Full-Time
People Planning & Initiatives Program Manager
Affirm
1,001-5,000 employees
Provides buy now, pay later financing solutions
Compensation Overview
$115k - $170k/yr
Senior
No H1B Sponsorship
Remote in USA
Candidates can work almost anywhere within the country of employment, but some roles may require occasional in-office work.
- 5–6 years of experience in program management, portfolio management, strategic operations, consulting, or a chief-of-staff role, ideally within a People/HR function.
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills with a track record of managing complex, cross-functional projects.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to craft clear, compelling messaging for senior leaders.
- Excellent project management skills, with the ability to build strong cross-functional relationships and collaborate effectively.
- Ability to identify risks, streamline processes, and deliver impactful results in a fast-paced environment.
- Strategic thinker with attention to detail, proactive problem-solving, and demonstrated ability to ask the right questions when collaborating with key stakeholders.
- Experience working with senior leaders and executives, with the ability to influence and build alignment across all levels of the organization.
- Support the annual fiscal year strategic planning and budget planning processes in collaboration with the People Leadership Team.
- Implement a portfolio management strategy to align, track, and evaluate projects effectively and ensure alignment with Affirm’s strategic priorities.
- Directly support the CPO by planning, prioritizing, and executing on critical needs and requirements for the People team.
- Develop high-quality written and oral communications for various audiences ranging from executives to the broader employee population, including talk tracks, presentations, and messaging, ensuring clarity and strategic alignment.
- Establish consistent project management, change management, and communication practices, including frameworks, tools, and templates.
- Streamline People Team operations, including refining the operating model, maintaining the budget, and driving process improvements.
- Familiarity with change management frameworks and tools is a plus.
Affirm provides point-of-sale financing solutions as an alternative to traditional credit cards. It allows consumers to make purchases and pay over time through installment plans, often without hidden fees or deferred interest. Affirm partners with merchants to integrate its payment solutions into both online and in-store shopping experiences, using user-friendly plugins and APIs. The company earns revenue from interest and fees on the loans it provides to consumers, as well as from fees charged to merchants for offering its financing options. Affirm also offers a merchant dashboard for transaction processing and promotional tools to help businesses market these financing options effectively. The goal of Affirm is to empower consumers with flexible payment options while providing value to merchants in the e-commerce and retail markets.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2012
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Affirm's stock rose by 7%, indicating positive investor sentiment and growth potential.
- Expansion into Canada with Williams-Sonoma and Kayak boosts Affirm's North American presence.
- Affirm's flexible payment solutions align with increasing consumer demand for BNPL options.
What critics are saying
- Klarna's new BNPL card could intensify competition for Affirm in the payment space.
- Sezzle's lawsuit against Shopify highlights potential regulatory challenges in the BNPL sector.
- FIS's real-time risk negotiation model may disrupt Affirm's traditional BNPL services.
What makes Affirm unique
- Affirm offers transparent installment loans with no hidden fees, unlike traditional credit cards.
- Affirm partners with over 2,000 merchants, enhancing its reach in various retail sectors.
- Affirm's user-friendly APIs enable seamless integration with merchants' sales platforms.
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Benefits
Spending wallets: Access tech, food, lifestyle, and family planning wallets for your expenses
Supportive communities: Get involved with our employee resource groups and community groups
Remote-first workforce: If your role is remote, you can set up shop anywhere in your home country
Generous time off: Take the time you need when life happens
Health benefits: Get a plan that fits your needs
Mental healthcare: Take care of your mind with great mental health programs
Parental leave: Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay.
Compensation: We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family.
Away days: We offer 24 company-wide paid days off—which help our teams collectively pause to recharge.
Learning & development: Engage in exciting learning programs to level up your growth.
Growth & Insights and Company News
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↑ 4%The lawsuit, filed Monday (June 9) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, accuses Shopify of engaging in monopolistic and anticompetitive practices to limit competition for buy now, pay later (BNPL) options on its platform. Sezzle said in a news release that it is seeking an injunction to block Canada-based Shopify from continuing this alleged conduct, with the suit asking for treble damages, or damages three times the amount awarded by a jury. “Sezzle remains committed to fostering a competitive, transparent, and consumer-friendly payments ecosystem,” Sezzle Chairman and CEO Charlie Youakim said in the release
Even with all the innovation seen lately in the banking, payments and digital economy sectors, new business models are hard to come by. Features and slight tweaks? The industry builds on them every day. That’s why when real-time data and cloud analytics are giving merchants and card issuers new ways to say “yes” at the checkout, a straight line from innovation to sales is clearly drawn. Turning what were once declined transactions into completed sales and stronger customer relationships — now that’s a new business model.“Historically, all of the decisioning around transaction authorization sat in the risk department of issuers,” Jim Johnson, co-president of FIS’s Banking Solutions division, said in a recent interview with Karen Webster. “The model now is being tested to be more of a risk negotiation at the point of sale.”. Johnson’s comments come as FIS unveils a partnership with Kipp, a collaboration platform that lets card issuers and merchants agree in real time to authorize debit transactions even when an account lacks sufficient funds
Robinhood’s browser-based desktop trading platform is now available to customers in the United Kingdom. First introduced last year, Robinhood Legend is designed for active traders and is available at no added cost to anyone with a Robinhood account. Robinhood launched Legend in the United States in October as part of a wider slate of new products. The company debuted Robinhood Strategies, a wealth management service aimed at its less wealthy clients, in March. At the same time, the company introduced Robinhood Banking, a banking platform featuring checking and savings accounts. Robinhood’s stock gathered 13.4%.Meanwhile, Affirm’s stock rose by 7%
Klarna is piloting a card that spends like debit but can flip into pay later mode, extending the buy now, pay later (BNPL) model from the checkout screen to the in-store experience. Unveiled Tuesday (June 3) at Money20/20 Europe, the Klarna Card is built on Visa’s Flexible Credential, a network capability that lets a single piece of plastic surface multiple funding sources, Klarna said in a Tuesday press release provided to PYMNTS. Issued by WebBank and housed in a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.-insured wallet, the card lets testers in the United States pay from stored cash or activate Klarna’s Pay in 4 and pay later plans at any of the over 150 million merchants that already accept Visa. A wider launch in the U.S. and Europe is slated for later this year, the release said. More than 5 million consumers have joined the waitlist
This is why Costco recently partnered with Affirm.