Group Product Manager – Consumer Experience (Remote)

Progressive Leasing is a leading provider of in-store and e-commerce lease-to-own solutions. As an almost 20+ year old FinTech company that has gone from start-up to industry leader, we know how to innovate, simplify, and value all people. We are a company founded on our grit and we are constantly looking to the future. As an ever-evolving group of entrepreneurs and technologists, we strive to do the right thing period in all aspects of our work. We are a subsidiary of PROG Holdings (NYSE: PRG), an exciting FinTech holding company, with three business segments including Progressive, Vive Financial, and Four, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform.

We are currently hiring a Group Product Manager – Consumer Experience to help grow our company and ensure our mission is achieved!     

This role is a work from home position and can be performed remotely anywhere in the continental US or in our corporate office in Utah.

Employee Value Proposition (EVP): PROG is dedicated to providing people with opportunity; opportunity for inclusive collaboration, opportunity for innovation, and opportunity for development. 

WE ARE: Prog Tech embodies the modernity and transformational vision that is core to our business evolution. As passionate and hungry technical experts, we join together on the mission of progressing through technology. We believe in taking pride in our engineering, in the relentless pursuit of daily progress, and to bring others with you in your march to the future. We continuously experiment, fail fast, and constantly deliver. 

YOU ARE: Responsible for working closely with multiple stakeholders to understand retailer/consumer needs, create our product vision and then execute. The role will also require effective communication of objectives, timing, and obstacles.  Presenting to internal and external audiences will also be expected.

YOUR DAY-TO-DAY: 

• Manage and direct a team of 3-6 direct reports that own portions of the consumer experience journey.
• Provide strategic leadership oversight for consumer experience products.
• Partner with Director of Design to define creative briefs, provide feedback on design concepts, and define research opportunities and help analyze and inform the results.
• Partner with sales, marketing, implementation functions, and retail experience to drive roadmap alignment.
• Work closely with engineering, design, and analytics teams to define requirements, solve technical challenges, and iterate quickly.
• Stay ahead of technical fintech trends, particularly around consumers unmet needs
• Have a healthy respect for managing tech debt, constantly looking for opportunities to unify, simplify and scale towards a unified consumer journey.
• Work closely with sales to understand retailer requirements for consumer facing experiences.
• Participate in planning and development work, in collaboration with product development teams, to ensure timely delivery of market leading solutions
• Approach Buy vs Build decisions carefully across customer acquisition, apply, decisioning, and purchasing – ensuring we focus on our IP and our ability to remain agile as we scale
• Represent the product function in product roadmap sessions with senior leadership and strategic retailers.
• Analyze performance of product features

YOU’LL BRING: 

• 5+ years’ experience working for or with US retailers in consumer experience Product Roles
• 5+ years of experience in product leadership of financial services/Fintechs
• 3+ years of experience managing Commerce Tools platforms/components
• Familiarity working with vendor resources and internal, global resources.
• Exceptional skills in executive presentations, work collaboration, understanding of business challenges
• Strong business acumen: demonstrated experience with retail business and technical integrations
• Passion for leading strategy development and ability to move from high-level strategy to execution
• Exceptional communicator with proven ability to write and present effectively to a variety of audiences
• High-integrity ambition to relentlessly pursue the best possible product and service
• Demonstrated ability to self-motivate, self-direct, and be flexible within a fast-paced environment
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or related field required

WE OFFER:     

• Competitive Compensation 
• Full Health Benefits; Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance + Paid Parental Leave 
• Company Matched 401k 
• Paid Time Off + Paid Holidays + Paid Volunteer Hours 
• Employee Resource Groups (Black Inclusion Group, Women in Leadership, PRIDE, Adelante) 
• Employee Stock Purchase Program 
• Tuition Reimbursement 
• Charitable Gift Matching 
• Job required equipment and services 

Progressive Leasing welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace. We do not discriminate in any aspect of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Progressive Leasing does business.