Senior Director, Product Management
About the role
The Director of Product will lead the Affirm Card and Card Platform, owning both the end-user experience, the business outcomes of every card product, and the underlying platform that powers card issuance, authorization, servicing, and partner integrations.
Responsibilities
- Own the Card domain end-to-end
- Define and drive the multi-year vision for Affirm Card across consumer experience, growth, and economics, inclusive of new card products that complement the one we have in market today
- Lead the US direct to consumer card products (Affirm Cards, and in app virtual cards)
- Oversee our Card Platform (authorization, ledgering, servicing, controls) which powers the D2C products both domestically and internationally, along with a number of merchant and partner integrations
- Translate company strategy into a coherent roadmap spanning multiple teams and systems
- Build and scale a high-performing product organization
- Manage and develop a team of PMs and PM leaders
- Establish product standards, operating cadence, and decision frameworks
- Build a durable org that delivers high-quality outcomes without direct involvement in every decision
- Drive business outcomes at scale
- Own GMV, engagement, unit economics, and credit outcomes for the Card domain
- Shape investment strategy, tradeoffs, and resource allocation across multiple product areas
- Partner with Finance and Credit to optimize profitability and risk
- Drive platform strategy and execution
- Drive platform capabilities that unlock velocity across Affirm (APIs, controls, servicing systems)
- Partner deeply with Engineering to make cost vs. value tradeoffs at the system level
- Ensure the Card Platform scales reliably across use cases, geographies, and partners
- Operate as a cross-functional leader
- Align senior stakeholders across Engineering, Design, Credit, Legal, Partnerships, and GTM
- Represent the Card domain in executive forums and company planning cycles
Requirements
Product leadership at scale
15+ years in product management, with experience leading multi-team product areas or platforms
Track record of owning large domains or business lines with meaningful financial impact
Org-building capability
Experience managing managers and building high-performing PM teams
Proven ability to create systems, processes, and culture that scale
Strategic and systems thinker
Ability to operate at portfolio-level altitude—connecting product decisions to company strategy
Strong judgment across second- and third-order tradeoffs, especially in complex systems
Platform + fintech depth
Experience in payments, cards, fintech, or adjacent infrastructure
Comfort working on both consumer-facing products and backend platforms
Execution and influence
Ability to drive alignment across senior stakeholders and functions
Strong product instincts paired with rigorous, data-driven decision-making
Qualifications
Why this role matters
Role Affirm Card is one of the fastest-growing parts of the business and a key driver of long-term differentiation.
This role will shape:
How Affirm shows up every day in consumers’ wallets
How we blend debit, credit, and pay-over-time into one experience
The platform foundation that enables future financial products
Pay
Pay Grade - V
Equity Grade - 21
Benefits
- Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
- Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
- Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
- ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount