Bridgestone & Firestone

Product Development Manager

Bridgestone & Firestone$90K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or related field.
  • 7+ years of experience in credit card product development, corporate strategy, or related roles.
  • Proven track record in modeling, launching, and managing successful credit card products.
  • Strong understanding of credit card economics and payment network operations.
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and project management skills.
  • Strong collaboration and relationship management abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute the product roadmap for CFNA’s credit products.
  • Own the end-to-end lifecycle of new product initiatives from concept through scaling.
  • Build business cases with financial modeling and customer insights to secure executive buy-in.
  • Ensure timely product launches that meet regulatory requirements and budget.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to bring innovative products to market.
  • Identify market trends and competitive gaps to guide product enhancements.
  • Leverage customer research and feedback to shape product concepts.

Benefits

  • Supportive and engaging onboarding experience.
  • Opportunities for professional growth through training and mentorship.
  • Involvement in Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
  • Dynamic and challenging global work environment.
  • Focus on agility, work/life effectiveness, and long-term well-being.
  • Diverse and inclusive team culture.
Full Job Description
Job Category
Sales, Marketing & Product Management

Position Summary
CFNA is a leader in financial services, committed to delivering innovative credit solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers. As we expand our portfolio, we are seeking a Product Development Manager to lead the creation and launch of next-generation credit card products. This role is key to driving innovation, differentiating our offerings, and capturing new market opportunities.

Responsibilities

New Product Development

  • Develop and execute the product roadmap for each of CFNAs credit products.
  • Own the end-to-end lifecycle of new product initiativesfrom concept through design, pilot, launch, and scaling.
  • Build business cases with financial modeling, customer insights, risk assessments, and competitive analysis to secure buy-in from Executive Team.
  • Ensure products launch on time, within regulatory requirements, within budget, and with strong adoption strategies.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams (Finance, Analytics, Marketing, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Operations) to bring innovative products to market.

Innovation & Concept Development

  • Identify market trends in the payments industry, competitive gaps with existing products and customer needs to guide product enhancements and innovation.
  • Drive ideation and concept creation for new credit card products, features, and customer experiences.
  • Develop compelling value propositions that address unmet customer needs and differentiate our brand from the competition.  

Customer-Centric Design

  • Leverage customer research, feedback, and testing to shape product concepts to meet the needs of our cardholders.
  • Champion design-thinking and customer journey mapping to deliver best-in-class experiences.
  • Continuously refine offerings based on pilot learnings and post-launch performance.

Strategic Influence

  • Serve as the innovation champion within the credit card business, inspiring new ideas and approaches.
  • Present product visions, prototypes, and business cases to executives and stakeholders.
  • Build external partnerships (fintechs, networks, loyalty providers, digital platforms) to accelerate innovation.

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree in Business, Finance, or related field.
  • 7+ years of experience in credit card product development, corporate strategy, or related roles.
  • Proven track record in modeling, launching, and managing successful credit card products.
  • Strong understanding of credit card economics and payment network operations.
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and project management skills.
  • Strong collaboration and relationship management abilities.

What we offer

At Bridgestone, what really matters is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to Serve Society with Superior Quality, for that, we offer you more than just a competitive compensation; we will provide you:

  • A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
  • The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
  • Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
  • A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
  • Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
  • A diverse and inclusive team.

About Bridgestone & Firestone

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest tire and rubber company. Bridgestone Americas and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand tires to address the needs of a broad range of customers, including consumers, automotive and commercial vehicle original equipment manufacturers, and those in the agricultural, forestry and mining industries. The companies are also engaged in retreading operations throughout the Western Hemisphere and produce air springs, roofing materials, and industrial fibers and textiles. The Bridgestone Americas family of companies also operates the world's largest chain of automotive tire and service centers. Guided by its global corporate social responsibility commitment, Our Way to Serve, Bridgestone embraces its responsibility as a global leader by striving to improve the way people move, live, work and play.
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Size
135,636 employees
Industry
NASDAQ

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