Director of Product Management, Financial Platforms
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About the Role
Affirm is seeking a Director of Product Management to lead the Loans Lifecycle and Money Movement domains. This role involves defining product strategy, managing a team of PMs, and driving cross-functional alignment.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a high performing PM team of 6–10 product managers, including people managers
- Own the vision and strategy for Loans Lifecycle and Money Movement domains
- Serve as executive level subject matter expert on loan lifecycle mechanics, payment rails, settlement flows, and institutional transfers
- Drive cross functional alignment with Engineering, Accounting, Treasury, Capital Markets, Legal, Compliance, and Client Success teams
- Enable platform scalability and international expansion by architecting platform strategies
- Define success metrics and hold teams accountable to reliability and accuracy standards
- Present strategy, tradeoffs, and priorities to senior leadership regularly
Requirements
- 10+ years of product management experience, with at least 3–5 years managing and developing PM teams including people managers
- Deep experience in loans or lending systems
- Meaningful experience in money movement, payments infrastructure, or financial operations
- Experience in fintech, financial services, or banking; familiarity with BNPL, platform products, or backend infrastructure strongly preferred
- Demonstrated ability to set and execute long term platform strategy in ambiguous, fast moving environments
- Strong technical fluency — comfortable diving into data models and API discussions
- Proficiency with AI assisted tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor) to accelerate work
- Track record of building and scaling distributed, high performing PM teams across multiple domains
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills
- Outstanding written and verbal communication
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience
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Overview
- 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.
- Our Financial Platform sits at the heart of every loan Affirm makes and every dollar we move.
- We're looking for a Director of Product Management to lead and scale the teams behind Loans Lifecycle and Money Movement.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and grow a high performing PM team. Build, mentor, and manage a team of 6–10 product managers, including people managers.
- Own the vision and strategy for Loans Lifecycle and Money Movement. Define the multi year product strategy for Affirm's foundational loan systems and global money movement infrastructure.
- Be the domain authority. 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. Partner closely with Engineering, Accounting, Treasury, Capital Markets, Legal, Compliance, and Client Success teams.
- Enable platform scalability and international expansion. Architect platform strategies that simplify domain boundaries and unlock faster time to market.
- Measure and improve platform health. Define success metrics and hold teams accountable.
- Influence up and across the organization. Regularly present strategy, tradeoffs, and priorities to senior leadership.
What We Look For
- 10+ years of product management experience, with at least 3–5 years managing and developing PM teams including people managers
- Deep experience in loans or lending systems
- Meaningful experience in money movement, payments infrastructure, or financial operations
- Experience in fintech, financial services, or banking; familiarity with BNPL, platform products, or backend infrastructure strongly preferred
- Demonstrated ability to set and execute long term platform strategy in ambiguous, fast moving environments
- Strong technical fluency — comfortable diving into data models and API discussions
- Proficiency with AI assisted tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor) to accelerate your own work
- Track record of building and scaling distributed, high performing PM teams across multiple domains
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills
- Outstanding written and verbal communication
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience
Pay Range
- CAN base pay range per year: CAD 238,000 CAD 298,000
Benefits
- Health care coverage Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
- Flexible Spending Wallets generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
- Time off competitive vacation and holiday schedules
- ESPP An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
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