Sr. Director of Product Management - Finance Path to Value

About the Role

Gap Inc. Finance spans FP&A Controllership Treasury Tax Brand Finance Global Business Services and Procurement across a $16B enterprise. Were shifting to an empowered product model and Finance is the proving ground.

Youll be the day-to-day operational leader for Finance technology. Your VP sets the executive frame you make it real - owning strategy execution leading the product team and building the working partnerships with Finance leadership that turn a service relationship into a strategic one.

Youre walking into a portfolio mid-transformation. Multiple PdMs touch Finance workstreams today and Finance experiences it as fragmented. The delivery model is evolving. Your job is to unify the portfolio stabilize delivery partner with Finance leaders as a credible peer and prove the product model delivers.

Unified Portfolio Leadership

• Consolidate distributed Finance PdM coverage into one coordinated team with a single roadmap narrative.
• Finance should see one front door not six backlogs.
• Establish the operating rhythm communication cadence and portfolio governance that makes unified coverage real.

Product Strategy & Execution

• Co-develop the Finance product strategy with the VP.
• Own execution across Oracle FusionEPM Anaplan Coupa and the reporting ecosystem.
• Drive the Finance AI strategy - where AI changes how Finance operates vs. where its theater.
• Build the case sequence the bets manage expectations.
• Make prioritization decisions grounded in evidence. Defend them.

Discovery & Outcomes

• Lead continuous discovery - regular contact with Finance users prototype testing evidence-based prioritization.
• Own business outcomes not delivery metrics.
• Bring a data-driven perspective to shared decisions with Finance leadership. When you disagree on priorities bring evidence and options - not pushback.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop the Finance product team. Coaching cadence capability assessment development plans.
• Your team learns the craft by watching you practice it.
• Model the product operating model in an enterprise Finance context where SOX compliance and month-end close are not optional.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Be the consistent credible GTS presence across Finance Leadership Team domains GBS Finance Technology Controllership Finance CoE Brand Finance Corp Finance & Treasury Tax & Risk.
• Know when to push when to align when to escalate to your VP and when to make someone else the hero.

Delivery Stewardship

• Keep Finance systems stable during transformation - month-end close quarter-end SOX controls.
• Navigate an evolving delivery model with hybrid on-offshore teams.
• Build productive partnerships maintain continuity and ensure Finance doesnt feel the turbulence.

About the Candidate

You are:

• Product Management Leadership. 10 years enterprise PdM 3 leading other PMs.
• Finance Domain Fluency. You know why the close calendar is sacred what SOX means for system changes and how FP&A and Controllership interact.
• Finance leaders recognize you as credible.
• Executive Communication. You distill complexity into decisions prepare for every question before the meeting and produce materials executives act on.
• Transformation Resilience. Youve parachuted into an in-flight transformation - delivery model shifting trust being built multiple workstreams competing.
• AI as Product Strategy. You use LLMs daily as a force multiplier - analysis executive materials knowledge synthesis. Beyond personal productivity you evaluate where AI creates genuine value in Finance workflows close automation anomaly detection planning intelligence reporting rationalization.
• You know the difference between a transformative use case and a demo and you bring that judgment to every investment decision.

Strongly Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle Finance platform experience Fusion EPM ARCS.
• Anaplan or enterprise planning platform experience.
• Retail CPG or multi-brand enterprise background.
• MBA CPA CFA or Big 4 consulting background.
• SVPG or equivalent product operating model fluency.