Head of Product Development

The role

The Head of Product Development will rethink and rebuild retirement investing products. This includes designing new investment strategies, launching lifetime income products, and expanding accumulation offerings.

What you will do

• Define the product vision for how Basic Capital builds wealth over time
• Design new investment products and strategies
• Translate market structure, regulation, and customer behavior into products
• Lead the development of retirement income products including annuities and lifetime income solutions
• Build products that help people convert savings into durable, flexible retirement outcomes
• Partner cross-functionally to bring products from concept to launch
• Improve and scale accumulation products across registered and unregistered offerings
• Develop new strategies, packaging, and product structures
• Create branded products and strategies
• Build a product roadmap

Required qualifications

• Experience designing, structuring, and launching investment products
• Strong understanding of retirement investing across accumulation and/or de-accumulation
• Ability to operate across product, investing, legal/compliance, operations, and distribution
• Strong strategic thinking paired with execution velocity
• Comfort working in a fast-moving environment with high agency

Nice to have

• Experience with annuities, lifetime income products, or retirement income strategy
• Familiarity with registered and unregistered (exempted) product structures
• Background in asset management, fintech investing products, or structured product development
• You have launched products that required cross-functional coordination and regulatory rigor
• You enjoy building new markets, not just participating in existing ones

About the company

Basic Capital is a fintech company building the mortgage for retirement to make wealth accessible to every American. The founding team includes leaders from Goldman Sachs, Uber, Block, and Robinhood.