Senior Technical Program Manager
Capital
Posted on 9/26/2023
INACTIVE
Point of sale installment loans for consumers
Company Overview
Affirm seeks to deliver honest financial products—to improve lives. The company operates a buy-now-pay-later platform for consumers at the point of sale.
Financial Services
Consumer Goods
Data & Analytics
Company Stage
IPO
Total Funding
$3B
Founded
2012
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Growth & Insights
Headcount
6 month growth
↓ -2%1 year growth
↓ -13%2 year growth
↑ 16%Locations
Remote
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Data Analysis
Product Design
Communications
CategoriesNew
Product
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 3-5 years of experience project managing engineering teams
- Passion and drive to change consumer finance for the better
- Organized and strategic approach to collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams
- Track record of successfully launching software products
- Clear and compelling written and verbal communication
- Obsesses over getting the details right but knows how to ship on time
- Working and driving strategic programs and building a remote friendly culture
- Track record of successfully driving complex large technology applications and geographically distributed backend systems
- Track record of strong stakeholder management with Engineering, Product, Design, Analytics, and other cross-functional teams
- Prior experience in FinTech, Payments or Commerce is a plus
Responsibilities
- Drive complex, multi-disciplinary, and highly visible technical projects in service of our team’s mission of expanding our consumer product suite and platform capabilities
- Coordinate across many engineering teams and non-engineering stakeholders through the full project lifecycle to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company
- Understand technical implementation at the architecture level and propose technical alternatives, ask questions that clarify priorities and push the team to be effective, and develop domain and technical knowledge
- Work closely with our leads and partners in Product, Engineering, Design, Infrastructure, Operations and Analytics to map out strategies and roadmaps
- Track progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks, and communicate status to upper management and project stakeholders, and engage the project teams to achieve goals
Desired Qualifications
- Prior experience in FinTech, Payments or Commerce