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 platform
- All Product — POS, Payments, Payroll, Banking, Card Issuing
- Product Strategy — cross-product roadmap, adoption, and revenue impact
- Cross-functional execution with Engineering, Data, Design, and GTM
- Product performance across thousands of restaurants in 75 countries
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 platform
- All Product — POS, Payments, Payroll, Banking, Card Issuing
- Product Strategy — cross-product roadmap, adoption, and revenue impact
- Cross-functional execution with Engineering, Data, Design, and GTM
- Product 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 G2
- Operating in 75 countries
- Embedded finance adoption is accelerating
- Marty is live and customers want more
- Banking 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
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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 ecosystem
- Turn Marty into the system restaurants rely on daily
- Build and refine intelligence across POS, payments, payroll, banking
- Drive adoption across thousands of restaurants
- Make Marty a core retention, expansion, and revenue driver
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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 payments
- 25% adoption of payroll, banking, and cards in 12 months
- High-impact financial and operational product releases
- Clear revenue and margin outcomes tied to product usage
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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 ambiguity
- Drive a fast, predictable product development rhythm
- Shape platform evolution and architecture priorities with engineering leadership
- Improve 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 months
- Improve NRR through adoption
- Expand ARPU and unit economics
- Build a roadmap tied directly to financial impact, not vanity metrics
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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 design
- Establish standards, rituals, and clarity
- Build the culture that ships consistently
- Strengthen cross-functional operating rhythms
REQUIREMENTS (NON-NEGOTIABLE)
Technical + Domain Leadership
- Built and scaled fintech or embedded finance products
- Experience with payments, payroll, banking, or card issuing
- Strong understanding of platform architecture
- Experience owning data or AI-driven product systems
- Can partner deeply with senior engineering leaders
Execution Track Record
- Owned zero-to-one and scaled one-to-ten products
- Delivered complex, regulated, multi-product environments
- Improved execution velocity and product quality
- Strong understanding of product economics and monetization
Leadership
- Clear communicator who creates alignment
- Can influence cross-functionally without drama or politics
- Operates with urgency, clarity, and ownership
- Can 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
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