10-11 February 2026
Excel, London
dashdevs is coming to Finovate europe
Product Practice Lead
Lead
Full time
Position overview
The Practice Lead – Product Practice is responsible for building, leading, and scaling DashDevs’ product management and product discovery capability across client portfolios and pre-sale engagements. This role owns the product discipline as a practice, not individual product roadmaps or delivery execution. The Practice Lead defines product discovery standards, product decision frameworks, and quality benchmarks, ensuring that product thinking is applied consistently before and during client engagements to reduce delivery risk and improve deal quality.
The Practice Lead works closely with Pre-Sale, Business Development, Delivery, and Engineering leadership to embed product expertise into early client conversations, discovery phases, and solution shaping, while remaining independent from day-to-day delivery execution. Success in this role is measured by improved discovery quality, clearer scope definition, reduced downstream rework, stronger client trust in product leadership, and the maturity and consistency of product roles across the organization.
Product description Our product fintech solution for clients called Fintech Core. This is a set of modules that cover the various needs of the client in the field of online banking and payment products. For example, issuing cards, money transfers, paying on the site, or even building a bank from scratch. The client can use a full-fledged solution and choose certain modules he currently lacks. Due to the fact that these modules are already ready - the client spends time only on their customization and not on creating code from scratch.
Day in the life In this role you’ll get: -Directly manage Product Managers and Business Analysts, UX/UI setting expectations, priorities, and performance goals. -Review ongoing product and discovery work to ensure adherence to defined standards and quality benchmarks. -Evolve product frameworks, templates, and guidelines based on delivery and pre-sale feedback. -Conduct regular 1-on-1s and mentoring sessions to develop product practitioners. -Participate in selected pre-sale activities to shape product scope, assumptions, and risks. -Step into critical or high-risk projects when product-related issues escalate or delivery execution starts to burn.
YOUR BACKGROUND
- 7+ years of professional experience in Product Management and/or Business Analysis roles.
- 2+ years of people management experience, leading and developing BAs, PMs, or Product roles.
- Strong product discovery and problem-framing skills in complex B2B or regulated environments.
- Ability to translate ambiguous business needs into clear product scope, assumptions, and constraints.
- Proven experience supporting pre-sale and dealshaping activities.
- Capability to identify product and scope risks early and articulate trade-offs.
- Solid understanding of software delivery models and engineering constraints (without owning execution).
- Experience defining, applying, and improving product standards and quality benchmarks.
- Ability to critically review and improve product documentation created by others.
- People leadership and mentorship skills for developing product practitioners.
- Strong stakeholder management skills in a matrix organization.
- Clear, structured communication suitable for executive-level and client-facing discussions.
- English - C1
Skills that will be a plus:
- Experience working on fintech or financial services products, including exposure to regulated environments (e.g., digital banking, payments, or compliance-driven systems).
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of the existing Product Practice and ensure continuity of its operation.
- Review, assess, and refine current product discovery processes, standards, and artifacts.
- Maintain and evolve the Product Practice mandate across Pre-Sale, Discovery, and Delivery.
- Ensure consistent application of product discovery standards across active and new engagements.
- Act as a quality gate for discovery outputs before transition to Delivery.
- Participate in qualified pre-sale engagements where product expertise is required.
- Support deal shaping by clarifying product scope, assumptions, constraints, and risks.
- Identify and escalate structurally weak or highrisk deals early in the process.
- Lead, mentor, and develop Product Managers, BAs, and related roles within the practice.
- Reduce variance in product decision-making and documentation quality across portfolios.
- Collaborate with Delivery and Engineering to ensure effective handover from discovery to execution.
- Contribute to the evolution of product-related offerings (e.g., Discovery Phase, product consulting).
- Define, track, and report on success metrics for the Product Practice and drive continuous improvement.
Please, pay attention to the fact that business trips to EU and MENA (USA - very rarely) could be needed for this position.
WE OFFER
- 20 billable days off in the first year of cooperation, all next years - 25 billable days off
- Fair and competitive compensation
- Friendly team and enjoyable working environment
- Clearly described business processes in the company that really work
- Regular updates on company news, Q&A sessions with top management
- Flexible work schedule
- Remote work mode
- Ability to transfer unused vacation to the next year
- Partial coverage of co-working costs
- Regular online team-building events
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