Product Lead (Líder de Producto) - LATAM

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São Paulo, BRA
In-Office
Senior level
Payments • Financial Services
The Role
The Product Lead is responsible for guiding a small autonomous squad, making critical product decisions, prototyping with AI tools, and collaborating closely with engineers to achieve business results.
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Clara is the fastest-growing company in Latin America. We've built the leading solution for companies to make and manage all their payments. We already help over 20,000 large and growing businesses operate with agility and financial clarity through locally issued corporate cards, bill pay, financing, and a powerful B2B platform built for scale.

Clara is backed by some of the most successful investors in the world, including top regional VCs like monashees, Kaszek, and Canary, and leading global funds like Notable Capital, Coatue, DST Global Partners, ICONIQ Growth, General Catalyst, Citi Ventures, SV Angel, Citius, Endeavor Catalyst, and Goldman Sachs - in addition to dozens of angel investors and local family offices. 
We’re building the financial infrastructure that powers high-performing organizations across the region. We invite you to join us if you want to be part of a fast-paced environment that will accelerate your career and support you to do some of the best work of your life alongside a passionate and committed team distributed across the Americas.

Quem Somos Construímos em squads pequenos e autônomos. Priorizamos ação em vez de processo. Tratamos a IA como parte central do nosso fluxo de trabalho, não como uma novidade. Nos importamos mais com o que você entregou do que com onde você estudou. Se você é o tipo de pessoa que prototipa antes de apresentar, lança antes de pedir permissão e conquista confiança por estar perto do trabalho, você vai se encaixar aqui.

O que é um Product Lead? Um Product Lead é responsável pela direção de produto de um squad pequeno e autônomo. Você decide o que construir, por que isso importa e se funcionou. Você é responsável pelos resultados de negócio, não apenas pelas funcionalidades entregues.

O que diferencia esse papel de um Product Manager tradicional? Você não escreve especificações e as passa adiante. Você prototipa ideias com ferramentas de IA antes de comprometer tempo de engenharia. Você contribui com código para mudanças simples (textos, configurações, feature flags, atualizações básicas de UI) para se desbloquear e avançar mais rápido. Você trabalha com Git diariamente, lê PRs e entende o que foi entregue sem precisar de reuniões de status.

O trabalho principal ainda é julgamento de produto, descoberta e alinhamento com stakeholders. Porém, o nível técnico exigido é mais alto do que em um papel de PM tradicional. Você precisa se sustentar em conversas arquiteturais, conquistar a confiança da engenharia por estar próximo do trabalho e usar ferramentas de IA como parte do seu fluxo diário.

Esse não é um PM que programa em tempo integral. Tampouco é um líder de engenharia com responsabilidades de produto adicionadas. É o que acreditamos ser o melhor perfil de produto na era da IA: alguém que pode ser dono dos resultados e se mover rapidamente sem esperar por handoffs.

O que Esperamos

Experiência

  • 5+ anos em gestão de produto, engenharia de produto, design de produto ou um papel híbrido de construção
  • Histórico de entrega de produtos que moveram métricas de negócio, não apenas funcionalidades lançadas
  • Experiência trabalhando diretamente com engenheiros como pares
  • Você já construiu algo em produção por conta própria

Fluência Técnica

  • Você consegue prototipar um conceito funcional usando ferramentas de IA (Cursor, Claude Code ou similares)
  • Confortável com Git: clonar repositórios, criar branches, fazer commits, ler diffs
  • Você consegue ler código o suficiente para entender o que um PR faz e fazer boas perguntas sobre ele
  • Você entende arquitetura de sistemas no nível de "como esses serviços se comunicam" e "onde os dados estão armazenados"

Fundamentos de Produto

  • Fortes habilidades de descoberta: você sabe identificar o problema certo antes de resolvê-lo
  • Alfabetização em dados: confortável com SQL, dashboards e design de experimentos
  • Comunicador escrito claro: você consegue escrever um one-pager que gera alinhamento sem precisar de reunião
  • Gestão de stakeholders em engenharia, design, vendas e liderança

Mentalidade

  • Alta autonomia. Você prioriza ação em vez de processo.
  • Ferramentas de IA são parte central do seu fluxo de trabalho, não uma novidade
  • Confortável sendo o único não-engenheiro na sala e conquistando a confiança desse grupo

Diferenciais

  • Graduação em Ciência da Computação, Engenharia ou área técnica
  • Capacidade de produzir código quase pronto para produção em mudanças simples usando ferramentas de IA, adequado para revisão e merge por engenheiros
  • Experiência construindo produtos com IA
  • Experiência em fintech, enterprise ou domínios que exigem pensamento sistêmico complexo
  • Experiência em startups de alto crescimento
  • Inglês avançado é indispensável para este cargo.
Why join Clara

At Clara, you’ll have the autonomy, speed, and support to make meaningful impact — not just on your team, but on how organizations are run across Latin America.

