Director of Product Management, Financial Platforms
The Director of Product Management will lead and scale the teams behind two critical domains at Affirm: Loans Lifecycle and Money Movement.
Responsibilities
Lead and grow a high-performing PM team. Set the bar for craft, create development paths, and cultivate a culture of ownership, rigor, and candor.
Own the vision and strategy for Loans Lifecycle and Money Movement. Define the multi-year product strategy for foundational loan systems and global money movement infrastructure, ensuring they are scalable, compliant, and capable of supporting rapid product innovation.
Translate vision into clear roadmaps and decisions that teams can execute against. Serve as the executive-level subject matter expert on loan lifecycle mechanics, payment rails, settlement flows, and institutional transfers, guiding product, engineering, and business partners on tradeoffs, best practices, and platform decisions.
Drive cross-functional alignment at scale. Partner closely with Engineering, Accounting, Treasury, Capital Markets, Legal, Compliance, and Client Success teams. Navigate complexity, balance competing stakeholder needs, and build trust through clear communication and a strong delivery track record.
Enable platform scalability and international expansion. Architect platform strategies that simplify domain boundaries, standardize loan behaviors across products and markets, and unlock faster time-to-market for new geographies and product lines.
Measure and improve platform health. Define success metrics, including settlement success rates, reconciliation coverage, exception volumes, and time-to-resolution, and hold teams accountable to the reliability and accuracy standards these critical systems demand.
Influence up and across the organization. Regularly present strategy, tradeoffs, and priorities to senior leadership. Shape organizational thinking on where to invest and what to deprioritize.
Requirements
10+ years of product management experience, with at least 3–5 years managing and developing PM teams including people managers.
Deep experience in loans or lending systems — understanding loan lifecycle mechanics, platform architecture for loan servicing, and the compliance and operational requirements that come with it.
Meaningful experience in money movement, payments infrastructure, or financial operations — fluency in payment rails, settlement flows, cross-border transfers, and the reliability and accuracy standards these systems demand.
Experience in fintech, financial services, or banking; familiarity with BNPL, platform products, or backend infrastructure is strongly preferred; capital markets background is a plus.
Demonstrated ability to set and execute long-term platform strategy in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
Strong technical fluency — comfortable diving into data models and API discussions with engineers and holding informed opinions.
Proficiency with AI-assisted tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor) to accelerate your own work and raise the bar for your team.
Track record of building and scaling distributed, high-performing PM teams across multiple domains simultaneously.
Exceptional stakeholder management skills — able to align Legal, Finance, Engineering, and executive leadership around a common direction.
Outstanding written and verbal communication; able to tell crisp, data-driven stories to diverse audiences.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
Base pay range: $267,000 - $327,000 per year (USA, all other U.S. states)
Additional benefits include:
Health care coverage
Flexible Spending Wallets
Competitive vacation and holiday schedules
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Subsidized medical coverage, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses stipends
100% subsidized medical coverage, dental, and vision for you and your dependents