Senior Technical Program Manager
Capital
Posted on 9/26/2023
INACTIVE
Affirm

1,001-5,000 employees

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