Senior Product Manager, Financial Platforms
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 mission to deliver honest financial products that improve lives extends globally. To support this mission, we are building out the backbone of our fintech systems to ensure they are scalable, compliant, and capable of supporting rapid product innovation. We’re looking for a strong product leader to drive this vision forward!
As a Senior Product Manager on the Financial Platforms team, you will work at the core of Affirm’s backend financial systems and data infrastructure. You will be responsible for building foundational platform capabilities that power critical financial workflows and enable scalable integrations across engineering, data, and business systems. This role requires strong platform product thinking, technical fluency across APIs and data systems, and the ability to collaborate across engineering and cross-functional teams to drive impactful solutions. You will lead initiatives that improve system reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency while supporting new products and business growth.
What you’ll do
- Solve ambiguous problems. Solve complex and ambiguous platform problems, define execution strategies that balance short and long-term impact, and drive operational improvements across critical financial systems.
- Own platform strategy and roadmap. Define product objectives and own the roadmap for foundational platform capabilities, integrations, and shared services that support financial operations and reporting workflows.
- Drive scalable system design. Partner closely with Engineering and Data teams to define APIs, data contracts, platform interfaces, and migration strategies that improve scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
- Roadmap ownership. Define product objectives, partner with engineering and cross-functional partners to drive requirements, ultimately lead execution to launch key products and features.
- Communication. As a senior member of the Product Management team, you’ll regularly communicate across product and engineering teams as well as cross-functional stakeholders, including frequently presenting to senior leadership.
What we’re looking for
- 4+ years of product management experience, preferably working on platform products.
- Highly analytical mindset, able to balance strategic thinking with a strong bias for action and hands-on problem-solving.
- Proven track record of launching and managing high-impact products.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication with a diverse stakeholder audience.
- The ability to turn incomplete, conflicting, or ambiguous inputs into solid action plans.
- Solid technical chops that allow you to have in depth technical discussions and opinions.
- This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
Pay Grade - N
Equity Grade - 8
Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.
Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $190,000 - $240,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $169,000 - $219,000
#LI-Remote
Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.
We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:
- 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 allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
- ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.
[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read Affirm's Global Candidate Privacy Notice and hereby freely and unambiguously give informed consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of your personal information as described therein.
You'll be redirected to
the company's application page