Who We Are
Cross River is a highly profitable, fast-growing financial technology company powering the future of financial services. Our comprehensive suite of innovative and scalable embedded payments, cards, and lending products deliver financial services for millions of businesses and consumers around the globe. Cross River is backed by leading investors and serves the world’s most essential fintech and technology companies. Together with its partners, Cross River is reshaping global finance and financial inclusion.
We are on a mission to build the infrastructure that propels access, inclusion, and the democratization of financial services. While our company has tripled in size over the last three years, our strong sense of purpose led Cross River to be named to American Banker’s list of Best Places to Work in Fintech for the last 6 years. The reason for this success is simple – our nimble and collaborative family culture lives in every member of our growing team. Together we are at the forefront of technology and innovation, and we invite passionate, collaborative, and motivated high performers to join our expanding team.
What We're Looking For
We are looking for a highly motivated and curious Associate Product Manager (APM) to join our team and participate in a unique rotation program. This role is designed to provide exposure to key areas in fintech including Bank Rails, Digital Lending, Card Issuing, Card Payments, Accounts, and Acquiring BIN Sponsorship.
If you’re passionate about learning the ins and outs of fintech and developing foundation skills in product management, this role is for you. No prior product management experience is required—just a hunger to learn, eagerness to contribute, and a positive, self-motivated attitude.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a career in fintech and make an impact while learning from a team that’s shaping the future of fintech. After the rotation, the APM will join a team based on need.
Responsibilities:
- Rotate across our product areas to gain comprehensive knowledge before joining a specific product area (rotations are expected to be 3-6 months each).
- Collaborate with product managers to support end-to-end execution of product initiatives.
- Assist in writing product requirements, conducting stakeholder meetings, and tracking progress.
- Helping support customer discovery efforts to understand the needs of fintech customers and contribute to client centric solutions.
- Assist in OKR and metrics tracking. Identify opportunities for improvement.
- Build an understanding of regulatory, compliance, and operation considerations in banking, payments, and lending.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, contributing ideas to improve processes and outcomes.
Qualifications:
- No prior product management or fintech experience necessary, but a passion and curiosity for fintech and product management are essential.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities across PMs and stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a willingness to share ideas, ask questions, and ask for feedback.
- Proactive with a “can-do” attitude and a willingness to take ownership.
- A growth mindset, demonstrating enthusiasm for improvement.
Please note this role is expected to operate onsite at least 3 days a week out of our Fort Lee, NJ headquarters.
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Salary Range: $100,000.00 - $120,000.00
Cross River is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cross River does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
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What We Do
Cross River provides technology infrastructure powering the future of financial services. Leveraging a proprietary real-time banking core, Cross River delivers innovative and scalable embedded payments, cards, lending, and crypto solutions to millions of consumers and businesses. Cross River is backed by leading investors and serves the world’s most essential fintech and technology companies. Together with its partners, Cross River is reshaping global finance and financial inclusion. Member FDIC.
