Oportun
financial services
PrincipalProductManager
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“Principal Product Manager at Oportun. Skills: Product strategy, Product development, Product launch, Product scaling, Data-informed decisions, Cross-functional leadership. Driving innovation in Operations. Leveraging Gen AI and other leading technology to drive business growth, improve performance, and provide best-in-class customer experience”
What You'll Achieve.
Drive business growth; Improve performance; Provide best-in-class customer experience; Improve effectiveness (not just efficiency) of Operations; Improve our customers' financial lives; Deliver value for our members
Industry & Context.
Creative problem solver; Analytical problem solver; Experience working and delivering on complex problems; Making data-informed decisions; Comfortable navigating through ambiguous problem spaces in pursuit of clarity and concrete outcomes
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8-10+ years of product management experience in high-growth environments, Experience working and delivering on complex problems, Experience making data-informed decisions (testing and experimentation, defining metrics, data analysis), Track record of shipping and iterating on impactful products that required partnering with and building consensus across a wide group of cross-functional partners, Clear and concise communicator, Scrappy, solution-oriented, and able to help the team push through obstacles and blockers to deliver value for our members, Comfortable navigating through ambiguous problem spaces in pursuit of clarity and concrete outcomes
Nice to Have
Experience in the financial services industry (FinTech, challenger bank, etc.) highly preferred
What You'll Do.
Driving innovation in Operations
Leveraging Gen AI and other leading technology to drive business growth
and provide best-in-class customer experience
Owning and executing the product journey
Influencing Oportun’s strategic growth and long-term business scalability
Defining Product strategy
launch and scaling of innovative products and features to improve effectiveness of Operations
Improving customers' financial lives through products and features
Leading cross-functional product teams with impactful goals and high ambitions
Collaborating with leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to craft long-term product strategy
Scoping and leading the development of new product features that will improve financial health of our users
Analyzing data and performing user research to form and test hypotheses
Managing a high-performing cross-functional product team (engineering
and customer support) to implement and build new features
Coaching and mentoring junior Product Managers
Driving communication and alignment up
down and sideways within the organization
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with leadership and cross-functional stakeholders; Partnering with and building consensus across a wide group of cross-functional partners; Managing a high-performing cross-functional product team that includes engineering, design, data, marketing, legal, and customer support; Working with a talented group of business leaders and engineers to articulate and deliver a roadmap
Communication Scope
Excellent communicator; Clear and concise communicator; Superb documentation skills; Driving communication and alignment up, down and sideways within the organization
Process & Methodology
Leading development of new product features, Managing product teams, Driving communication and alignment
Full Job Description
ABOUT OPORTUN Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT) is a mission-driven financial services company that puts its members' financial goals within reach. With intelligent borrowing, savings, and budgeting capabilities, Oportun empowers members with the confidence to build a better financial future. Since inception, Oportun has provided more than $21.3 billion in responsible and affordable credit, saved its members more than $2.5 billion in interest and fees, and helped its members set aside an average of more than $1,800 annually. WORKING AT OPORTUN Working at Oportun means enjoying a differentiated experience of being part of a team that fosters a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where we all feel a sense of belonging and are encouraged to share our perspectives. This inclusive culture is directly connected to our organization's performance and ability to fulfill our mission of delivering affordable credit to those left out of the financial mainstream. We celebrate and nurture our inclusive culture through our employee resource groups. POSITION OVERVIEW We are looking for a passionate, curious, and creative problem solver to be a Principal Product Manager, responsible for driving innovation in Operations at Oportun. We are on a multi-year journey to leverage Gen AI and other leading technology to drive business growth, improve performance, and provide best-in-class customer experience. This Principal Product Manager will own and execute this journey while influencing Oportun’s strategic growth and long-term business scalability. The role entails defining Product strategy and leading ideation, development, launch and scaling of innovative products and features to improve effectiveness (not just efficiency) of Operations. Every product and feature will help improve our customers' financial lives. If you love leading cross-functional product teams with impactful goals and high ambitions, this opportunity is for you. While Oportun’s worldwide HQ is in San Mateo, CA, this role i
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