Chief Product Officer

Arena Staffing has partnered with a confidential, high-growth consumer fintech company in Orange County that is hiring a Chief Product Officer. This role will be in office 5 days a week.

This is a senior executive role for a product leader who has scaled digital products, expanded product lines, and connected product strategy directly to revenue growth, customer engagement, retention, and market expansion.

The ideal candidate will come from fintech, SaaS, credit, lending, personal finance, consumer financial tools, or regulated technology and will be comfortable partnering directly with a founder-led executive team.

Why you will want this role - Here is the “what’s in it for you”:

• Executive impact: Own product strategy for a high-growth consumer fintech platform.
• Founder access: Work directly with a product-minded Founder/CEO and senior executive team.
• Product expansion: Help shape new product opportunities across credit, lending, personal finance, AI, and adjacent fintech categories.
• High visibility: Present product strategy, roadmap priorities, and performance to executive and board-level stakeholders.
• Real ownership: This is not a maintenance product role. The company needs a strategic product leader who can help decide what to build, expand, partner around, or take to market next.
• Strong package: Competitive executive base compensation, stock options, paid benefits, and bonus potential.
• Role snapshot

Here are the details for the Chief Product Officer

Industry Focus: Fintech, SaaS, credit, lending, personal finance, consumer financial tools, or regulated technology

What you will own

• Define and execute the company’s long-term product vision and roadmap.
• Lead product strategy across existing and future digital product lines.
• Identify new opportunities across consumer fintech, credit, lending, personal finance, and AI-enabled products.
• Partner with Engineering, Design, Marketing, Growth, Finance, Operations, and Compliance.
• Use product analytics, customer insights, A/B testing, and market research to guide roadmap decisions.
• Lead Product Management and Product Design teams.
• Present product strategy, performance, and innovation plans to senior leadership and board-level stakeholders.

Must-have requirements

• CPO, SVP Product, VP Product, Head of Product, or senior product executive experience.
• 10+ years of progressive product leadership experience.
• Experience in fintech, SaaS, credit, lending, personal finance, consumer financial tools, or regulated technology.
• Proven success scaling digital products and driving measurable growth.
• Experience launching, expanding, or repositioning product lines.
• Strong cross-functional leadership with Engineering, Design, Marketing, Growth, Finance, Operations, and Compliance.
• Strong product analytics, customer research, experimentation, and KPI experience.
• Executive communication skills with the ability to influence founders, CEOs, boards, investors, and technical teams.

Nice-to-have requirements

• Public company, pre-public company, investor-facing, or board-facing product leadership experience.
• MBA or advanced degree.
• AI and automation experience tied to product strategy, personalization, customer experience, or operational efficiency.
• Experience working in a founder-led or high-growth environment.

Interview process

Round 1: Executive leadership interview

Round 2: Final in-person executive interview

Compensation

Base compensation range: $225k - $400K + Stock Options + Discretionary Bonus + Great Benefits

The client may stretch for a highly aligned executive candidate.

Arena Staffing and our client are equal opportunity employers. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law. We comply with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, including California requirements related to pay scale disclosures, paid sick leave, and required reporting and recordkeeping. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the hiring process.