Head of Product, Block

Operating Systems

$290-435k

+ Employee Stock Purchase Program

Expert level
Remote in US
San Francisco Bay Area

US-based, ideally PST timezone

Block

Financial services ecosystem

Be an early applicant

Block

Financial services ecosystem

1001+ employees

FintechB2CB2BPaymentsFinancial Services

Be an early applicant

$290-435k

+ Employee Stock Purchase Program

Expert level
Remote in US
San Francisco Bay Area

US-based, ideally PST timezone

1001+ employees

FintechB2CB2BPaymentsFinancial Services

Company mission

To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.

Role

Who you are

  • Given the criticality of the work and horizontal nature of the Operating Systems team, the role requires a leader that thrives in ambiguity, can manage complexity, is a strong communicator, and can deftly balance competing priorities / needs across the organization
  • This person should also have strong product instincts and be highly effective at knocking down walls to get things done
  • 14+ years of product management experience with a strong familiarity of consumer-facing ecosystem products and a proven track record of delivering outstanding products at scale
  • Outstanding leadership skills; the ability to inspire team members and drive collaborative decision-making across geographically dispersed cross-functional teams
  • High degree of comfort with ambiguity, and a knack for quickly ramping on new skills and functions. You excel in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  • Exceptional prioritization and cross-functional stakeholder management, particularly influencing compliance/legal and external partners in a highly regulated industry
  • Excellent oral and written communication and narrative storytelling skills. You can frame and distill complex information appropriately for different audiences and are comfortable regularly presenting to and guiding Cash App’s most senior leaders
  • An analytical mindset with the ability to distill and communicate complicated data to make decisions, determine roadmap prioritization, and understand and communicate customer and business impact
  • Exceptional team management and organizational skills. You’ve built and scaled cross-functional teams and processes
  • A hunger to tackle complicated and impactful customer and business problems

Desirable

  • Experience in the fintech or social media industry

What the job involves

  • We’re looking for an exceptional product leader to take the helm of our Operating Systems abstraction which owns everything from our core Peer to Peer product, Shared Surfaces & Primitives, Messaging & Recommendations, Design Systems, Social vision and more
  • The Operating Systems team owns the information architecture for the entire Cash App product, a responsibility made that much more critical by our ever-expanding ambitions and ecosystems of products
  • As the master architect, the work the OS team does will largely determine the feng shui of our offering
  • As the Head of Product for the Operating Systems team, you will lead a team of incredible product leaders and be responsible for the team’s vision, strategy, roadmap prioritization, and customer & business impact and will drive high impact initiatives from inception through execution
  • You will collaborate with some of the best designers and engineers in the industry to define a vision for how Cash App will redefine social banking
  • Own the vision, strategy, implementation, and customer & business outcomes
  • Lead and inspire a team (engineers, designers, researchers, data scientists, business operations) to ship innovative and incredible experiences at scale
  • Manage a team of seven+ product managers (four product leads + three reports of reports)
  • Deeply understand business and product performance to ensure we are focused on the highest impact opportunities that balance long term growth with immediate business needs
  • Manage the roadmap and team processes to enhance execution velocity, making tactical tradeoffs between business priorities and resources
  • Drive effective partnership both cross-functionally and across abstractions & product teams, ensuring the team is effectively supporting the needs across the business
  • Define the framework and metrics to measure the impact of the team; deeply understand the core drivers and monitor progress​​

Application process

  • While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, on average, U.S. open roles are posted for 70 days before being filled by a successful candidate

Our take

Block is a financial services technology company comprising of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD. Its biggest brand, Square, offers hardware and software for small to medium-sized businesses enabling them to manage the entire payment lifecycle. It functions similarly to Shopify and Stripe, but has paired online payment processing with physical devices such as registers, payment terminals, and mobile card readers.

The business was originally founded as Square in 2009 by Jack Dorsey of Twitter fame. Already well-established with SMEs all over the globe, Square has significantly benefited from the increased demand for mobile payment systems. Its order management feature remains a go-to tool for small businesses that otherwise didn't have the proper infrastructure in place when demand for home delivery surged.

Square rebranded as Block in December 2021, with the Square brand name remaining in place for their seller business. The company has since come under fire for its security practices, facing lawsuits in relation to a major breach of CashApp user data, and in 2024 announced plans to reduce its workforce in order to cut costs. Despite these setbacks, there is every chance the business will move past this, though it may take some time to rebuild trust in its product.

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19% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
  • Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
  • Retirement Plans including company match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program
  • Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance
  • Paid parental and caregiving leave
  • Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
  • Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)
  • Learning and Development resources
  • Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Jack Dorsey

(CEO)

Having studied at and dropped out of New York University, Jack founded Twitter in March 2006, where he has served as CEO since. He co-founded Square with Jim in February 2009, and has remained its CEO ever since.

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