Lead Product Manager, International Expansion
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. Affirm, Inc. proudly includes Affirm, PayBright, and Returnly.
At Affirm, we're using today's technology to bring disruptive innovation to the financial industry. We focus on improving the lives of consumers by delivering simple, honest and transparent financial products. Our mission is simple -- deliver honest financial products that improve lives.
We are looking for a Country Head to bring this value to the global ecosystem.
You will be responsible for developing your country's Vision, Strategy, and subsequently delivering a high value product with the help of your world class, cross functional partners. You will control the end to end ecosystem, which means identifying products for both Merchants and Consumers.
As a country head, you will be the true end to end owner.
What you'll do
- Own the end to end success of a country.
- Drive the Vision, Strategy, and Roadmap for the portfolio of products that pertain to your country.
- Lead the ideation, technical development, and launch of innovative products.
- Drive product development with a team of world-class engineers, designers, DS, and UX.
- Build strong relationships across engineering and commercial teams to ensure a high-quality experience for both consumers and merchants.
- Integrate usability studies, research, and market analysis to build a best-in-class experience.
- Execute in a fluid environment with creative solutions.
What we look for
- 7+ years of experience in building software products as a product manager.
- Comfortable with regular exec(CEO + Staff) visibility.
- Experience leading through influence.
- Experience driving complex strategies in previous roles.
- Affinity for scrappy environments.
Bonus points!
- Experience working with Merchants and International markets is a plus.
- Experience as a people manager a plus. Although this is a IC role currently, with scale, the ideal candidate would grow into people management.
- Experience working in Fintech a huge value add.
Location - Remote U.S.
The majority of our roles can be located anywhere in the U.S. (exclusive of the U.S. Territories) and Canada (with the exception of Quebec).
#LI-Remote
Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and can be located anywhere in the U.S. and Canada (with the exception of the U.S. Territories, Quebec, Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories) unless the job indicates a different global location. We are currently building operations in Spain, Poland, and Australia. Employees in remote roles have the option of working remotely or from an Affirm office in their country of hire, and may occasionally travel to an Affirm office or elsewhere for required meetings or team-building events. Our offices in Chicago, New York, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Toronto will remain operational and accessible for anyone to use on a voluntary basis, subject to local COVID-19 guidelines.
If you got this far, we hope you're feeling excited about this role. Even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet people who believe in Affirm's mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways—not just candidates who check all the boxes.
Inclusivity:
At Affirm, People Come First is one of our core values, and that’s why diversity and inclusion are vital to our priorities as an equal opportunity employer. You can read about our D&I program here and our progress thus far in our 2020 DEI Report.
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