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We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead the Personal Loans vertical, one of NerdWallet’s fastest-growing businesses. You’ll drive strategy and execution across both organic and paid marketing channels, shaping the end-to-end user experience and making a tangible impact on millions of consumers navigating key financial decisions. You should be passionate about delivering meaningful, intuitive, and user-friendly product experiences that empower people to make confident financial choices.
You’ll combine strategic vision with hands-on execution, collaborating with cross-functional partners and third-party providers to integrate robust solutions that enhance our ecosystem. The ideal candidate has a strong background in fintech, consumer finance, or growth-focused product management and thrives in a fast-paced environment where experimentation and innovation drive measurable results. You’ll continuously monitor product performance metrics to optimize user engagement, conversion, and long-term value, ensuring that every enhancement moves both the customer and the business forward.
This role will report to the Senior Manager, Product Management for the Cards, Personal Loans, and Wealth teams.
Where you can make an impact:Own the Personal Loans Strategy: Lead the end-to-end vision and roadmap for the Personal Loans vertical, partnering with data, design, engineering, and marketing to drive growth across organic and paid funnels.
Accelerate Growth: Build on the vertical’s momentum by launching and optimizing experiences that improve customer outcomes and scale the business.
Collaborate on Paid Marketing: Partner with the Performance Marketing team to design, test, and refine paid channel experiences—balancing efficiency with a seamless user journey.
Leverage Market Insights: Conduct market analysis and user research to uncover opportunities, inform strategy, and guide product decisions.
Champion Customer-Centric Innovation: Deeply understand consumer behaviors and needs to deliver personalized, high-impact product experiences.
Drive Execution: Partner cross-functionally to deliver new features and product enhancements on time and with measurable impact.
Optimize Performance: Use data, A/B testing, and experimentation to improve engagement, conversion, and retention.
Advocate for the Customer: Keep user needs and outcomes at the heart of every decision.
Mentor and Collaborate: Support junior PMs, fostering growth, inclusion, and shared success.
7+ years of product management experience, ideally in fintech, consumer finance, or a related industry.
Proven success leading products or experiences in performance/paid marketing, ideally within fintech or consumer lending.
Experience scaling products in fast-growing businesses—balancing quick wins with long-term investments.
Strong analytical skills and fluency with data tools to guide decisions and measure impact.
Familiarity with A/B testing, user research, and data-driven product development.
Ability to work closely with engineering teams; comfort with APIs and technical workflows.
Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders without direct authority.
This role will be remote (based in the U.S.).
We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.
Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)
Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
Rejuvenation Policy – Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + 4 Mental Health Days Off
New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
Mental health support
Paid sabbatical for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge and pursue their interests
Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend
Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy
Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)
Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward – Take 8 hours of volunteer time off per quarter and donate to your favorite causes with a company match
Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)
401K with company match
Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums
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At NerdWallet, we’re on a mission to provide clarity for all of life’s financial decisions. Every day, we help people find the right credit cards and mortgage rates, refinance their student loans, track their spending and so much more. We're proud to say that millions of people turn to Nerds for our objective advice, expert info, and helpful tools.
Speaking of Nerds — we're a passionate, mission-driven bunch. We know what's best for our business means doing what’s best for our consumers, and we foster professional growth while striking this balance. We work collaboratively and empathetically, guided by our company values: Hypothesize, Build, Measure, Learn; Drivers Before Solutions; Consumer, Company, Team, Self; Candid and Constructive; and Relentless Self-Improvement.
In 2019, Inc. included NerdWallet on its list of the Best Workplaces, and the San Francisco Business Times listed us as one of the 50 Greater Bay Area Financial Tech Companies. Beyond generous compensation packages, we also provide a range of benefits, including top-notch health, dental, and vision insurance; commuter and gym stipends; great PTO and both maternity and paternity leave; and catered breakfasts and lunches in our beautiful San Francisco office.
In 2020, NerdWallet expanded internationally. UK-based Know Your Money joined the NerdWallet family. Together, we aspire to provide the most comprehensive financial comparison website in the UK, while continuing to provide clarity for all of life’s financial decisions.
