Jo Lang
Product Management Leader | Applying AI to Payments, Trade, and Cash Management
- Role
- VP, Digital Trade & Research at SMBC Group
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jo Lang
Experienced leader in financial services, risk management, and technology consulting with expertise in commercializing advanced technologies, including Blockchain, APIs, and IoT. As VP of Digital Trade & Research at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), I lead AI initiatives to enhance Global Trade and Transaction Banking services by driving innovation, educating stakeholders, and developing differentiated digital solutions to generate high-margin revenue.
Experience
VP, Digital Trade & Research
Apr 2024 — Present · New York, NY, US
Serve as AI Champion, leading stakeholder education and adoption within Global Trade and Transaction Banking through workshops and ongoing AI/ML market research to support strategic investments and deal sourcing.Drive the development and commercialization of digital services and partnerships to differentiate SMBC, grow customer wallet share, and generate high-margin revenue streams. Spearheaded collaboration between global trade finance and transaction banking teams to secure senior management support for AI/ML-native working capital solutions and designed internal tools to streamline supplier onboarding, reducing costs by over 60%.Lead competitive market research and Fintech partnerships by implementing a sourcing and assessment framework, conducting Voice of Customer (VoC) workshops, and collaborating with internal innovation labs and Silicon Valley Labs to identify and structure investment opportunities and market-ready solutions.
Education
Swarthmore College
B.A. Honors, History; German Studies
2007 — 2011
Duke University
Duke in Berlin, Fall 2009
2009 — 2009
Skills
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Marketing Strategy
- Social Media
- Business Intelligence
- Strategy
- Product Development
- Management Consulting
- Customer Engagement
- Analysis
- Customer Experience Transformation
- Business Analysis
- Editing
- Product Management
- Business Development
- Consulting
- Startup
- Business Process Mapping
- Analytics
- Creative Writing
- Business Strategy
- Microsoft Excel
- Writing
- Research
- Financial Modeling
- Project Management
- Business Writing
- Social Networking
- Social Media Marketing
- Microsoft Visio
- Management
- Visio
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Cryptocurrency
- Strategic Planning
- Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
- Program Management
- Enterprise Software
- Emerging Technologies
- Blockchain
- German
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