Senior Director, Product Management (Financial Platforms)
Remote US · 3-5 years experience · Remote · Posted Sep 23, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 3-5 years experience
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- Remote US
About the role
- Our Financial Platform sits at the heart of every loan Affirm makes and every dollar we move.
- We're looking for a Senior Director of Product Management to lead and scale the teams behind two of our most critical and complex domains: Loans Lifecycle and Money Movement.
- This is a role for a seasoned product leader who thrives in the intersection of financial systems, platform engineering, and organizational scale.
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a high-performing PM team, building, mentoring, and managing a team of 6–10 product managers including people managers.
- Own the vision and strategy for Loans Lifecycle and Money Movement, defining multi-year product strategy for foundational loan systems and global money movement infrastructure.
- Serve as the executive-level subject matter expert on loan lifecycle mechanics, payment rails, settlement flows, and institutional transfers.
- Drive cross-functional alignment at scale by partnering closely with Engineering, Accounting, Treasury, Capital Markets, Legal, Compliance, and Client Success teams.
- Enable platform scalability and international expansion by architecting platform strategies that simplify domain boundaries and standardize loan behaviors.
- Measure and improve platform health by defining success metrics such as settlement success rates, reconciliation coverage, exception volumes, and time-to-resolution.
- Regularly present strategy, tradeoffs, and priorities to senior leadership and shape organizational thinking on investments.
Requirements
- 15+ years of product management experience
- 3–5 years managing and developing PM teams including people managers
- Deep experience in loans or lending systems, including loan lifecycle mechanics, platform architecture for loan servicing, and compliance requirements
- Meaningful experience in money movement, payments infrastructure, or financial operations
- Demonstrated ability to set and execute long-term platform strategy in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
- Strong technical fluency with comfort diving into data models and API discussions with engineers
- Proficiency with AI-assisted tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor)
- Track record of building and scaling distributed, high-performing PM teams across multiple domains simultaneously
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in fintech, financial services, or banking
- Familiarity with BNPL, platform products, or backend infrastructure is strongly preferred
- Capital markets background is a plus
Benefits
- Equity rewards
- Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending
- 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental, and vision for employees and their dependents
- Flexible time off
- Generous holiday calendars
- Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
Workplace
- Remote-first with flexibility built in
- Some positions may occasionally require in-person work at an Affirm office
Skills
- Claude
- Cursor
- API