Who we are
  • We’re the leading B2B fintech for spend management in Latin America.

  • Certified as one of the world's fastest-growing companies, a Great Place to Work, and a LinkedIn Top Startup.

  • Passionate about making Latin America more prosperous and competitive.

  • Constantly innovating to build financial infrastructure that enables each of our customers to thrive.

  • Product-led, high-talent-density culture — designed for builders who raise the bar.

  • Proud of our open, inclusive, and values-driven environment.

What we believe in
  • #Clarity. We say things clearly, directly, and proactively.

  • #Simplicity. We reduce noise to focus on what really matters.

  • #Ownership. We take responsibility and never wait to be told.

  • #Pride. We build products and experiences we’re proud of.

  • #Always Be Changing (ABC). We grow through feedback, risk-taking, and action.

  • #Inclusivity. Every voice counts. Everyone contributes to our mission.

What we offer
  • Competitive salary and stock options (ESOP) from day one

  • Multicultural team with daily exposure to Portuguese, Spanish, and English (our corporate language)

  • Annual learning budget and internal accelerated development paths

  • High-ownership environment: we move fast, learn fast, and raise the bar — together

  • Smart, ambitious teammates — low ego, high impact

  • Flexible vacation and hybrid work model focused on results

If you’re ready for growth, ownership, and impact — apply now and help us redefine B2B finance in Latin America.

 

Clara’s Hybrid Policy

Claridians in a hybrid mode split their time between working from the office, talking to or visiting customers, or working from home. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for each individual and team.

We don't enforce a minimum number of days for most roles, but you're expected to spend time at the office organically, and be at the office most days during your ramp-up or when required by your leader.

Skills Required

  • 5+ years in product management, product engineering, product design, or a hybrid role
  • History of delivering products that moved business metrics, not just launched features
  • Experience working directly with engineers as peers
  • Experience building something in production independently
  • Ability to prototype functional concepts using AI tools
  • Comfortable with Git: clone repositories, create branches, make commits, read diffs
  • Ability to read code enough to understand PRs and ask questions
  • Understanding system architecture and data storage communication
  • Strong discovery skills to identify the right problems before solving them
  • Comfortable with SQL, dashboards, and experiment design
  • Clear written communicator who can produce one-pagers without meetings
  • Stakeholder management experience across engineering, design, sales, and leadership
  • High autonomy with a focus on action over process
  • Experience with AI tools as a core part of workflow
  • Ability to gain trust in a room of engineers as a non-engineer
  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or technical field
  • Ability to produce near production-ready code changes using AI tools
  • Experience building products with AI
  • Experience in fintech, enterprise, or domains requiring complex systemic thinking
  • Experience in high-growth startups
  • Advanced English proficiency

Clara Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Clara and has not been reviewed or approved by Clara.

  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity grants are emphasized across several descriptions, with stock options commonly included and in some instances available from day one. Feedback suggests this ownership component is a meaningful part of total rewards.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time off offerings are portrayed as flexible, including references to flexible vacation and flexible time off policies. Feedback suggests this supports work–life balance for many roles.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Wellness support is cited through mental‑health platforms, coaching and meditation programs, and monthly wellness reimbursements in some contexts. Feedback suggests these offerings complement core benefits where available.

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The Company
Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
476 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Clara is the leading payment platform for companies in Latin America. Our end-to-end solution includes our locally-issued corporate cards, Bill Pay, crossborder payments, and our highly-rated software platform used by thousands of the most successful companies across the region. Clara is backed by top global and regional investors such as Coatue, DST Global, General Catalyst, monashees, Kaszek, Canary, A*, BoxGroup, SV Angel, GFC, Picus Capital, Avid Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, Goldman Sachs, and prominent angel investors. Driven by our six core values (Ownership, Pride, ABC, Simplicity, Clarity and Inclusivity) we’ve reached a unicorn valuation in record time, have been recognized as a Great Place to Work and as one of the most promising startups according to Linkedin’s ranking “Top Startups 2021”. We’re looking for the best talent worldwide to join our team and be part of this journey, so you can't afford to miss this chance! We are: * Shaping business finances in Latin America * Driven by our 6 core values * Proud of our inclusive and caring culture * Certified as a Great Place to Work and a Top LinkedIn Startup

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