Senior Product Manager, Financial Platforms
About the role
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. Our mission to deliver honest financial products that improve lives extends globally. To support this mission, we are building out the backbone of our fintech systems to ensure they are scalable, compliant, and capable of supporting rapid product innovation.
Responsibilities
- Solve ambiguous problems. Solve complex and ambiguous platform problems, define execution strategies that balance short and long-term impact, and drive operational improvements across critical financial systems.
- Own platform strategy and roadmap. Define product objectives and own the roadmap for foundational platform capabilities, integrations, and shared services that support financial operations and reporting workflows.
- Drive scalable system design. Partner closely with Engineering and Data teams to define APIs, data contracts, platform interfaces, and migration strategies that improve scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
- Roadmap ownership. Define product objectives, partner with engineering and cross-functional partners to drive requirements, ultimately lead execution to launch key products and features.
- Communication. As a senior member of the Product Management team, you’ll regularly communicate across product and engineering teams as well as cross-functional stakeholders, including frequently presenting to senior leadership.
Requirements
- 4+ years of product management experience, preferably working on platform products.
- Highest analytical mindset, able to balance strategic thinking with a strong bias for action and hands-on problem-solving.
- Proven track record of launching and managing high-impact products.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication with a diverse stakeholder audience.
- The ability to turn incomplete, conflicting, or ambiguous inputs into solid action plans.
- Solid technical chops that allow you to have in-depth technical discussions and opinions.
Qualifications
- This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
Benefits
- Pay Grade - N
- Equity Grade - 9
Pay
Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)
Schedule
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $195,000 - $255,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $173,000 - $233,000
Location
Remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.