Product Manager

Summary

Join Modernize, a QuinStreet division, as a Product Manager within the 360 Finance team. You will report to the Head of Product and play a key role in innovating new products, implementing partnerships, and managing the product lifecycle. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining the product backlog, documenting requirements, designing KPIs, conducting market research, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will analyze system performance, manage multiple projects, and present recommendations to senior leadership. The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor's degree, 3+ years of product management experience, and excellent analytical and communication skills. This remote position offers a competitive salary, performance bonuses, equity, and standard employee benefits including health care, retirement benefits, paid time off, and other tax-reportable benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Math/Science, or otherwise proven background in financial services/analytics preferred
• 3+ years of experience in product management as analyst or product owner or product manager
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Experience with bug/enhancement tracking system like JIRA
• Experience with undertaking product research activities such as stakeholder interviews, surveys etc. in partnership with design
• Self-starter, team player, curious and eager to learn, flexible, operate with a high sense of urgency and integrity
• Very organized, able to thrive in a dynamic environment handling multiple projects, deadlines, and stakeholders
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to map out visual workflows, journey maps, high-level system interactions to engineering and business leaders

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the product backlog aligned with the strategic roadmap and business value proposition
• Document requirements with clarity to facilitate engineering efforts for new features and improvements
• Design, establish, and monitor KPIs to guide strategic direction, drive growth, and enhance performance
• Conduct market research and manage discovery efforts to integrate customer solutions into the product roadmap
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business, engineering, marketing, and design, to ensure cohesive solutions
• Analyze global system performance, reliability, scalability, and responsiveness for optimal solutions
• Manage multiple projects, quickly adapt to new tasks, and maintain high-quality work standards
• Perform in-depth analyses of business challenges and present actionable recommendations to senior leadership
• Oversee lender-specific requirements, workflows, and system compatibility to ensure seamless integrations
• Coordinate release timelines, technical readiness, and support team enablement for smooth operational execution
• Configure lender-specific settings, conduct sandbox testing, and coordinate UAT to ensure functionality and compliance
• Monitor lender performance, address operational needs, manage release timelines, and collaborate on feature enhancements

Preferred Qualifications

• Banking or Consumer lending or point of sale financing experience
• Experience with implementing partnerships in the consumer lending domain
• Experience with consumer credit underwriting and related processes

Benefits

• Performance bonus or commission
• Equity in the form of restricted stock units
• Health care benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Paid days off (paid sick leave, parental leave, paid time off, or vacation benefits)
• Other tax-reportable benefits