Head of Strategic Product Enablement

WHAT MAKES US, US

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At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

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WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT FOR US

The Head of Strategic Product Enablement role is a strategic partnership position responsible for co-owning critical CPO-driven priorities and ensuring execution with substance, rigor, and accountability across the product management organization.

This role owns the strategic content, quality, and business impact of what the PM organization produces—roadmaps, business cases, strategy documents, and major product decisions. By establishing standards for product planning artifacts and providing direct quality control on all PM outputs, this role ensures product managers deliver consistent, high-quality work aligned to strategic vision and market reality.

As the CPO's primary strategic partner, this role actively engages in strategic thinking, challenges assumptions, and serves as a second set of eyes on major product decisions on a day-to-day basis. This position is essential to elevating PM consistency and quality across the organization and ensuring strategic initiatives translate into disciplined execution and measurable business outcomes.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

Strategic Partnership & Co-Ownership

• Co-own critical CPO-driven initiatives, actively shaping strategic thinking, challenging assumptions, and driving outcomes with accountability for business impact.
• Serve as the CPO's strategic thought partner on major product decisions across the PM portfolio, providing counsel and perspective on a day-to-day basis.

Quality Control & Artifact Governance

• Establish and enforce standards for product planning artifacts—roadmaps, business cases, strategy documents—reviewing all major outputs with a critical eye for strategic coherence and business impact.
• Drive quality improvement across PM teams through direct feedback on substance, identifying gaps in strategic thinking, and ensuring consistency in execution.

Strategic Content Ownership

• Shape the content and outcomes of critical strategic sessions and planning cycles, ensuring the right questions are asked and decisions are grounded in market intelligence.
• Own strategic initiatives from conception through execution, ensuring follow-through on decisions and accountability for delivering business impact.

WHAT WE VALUE

Product Management Leadership & Operating Model Expertise

• 8+ years of progressive product management experience, with deep understanding of world-class PM organization operating models, rituals, artifacts, and culture from having led or shaped product teams at scale.
• Demonstrated deep expertise in PM discipline—how to build strategic clarity, establish quality standards, drive accountability, and cultivate a culture of rigor and excellence.

Strategic Partnership & Influence

• Demonstrated experience as a strategic partner to senior leaders, influencing organizational strategy through analytical rigor and market insight.
• Strong ability to challenge assumptions constructively, identify gaps in strategic thinking, and elevate the rigor of product planning and decision-making.

Quality Ownership & Execution Excellence

• Demonstrated capability to assess strategy quality, establish standards, enforce discipline across product organizations, and drive improvement through coaching.
• Ability to coordinate complex initiatives across teams, remove barriers, and maintain momentum on strategic priorities.

Communication & Stakeholder Influence

• Proficient communication skills with ability to articulate strategic rationale to C-suite executives, product leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong ability to influence product leaders across the organization and shape outcomes through strategic guidance.

BENEFITS

Attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, in SimCorp we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a good work and life balance: flexible working hours and a hybrid model. And opportunities for professional development: there is never just only one route - we offer an individual approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.

NEXT STEPS

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.  

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

WHO WE ARE

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general. 

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients. 

SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to race, gender, age, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law. 

We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.

SimCorp USA welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

For New York City only: The salary range for this position is $241.000 – $362.000. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including health care, leave, and retirement plans. Your total compensation may vary based on role, location, department and individual performance.

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