Principal Product Manager (R13970)

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are looking for a talented and creative problem solver to join Oportun as a Principal Product Manager for our Lending Platform. You will grow our Partnerships program and drive core Marketing capabilities in close partnership with business and marketing teams. This position is a key leadership role in the organization and requires a strategic thinker with a proven track record of successfully managing 0-1 launches.

In this role, you articulate product strategy, set objectives and key results, define roadmaps, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to lead Oportun’s Acquisitions pillar. You will work closely with partners to align priorities and drive execution. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a passion for building products that delight users, this role is for you!

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Customer Insights & Validation: Maintain a deep understanding of customer needs and feedback through user research, surveys, and feedback loops, and incorporate this insight into product enhancements.
• Product Vision & Strategy: Work closely with leadership and cross-functional partners to define multi-year vision and OKRs.
• Growth Execution: Plan, run, and iterate experiments across funnel and channels to deliver measurable lifts in acquisition, activation, conversion, and retention.
• Execution: Drive a cross functional team of Product Managers, Designers, Engineers, ML scientists and Business (Marketing, Risk, Fraud) to deliver business impact.
• Risk Management: Work closely with compliance and risk management teams to ensure products adhere to regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Communication: Craft the product narrative, drive alignment and decision-making with executive leadership, and communicate priorities, risks, and trade-offs across functions and external partners.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience: You have 12+ years total experience, including 7-10+ years in product management within high-growth environments.
• Customer centric: You are passionate about improving the financial health of Oportun’s members.
• Analytical problem solver: You have experience working on complex problems. You excel in making data-informed decisions (testing and experimentation, defining metrics, data analysis).
• Collaborative: You have a track record of shipping and iterating on impactful products that required partnering with and building consensus across a wide group of cross-functional partners. You are also comfortable in an environment with shifting priorities.
• Excellent communicator: You are a clear and concise communicator, and you have superb documentation skills.
• Execution: You’re scrappy, solution-oriented, and able to help the team push through obstacles and blockers to deliver value for our members.
• Domain knowledge: 0-1 experience bringing new products (customer or parter-facing) to market in the financial services industry. You have launched & managed mature products within complex legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Cross-time zone leadership: You are experienced leading & partnering with distributed teams.

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POSITION OVERVIEW

We are looking for a talented and creative problem solver to join Oportun as a Principal Product Manager for our Lending Platform. You will grow our Partnerships program and drive core Marketing capabilities in close partnership with business and marketing teams. This position is a key leadership role in the organization and requires a strategic thinker with a proven track record of successfully managing 0-1 launches.

In this role, you articulate product strategy, set objectives and key results, define roadmaps, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to lead Oportun’s Acquisitions pillar. You will work closely with partners to align priorities and drive execution. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a passion for building products that delight users, this role is for you!

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Customer Insights & Validation: Maintain a deep understanding of customer needs and feedback through user research, surveys, and feedback loops, and incorporate this insight into product enhancements.
• Product Vision & Strategy: Work closely with leadership and cross-functional partners to define multi-year vision and OKRs.
• Growth Execution: Plan, run, and iterate experiments across funnel and channels to deliver measurable lifts in acquisition, activation, conversion, and retention.
• Execution: Drive a cross functional team of Product Managers, Designers, Engineers, ML scientists and Business (Marketing, Risk, Fraud) to deliver business impact.
• Risk Management: Work closely with compliance and risk management teams to ensure products adhere to regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Communication: Craft the product narrative, drive alignment and decision-making with executive leadership, and communicate priorities, risks, and trade-offs across functions and external partners.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience: You have 12+ years total experience, including 7-10+ years in product management within high-growth environments.
• Customer centric: You are passionate about improving the financial health of Oportun’s members.
• Analytical problem solver: You have experience working on complex problems. You excel in making data-informed decisions (testing and experimentation, defining metrics, data analysis).
• Collaborative: You have a track record of shipping and iterating on impactful products that required partnering with and building consensus across a wide group of cross-functional partners. You are also comfortable in an environment with shifting priorities.
• Excellent communicator: You are a clear and concise communicator, and you have superb documentation skills.
• Execution: You’re scrappy, solution-oriented, and able to help the team push through obstacles and blockers to deliver value for our members.
• Domain knowledge: 0-1 experience bringing new products (customer or parter-facing) to market in the financial services industry. You have launched & managed mature products within complex legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Cross-time zone leadership: You are experienced leading & partnering with distributed teams.

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