General Summary:

We are looking for an energetic self-starter to join the Product Management team. This opportunity is for a very visible, high impact position that will have broad responsibility for a flagship lending brand within a fast growing company. You will be responsible for leading a cross functional team to achieve key operating metrics by developing roadmaps, identifying priority initiatives and partnering with teams across the organization to drive results. This position must develop and launch programs and features that create and maintain a competitive position in the market.

Ultimately, you are accountable for driving profitable business growth. The successful candidate will be highly analytical, detail-oriented, and naturally curious with a solid understanding of Internet technology. This individual should also be a strategic thinker with experience in strategy development and execution.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist with product strategy and drive the roadmap for a product.
• Understand and own product performance and metrics:
  
  • Financial performance and projections
  • Marketing data and trends
  • Risk analysis
  • Customer support metrics
• Drive significant business and technology initiatives in a cross functional environment:
  
  • Coordinate with internal partners from Marketing, Legal, Risk and Technology teams
  • Build and strengthen relationships with internal and external partners
• Manage all aspects of the product development lifecycle including: research, design, proposals, prioritization, implementation and post launch maintenance.
• Identify opportunities to improve overall customer experience across many touch points:
  
  • Conduct usability testing, surveys, market research, and focus groups
  • Monitor competitive offerings and ensure product meets or beats the competition
  • Implement programs to monitor overall customer satisfaction and product usability

Experience and Education:

• Bachelor's degree with strong academic performance - graduate degree is a plus, but not required.
• 5+ years of product management experience - preferably for an Internet/e-commerce property or a financial services firm.
• Proven track record of delivering product releases on time with measurable impact to key business metrics.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Communication and diplomacy skills necessary to guide, influence and convince others.
• Ability to efficiently plan and manage numerous projects and tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to work well under tight deadlines in fast paced, team oriented environment.
• Experience in user interface design and usability (emphasis on browser/HTML interfaces) preferred.
• Exceptional ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work independently when needed to drive programs to successful completion.
• Strong attention to detail and organization.
• Management experience of both internal employees and external partners a plus.
• Experience in early stage, high growth companies is a big plus.