Senior Director: Product in Tampa, Florida at Lavu, Inc.

About Lavu, Inc.

Lavu helps profitable high-growth restaurants run seamlessly and move money effortlessly—maximizing control, eliminating fees, and increasing profitability. We unify restaurant operations and finance into one simple, easy-to-use platform so owners can run, pay, get paid, and grow.

We’re transforming how restaurants operate with our mobile/cloud POS across fine dining, QSR, bars, cafes, pizzerias, and food trucks in 80+ countries. Our mission: partner with owners through knowledge, solutions, and expertise that accelerate growth while advancing the industry.

Director of Product

Lead Marty. Drive Product Execution. Help Build the Financial OS.

Location: Tampa, FL (in office)

THE ROLE

Lavu is building the Financial OS for modern restaurant brands — POS, Payments, Payroll, Banking, Cards and Marty, the AI intelligence layer that ties it all together.

You will lead:

Marty — our AI agent ecosystem and intelligence platformAll Product — POS, Payments, Payroll, Banking, Card IssuingProduct Strategy — cross-product roadmap, adoption, and revenue impactCross-functional execution with Engineering, Data, Design, and GTMProduct performance across thousands of restaurants in 75 countries

This is the role that turns Lavu’s product portfolio into a unified, AI-powered financial operating system used by the most ambitious restaurants in the world.

WHY NOW

Lavu has crossed into a new category:

50% YoY growth, profitableEBITDA doubled four years in a row#1 Restaurant POS on G2Operating in 75 countriesEmbedded finance adoption is acceleratingMarty is live and customers want moreBanking and card issuing are now in motion

We have product–market fit.

We have scale.

We have a data advantage no one else has.

Now we need a product leader who turns this into a category-dominating OS.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

1. Lead and Scale Marty (our AI Restaurant Operating System)

You define and drive the intelligence layer for the entire company.

You will:

Own the AI roadmap and agent ecosystemTurn Marty into the system restaurants rely on dailyBuild and refine intelligence across POS, payments, payroll, bankingDrive adoption across thousands of restaurantsMake Marty a core retention, expansion, and revenue driver

2. Own Product Strategy Across the Financial OS

You are accountable for product outcomes across:

POS → Payments → Payroll → Banking → Cards

You will deliver:

90% attachment on payments25% adoption of payroll, banking, and cards in 12 monthsHigh-impact financial and operational product releasesClear revenue and margin outcomes tied to product usage

3. Partner Closely with Engineering to Increase Velocity

You will not manage engineering, but your alignment with engineering drives the company.

You will:

Set priorities, clarify specs, remove ambiguityDrive a fast, predictable product development rhythmShape platform evolution and architecture priorities with engineering leadershipImprove execution quality and reliability through clarity and focus

4. Drive Commercial Impact Through Product

This is a commercial role, not a feature factory.

You will:

Deliver $5M+ ARR in embedded finance in 12–18 monthsImprove NRR through adoptionExpand ARPU and unit economicsBuild a roadmap tied directly to financial impact, not vanity metrics

5. Build the Product Org That Scales

You inherit a working team.You build the next generation.

You will:

Hire PMs, AI product talent, and designEstablish standards, rituals, and clarityBuild the culture that ships consistentlyStrengthen cross-functional operating rhythms

REQUIREMENTS (NON-NEGOTIABLE)

Technical + Domain Leadership

Built and scaled fintech or embedded finance productsExperience with payments, payroll, banking, or card issuingStrong understanding of platform architectureExperience owning data or AI-driven product systemsCan partner deeply with senior engineering leaders

Execution Track Record

Owned zero-to-one and scaled one-to-ten productsDelivered complex, regulated, multi-product environmentsImproved execution velocity and product qualityStrong understanding of product economics and monetization

Leadership

Clear communicator who creates alignmentCan influence cross-functionally without drama or politicsOperates with urgency, clarity, and ownershipCan immediately lead Product at scale

NICE TO HAVES

Restaurant, hospitality, or retail systems experience

Experience with multi-location or high-volume operators

Experience building intelligence layers or AI agents

Experience managing global or distributed product orgs

THIS ROLE IS FOR YOU IF…

You want meaningful ownership of product across multiple financial categories

You want to lead the AI strategy and build a world-class intelligence layer

You want to work directly with strong engineering leadership

You want to take a profitable, scaling platform and turn it into a category-defining OS

You’re motivated by impact, clarity, and building something enduring

APPLY

If you want a role where your decisions directly shape the future of restaurant finance and AI, this is it.

Let’s build the most powerful operating system in hospitality.