Senior Manager - Product Strategy & Commercial Finance

📍 Job Overview

Job Title: Senior Manager - Product Strategy & Commercial Finance

Company: IFS

Location: Staines-upon-Thames, England, United Kingdom

Job Type: Full-time

Category: Product Finance / Commercial Finance / Strategy Operations

Date Posted: 2026-08-03

Experience Level: 5-10 Years (Mid-Senior Level)

Remote Status: Hybrid

🚀 Role Summary

• Drive financial strategy and decision-making for IFS's product portfolio by establishing robust product economics and commercial finance capabilities.

• Develop and maintain product-level Profit & Loss (P&L) statements, analyze profitability, and understand cost-to-serve for cloud-based enterprise software solutions.

• Provide critical financial insights and business cases to support strategic product investment, capital allocation, and portfolio management decisions.

• Partner closely with Product, FP&A, Pricing, Sales, and Customer Success teams to influence commercial models, pricing strategies, and monetization efforts, particularly for AI-driven services.

📝 Enhancement Note: This role is positioned at the intersection of Product Strategy, Commercial Finance, and Operations. The focus on building a new capability ("Product Finance capability from the ground up") indicates a significant opportunity for impact and shaping processes. The emphasis on "Moment of Service™" and AI economics suggests a forward-looking, modern enterprise software company.

📈 Primary Responsibilities

• Product P&L Management: Design, build, and maintain comprehensive product-level financial views, encompassing revenue streams, cost of goods sold (COGS), operating expenses, gross margin, and net profit for all IFS