales, Services, Support, and Marketing.
• Influence: create alignment and drive decisions across teams even without direct authority.
• Innovation: find new ways to solve customer problems and strengthen the product’s value proposition.
• Ownership: take responsibility for decisions, outcomes, and the continued evolution of the product.

Why Linedata

• Shape a Core Lending Platform: contribute to the strategy and evolution of Capitalstream and Linedata’s Lending and Leasing solutions.
• Solve Real Client Challenges: work directly with financial institutions on lending, workflow, operational, and technology needs.
• Drive SaaS Transformation: modernize an established lending platform and support next-generation SaaS capabilities.
• Cross-Functional Impact: collaborate with Engineering, Sales, Services, Support, Marketing, and clients across the full product lifecycle.
• Global Reach: support financial institutions worldwide with an established financial technology organization.
• Visible Product Ownership: influence product priorities, customer experience, competitive positioning, and long-term growth.