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Senior Product Manager, Payments

Upstart
Location
United States | Remote
Posted
26 days ago
Department
Product Department
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 5+ years of product management experience owning strategy, roadmap, metrics, and delivery for a technical, transactional, or customer-facing product.
  • Experience working with payments, money movement, loan servicing, billing, or a related financial product.
  • Experience using quantitative analysis to diagnose product problems, evaluate tradeoffs, and guide product decisions.
  • Experience partnering with Engineering and cross-functional teams to deliver products, systems, or platform capabilities.
Nice to have
  • Experience building or scaling a platform used by internal product or engineering teams.
  • Experience increasing leverage from existing systems to drive business impact.
  • Experience in consumer finance, fintech, or another regulated industry.
  • Experience working with Machine Learning.
  • Experience balancing near-term customer or business outcomes with longer-term platform investment.
What the job really is

As a Senior Product Manager on the Payments team at Upstart, you will lead product strategy and execution to enhance the payments platform that supports borrowers in managing their loans. Your role involves identifying payment failure causes, improving borrower repayment understanding, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align priorities and drive impactful results. You will balance immediate business needs with long-term platform development, ensuring a scalable and effective payments experience.

Benefits
  • Competitive compensation, including base pay, bonus opportunities, and annual equity grants that vest quarterly
  • Retirement benefits to help you plan for the future, including a 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually (USD in the US, CAD in Canada)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discounted stock purchase options for eligible employees (US only)
  • Comprehensive health coverage designed to support you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, and wellness resources for US and supplemental health coverage for Canada.
  • Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart for eligible plans (US only)
  • Income protection benefits, including life insurance and disability coverage for added financial security
Things to weigh
  • No specific salary listed, but a range is provided based on location.
  • The role involves balancing immediate business needs with long-term platform investment, which may require navigating technical debt and prioritization challenges.
  • The position is remote but requires occasional in-person collaboration, which may not suit all candidates.
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