Associate Product Manager
About the job
Self Financial is a venture-backed, high-growth FinTech company with a mission to increase economic inclusion and financial resilience by empowering people to build credit and build savings.
We're looking for people who share our passion and are driven to tackle challenges, find solutions and make the financial space better for the communities we serve.
Our team is passionate about challenging the status quo of the credit industry by providing people with accessible tools to take control of their credit. Executing on our mission requires deep collaboration across our teams to ensure our products reach the people who can benefit from them the most, particularly the 100 million+ Americans who have no or low credit.
Who You Are
You have strong empathy for users and a drive to discover and resolve their pain points. You use that customer discovery to shape the product direction. You thrive in a fast paced, fast growing start up environment. You understand the importance of collaborating with other teams but are also able to act quickly as the decision-maker when required. You have a passion for our mission of helping people to build credit and save money.
The Role
As an Associate Product Manager at Self, you will dig deep into the details of a particular product line and become the subject matter expert that stakeholders rely on. You will work closely with the Product Manager and Engineering Manager to understand business requirements, break these down into component parts, and clearly define work for the Delivery Team. You will drive projects to completion, load balancing new features, bug fixes, and paying down technical debt as you deliver tangible results.
What You Will Do
- Develop a deep understanding of your Product domain, meeting regularly with stakeholders to understand their needs and pain points
- Provide qualitative and quantitative input to the prioritization and OKR setting process
- Assist the Product Manager in developing Product Requirement Documents
- Help the Delivery Team translate Business Requirements into Technical Solution Documents
- Set project milestones and target due dates
- Ensure successful execution of projects, answering questions, and unblocking team members as issues arise
- Communicate regular updates to Stakeholders, including project scope changes
- Collaborate with the Product Manager and Lead Engineer to write clear tickets, and ensure that all in-progress and upcoming work is captured in the Project Management tool (Jira)
- Generate internal and external documentation for your Product
- Ensure delivered work is understood by all stakeholders by conducting formal release reviews and training frontline staff where appropriate
What you Bring
- 2+ years as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, Associate Product Manager, Technical Program Manager, or equivalent experience at a high-growth tech company
- Familiarity with modern web technologies
- Familiarity with Jira, Asana, or other Project Management tools
- Excellent communication skills
- Comfort with ambiguity and self-direction
- Prior experience in Fintech a plus
Our perks include:
- Stock options
- Quarterly performance-based bonuses
- Generous employer-paid health, vision, and dental insurance coverage
- Flexible vacation policy
- Educational assistance
- Free gym membership
- Free at-home workout through Sworkit
- Casual dress code
- Team building events and activities
- Remote work arrangements/ flexible work schedule
- Monthly $100 COVID stipend
Self Financial requires all employees hired to successfully pass a background check.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.