Product Lead (Líder de Producto) - LATAM

Bogota / CUN / Colombia; Mexico City / CDMX / Mexico; Sao Paulo / SP / Brazil. Posted 6 months ago

The role

A Product Lead owns the product direction for a small, autonomous squad. You will decide what to build, prototype ideas with AI tools, and contribute code for straightforward changes to move fast.

What you will do

Own product direction for a small, autonomous squad
Decide what to build, why it matters, and whether it worked
Be accountable for business outcomes
Prototype ideas with AI tools before committing engineering time
Contribute code for straightforward changes like copy, config, feature flags, and simple UI updates
Work in Git daily, clone repos, create branches, push commits, and read diffs
Perform product discovery and stakeholder alignment
Hold architectural conversations with engineers

Required qualifications

5+ years in product management, product engineering, product design, or a hybrid building role
Track record of shipping products that moved business metrics
Experience working directly with engineers as peers
Built something in production yourself
Can prototype a working concept using AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, or similar)
Comfortable with Git: cloning repos, creating branches, pushing commits, reading diffs
Can read code well enough to follow what a PR does and ask good questions about it
Understand system architecture regarding service communication and data location
Strong discovery skills
Data literate: comfortable with SQL, dashboards, and experiment design
Clear written communicator
Stakeholder management across engineering, design, sales, and leadership

Nice to have

CS, engineering, or technical degree
Can produce near-production-ready code for straightforward changes using AI tools
Experience building AI-powered products
Experience in fintech, enterprise, or domains requiring complex systems thinking
Experience in high-growth startups

Benefits

Competitive salary
Stock options (ESOP) from day one
Annual learning budget
Accelerated development paths

About the company

Clara is the leading platform in Latin America for companies to execute and manage every payment operation. It is a team of ~400 people backed by Notable Capital, Coatue, Kaszek, monashees, DST Global, ICONIQ, General Catalyst and Goldman Sachs.