About the Company
Valon’s mission is to empower every homeowner. We believe the journey of home ownership starts when you get your keys, but lasts far beyond. We’re creating a world where home ownership comes with ease, security, and financial know-how. Our growing team of engineers, operators, product enthusiasts, and experienced servicing professionals are leveraging technology to fundamentally improve the homeownership experience. Through mortgage servicing—the process of paying off one’s mortgage—Valon is taking the first step in transforming the industry one homeowner, and lender, at a time.
About Valon
Valon’s mission is to empower every homeowner. We believe the journey of homeownership begins when you receive your keys—but lasts far beyond. At Valon, we’re building technology that reimagines mortgage servicing, starting with a platform that makes managing a mortgage simple, transparent, and stress-free. We’re a growing team of engineers, operators, product leaders, and servicing experts working to transform the industry one homeowner, and lender, at a time.
Product at Valon
The Product team at Valon is focused on designing and scaling a next-generation platform that delivers an exceptional experience for homeowners while enabling operational excellence for our servicing teams. We work at the intersection of regulation, finance, and technology—balancing the need for compliance and controls with the opportunity to build delightfully simple, transparent tools for consumers.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Director of Product Management to lead the execution of Valon’s enterprise SaaS software for default mortgage servicing. Valon’s software has demonstrated disruptive efficiency at our internal mortgage servicer, and we are now in the process of shipping this software to the rest of the industry.The Default team operates at the nexus of multiple end customers, including homeowners, Valon’s servicing teams, investors, regulators, and law firms. This role will need to balance competing interests across those end customers, through developing complex technological solutions to address severely delinquent mortgages and mortgages impacted by legal proceedings.
As a relatively new function at Valon, you will have the opportunity to launch a number of new products from scratch. As a senior leader, you will oversee a team of product managers and collaborate closely with Engineering, Design, Servicing Operations, and Compliance to ensure Valon delivers excellent products quickly.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the entirety of our non-performing servicing product, define and lead the
- product execution of our non-performing servicing platform, transforming an inefficient
- operations-led industry into an efficient software platform
- Lead and grow a high-performing team of product managers, setting clear priorities,
- fostering a culture of innovation, and ensuring exceptional execution
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Design, and BizOps to ship impactful
- products at scale
- Represent the voice of the homeowner in executive forums and strategic planning sessions
Ideal Background
- 7+ years of product management experience, with at least 3+ years leading and scaling
- product teams
- Demonstrated success delivering high-complexity, high-detail b2b/enterprise products at
- scale, ideally in fintech, proptech, or platform-based businesses
- A strong track record of execution, hitting deadlines, and making customers happy
- Proven ability to drive alignment across engineering, design, and business stakeholders
- Strong product team building skills, hiring and retaining top performers
- Experience in regulated industries (e.g., finance, healthcare, insurance) is a plus
What We Offer
- Compensation: Competitive salary, meaningful equity, and 401(k) plan
- Health & Well-being: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Time Off: Flexible PTO, 11 company holidays, and 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- Growth & Development: Regular feedback cycles, leadership coaching, and learning
- opportunities
- Team Culture: Quarterly budgets for team outings and culture-building activities
- Commute Support: Pre-tax commuter benefits for transit and parking
This Base Compensation pay range applies to our New York City located staff and may differ according to location. New York Base Compensation Pay Range$233,750 - $316,250USDThroughout the interview process, please remember that emails will only be from valon.com emails. We won't ever be asking for any personally identifiable information during the interview process itself. Please reach out to talent@valon.com if you have any requests to verify the authenticity of an outreach.Valon is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. Valon makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
