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DirectorFull-timeRustGoAI
Salary Range
$144,500 - $195,500 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
The Director of Product Innovation at Verifone is responsible for shaping the future of the company's vertically focused Point of Sale (POS) platform by anticipating market evolution and driving experience-level differentiation. This role is designed for a senior product leader with experience in mature, highly competitive POS or transactional software markets.
Key Responsibilities
- →Define and own the POS product innovation agenda aligned with long-term company strategy.
- →Identify emerging competitive patterns and proactively mitigate future parity risks.
- →Establish a repeatable innovation model (discovery → validation → pilot → scale).
- →Lead experience-led innovation across frontline POS workflows, including checkout, staff enablement, error prevention, and manager interactions.
- →Reimagine how speed, simplicity, and trust show up in mission-critical POS moments.
- →Champion usability and workflow excellence as primary competitive advantages.
- →Ensure innovations enhance reliability and confidence in high-throughput environments.
- →Lead ideation for AI-supported POS capabilities, including context-aware prompts and recommendations at checkout, intelligent automation of repetitive or error-prone actions, predictive insights embedded directly in POS workflows, and natural language or conversational interactions where they reduce friction.
- →Translate AI capabilities into practical, explainable, and trusted product features.
- →Conduct deep customer discovery focused on real operational constraints at the point of sale.
- →Validate concepts through prototypes, pilots, and early-access programs.
- →Work closely with Product Management to transition validated innovations into the core roadmap.
- →Partner with UX, Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success to ensure innovations are usable, scalable, and market-ready.
- →Support Go-to-Market teams with clear product narratives and differentiation stories.
Requirements
- ✓8+ years of experience in product management, product innovation, or product strategy.
- ✓Significant experience with POS or transactional software products.
- ✓Demonstrated success innovating in competitive, choice-driven markets.
- ✓Proven experience ideating, piloting, and launching differentiated product capabilities.
- ✓Deep understanding of POS workflows, constraints, and real-time transactional systems.
- ✓Strong product judgment and experience-led decision-making.
- ✓Fluency in AI concepts and applications for product innovation.
- ✓Ability to translate abstract ideas into concrete, testable product concepts.
- ✓Excellent communication, storytelling, and cross-functional influence skills.
- ✓Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred but not required.
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