Manager - Deposits Product Management, Checking

Location: Charlotte, NC

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We love this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?

Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.

The Opportunity

In office role with weekly hybrid schedule. Ally work location Charlotte NC

The Manager - Product Management, Checking is responsible for the day-to-day management of Ally's checking product offering. This person will possess a full understanding of the customer experience, be aware of consumer needs, and recommend opportunities to continue to grow the product set and value proposition to serve the customer. This role will be responsible for the successful communication of business requirements and goals across a broad, matrixed organization (including technology requirements, operational and contact center impacts, and marketing needs).

Additionally, this manager will translate strategy into actionable user stories, prioritize the backlog, and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver customer value. The ideal candidate should be a strong collaborator, detail-oriented with the ability to multi-task, and a highly effective communicator.

The Work Itself

Responsible for day-to-day product management activities for features of the checking product.

Manage roadmap and feature delivery from planning through tactical implementation, including business case development, creation and oversight of implementation of business requirements, and project execution. This includes translating product strategy, customer needs, and business requirements into actionable epics, user stories, and measurable acceptance criteria.

Own and prioritize the product backlog, balancing customer value, business outcomes, risk, dependencies, and delivery capacity; partner with technology, UX, and cross-functional teams on backlog refinement, sprint planning, issue resolution, and validation of delivered functionality against acceptance criteria.

Use approved AI tools to support product owner activities, including synthesizing requirements and customer feedback, drafting and refining user stories and acceptance criteria, identifying backlog gaps and duplicate items, and preparing delivery summaries; validate outputs for accuracy, completeness, and alignment with data privacy, security, and governance requirements.

Daily collaboration with UX, analytics, marketing, technology, and operations teams to facilitate analysis and drive initiatives to completion.

Cross-functional communication to ensure consistency and alignment with strategic direction.

Business results reporting and performance metrics analysis.

Analysis of data, research, and customer VOC to identify and recommend product development opportunities.

Responsible for managing key vendors including performance management, SLA's, contract dynamics and the overall relationship.

The Qualifications We’re Looking For