Director - Platform Product Management - API & Connectivity

FICO (NYSE: FICO) is a leading global analytics software company helping businesses in 100+ countries make better decisions. Join our world-class team today and fulfill your career potential!

The Opportunity

'As Director of Platform Product Management API & Connectivity you will lead the vision strategy and roadmap for the Software Platform’s API ecosystem and integrations infrastructure enabling seamless integrations for internal teams and external partners. You will ensure APIs are developer-friendly secure scalable and aligned with business goals partnering with engineering security and product teams to drive adoption and platform extensibility. You will own the end-to-end API product lifecycle including design documentation governance versioning and monetization strategies. This role focuses on delivering exceptional developer experience high-performance connectivity and robust security/compliance while supporting business growth through ecosystem partnerships and integrations. Success is measured by API adoption uptime developer satisfaction and revenue from partner integrations.' - Platform Management - Vice President

What You’ll Contribute

• Define and own the multi-year product vision and roadmap for API platforms gateways and connectivity services aligned with company strategy and market trends.

• Design API specifications authentication rate limiting and lifecycle management (versioning deprecation) to balance developer velocity and security.

• Drive developer experience excellence: create portals SDKs interactive docs sandboxes and self-service onboarding to accelerate partner and internal adoption.

• Define platform integration patterns and ecosystem/marketplace integrations that enable seamless connectivity across internal and external systems.

• Partner with engineering to build scalable observable API infrastructure.

• Collaborate with security compliance sales and partnerships to govern API access ensure regulatory adherence and enable go-to-market for API-powered products.

• Establish KPIs such as API uptime usage growth developer NPS error rates and integration revenue; use data to iterate and report to executives.

• Conduct developer research run hackathons and build feedback loops to identify pain points and opportunities for new connectivity capabilities.

• Influence platform architecture for extensibility; evaluate build vs. buy for API management tools.

What We’re Seeking

• 10-15 years in product management with 5+ years owning API platforms developer platforms or integrations in SaaS fintech or enterprise software.

• Deep understanding of API design and systems.

• Proven track record launching and scaling APIs: high adoption low latency and secure ecosystems in production environments.

• Experience with API lifecycle management versioning strategies and backward compatibility.

• Technical fluency in API standards protocols auth/security and observability tools.

• Strong analytical skills to model adoption metrics performance tradeoffs and business impact from integrations.

• Executive influence: partners with leaders across engineering architecture and GTM leaders to drive platform investments and adoption .

• Experience with API monetization partner ecosystems or marketplace strategies.

• Background in event-driven architectures webhooks or real-time connectivity.

• Familiarity with AI/ML integrations via APIs or developer tools for LLMs/agents.

• Bachelor's /Master's degree in Computer Science Engineering or related technical field.

Our Offer to You

• An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our core values: Act Like an Owner Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others.

• The opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences.

• Highly competitive compensation benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so.

• An engaging people-first work environment offering work/life balance employee resource groups and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.

• The targeted base pay range for this role is: $140000 to $220000 with this range reflecting differences in candidate knowledge skills and experience.

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Why Make a Move to FICO?

At FICO you can develop your career with a leading organization in one of the fastest-growing fields in technology today – Big Data analytics.  You’ll play a part in our commitment to help businesses use data to improve every choice they make using advances in artificial intelligence machine learning optimization and much more.

FICO makes a real difference in the way businesses operate worldwide:

•    Credit Scoring — FICO® Scores are used by 90 of the top 100 US lenders.

•    Fraud Detection and Security — 4 billion payment cards globally are protected by FICO fraud systems.

•    Lending — 3/4 of US mortgages are approved using the FICO Score.

Global trends toward digital transformation have created tremendous demand for FICO’s solutions placing us among the world’s top 100 software companies by revenue. We help many of the world’s largest banks insurers retailers telecommunications providers and other firms reach a new level of success. Our success is dependent on really talented people – just like you – who thrive on the collaboration and innovation that’s nurtured by a diverse and inclusive environment. We’ll provide the support you need while ensuring you have the freedom to develop your skills and grow your career.  Join FICO and help change the way business thinks!

Learn more about how you can fulfil your potential at www.fico.com/Careers

FICO promotes a culture of inclusion and seeks to attract a diverse set of candidates for each job opportunity. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and we’re proud to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all candidates without regard to race color ancestry religion sex national origin pregnancy sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or Veteran status. Research has shown that women and candidates from underrepresented communities may not apply for an opportunity if they don’t meet all stated qualifications. While our qualifications are clearly related to role success each candidate’s profile is unique and strengths in certain skill and/or experience areas can be equally effective. If you believe you have many but not necessarily all of the stated qualifications we encourage you to apply.

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