Director of Product

Lead Marty. Drive Product Execution. Help Build the Financial OS.

Location: Tampa, FL (in office)

THE ROLE

Lavu is building the Financial OS for modern restaurant brands — POS, Payments, Payroll, Banking, Cards and Marty, the AI intelligence layer that ties it all together.

You will lead:

Marty — our AI agent ecosystem and intelligence platform
All Product — POS, Payments, Payroll, Banking, Card Issuing
Product Strategy — cross-product roadmap, adoption, and revenue impact
Cross-functional execution with Engineering, Data, Design, and GTM
Product performance across thousands of restaurants in 75 countries

This is the role that turns Lavu’s product portfolio into a unified, AI-powered financial operating system used by the most ambitious restaurants in the world.

WHY NOW

Lavu has crossed into a new category:

50% YoY growth, profitable
EBITDA doubled four years in a row
#1 Restaurant POS on G2
Operating in 75 countries
Embedded finance adoption is accelerating
Marty is live and customers want more
Banking and card issuing are now in motion

We have product–market fit.

We have scale.

We have a data advantage no one else has.

Now we need a product leader who turns this into a category-dominating OS.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

1. Lead and Scale Marty (our AI Restaurant Operating System)

You define and drive the intelligence layer for the entire company.

You will:

Own the AI roadmap and agent ecosystem
Turn Marty into the system restaurants rely on daily
Build and refine intelligence across POS, payments, payroll, banking
Drive adoption across thousands of restaurants
Make Marty a core retention, expansion, and revenue driver

2. Own Product Strategy Across the Financial OS

You are accountable for product outcomes across:

POS → Payments → Payroll → Banking → Cards

You will deliver:

90% attachment on payments
25% adoption of payroll, banking, and cards in 12 months
High-impact financial and operational product releases
Clear revenue and margin outcomes tied to product usage

3. Partner Closely with Engineering to Increase Velocity

You will not manage engineering, but your alignment with engineering drives the company.

You will:

Set priorities, clarify specs, remove ambiguity
Drive a fast, predictable product development rhythm
Shape platform evolution and architecture priorities with engineering leadership
Improve execution quality and reliability through clarity and focus

4. Drive Commercial Impact Through Product

This is a commercial role, not a feature factory.

You will:

Deliver $5M+ ARR in embedded finance in 12–18 months
Improve NRR through adoption
Expand ARPU and unit economics
Build a roadmap tied directly to financial impact, not vanity metrics

5. Build the Product Org That Scales

You inherit a working team.
You build the next generation.

You will:

Hire PMs, AI product talent, and design
Establish standards, rituals, and clarity
Build the culture that ships consistently
Strengthen cross-functional operating rhythms

REQUIREMENTS (NON-NEGOTIABLE)

Technical + Domain Leadership

Built and scaled fintech or embedded finance products
Experience with payments, payroll, banking, or card issuing
Strong understanding of platform architecture
Experience owning data or AI-driven product systems
Can partner deeply with senior engineering leaders

Execution Track Record

Owned zero-to-one and scaled one-to-ten products
Delivered complex, regulated, multi-product environments
Improved execution velocity and product quality
Strong understanding of product economics and monetization

Leadership

Clear communicator who creates alignment
Can influence cross-functionally without drama or politics
Operates with urgency, clarity, and ownership
Can immediately lead Product at scale

NICE TO HAVES

Restaurant, hospitality, or retail systems experience

Experience with multi-location or high-volume operators

Experience building intelligence layers or AI agents

Experience managing global or distributed product orgs

THIS ROLE IS FOR YOU IF…

You want meaningful ownership of product across multiple financial categories

You want to lead the AI strategy and build a world-class intelligence layer

You want to work directly with strong engineering leadership

You want to take a profitable, scaling platform and turn it into a category-defining OS

You’re motivated by impact, clarity, and building something enduring

APPLY

If you want a role where your decisions directly shape the future of restaurant finance and AI, this is it.

Let’s build the most powerful operating system in hospitality.

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Senior Director: Product