Senior Product Manager

Summary

Join Earnest as a Senior Product Manager and own the vision and strategy for your product area, defining goals and success with clear measurable objectives and key results. You will build and maintain a prioritized product roadmap, define requirements for innovative experiences, and execute product commitments effectively. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, communicate project updates, and work with Data and Research to identify new opportunities. Inspire and lead your product squads, and contribute to Earnest's mission of making higher education accessible and affordable. This role offers a flexible remote work arrangement with monthly in-office collaboration in Oakland. A competitive salary and benefits package are included.

Requirements

• 5-7 years of experience in Product Management (or similar) roles bridging business and technology
• Successful track record in building and scaling consumer-facing products
• Experience with A/B testing and conversion optimization across devices
• Analytical mindset, with the ability to evaluate and anchor decisions in data
• Ability to influence at a team level, and drive alignment among peers and stakeholders
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to distill key takeaways quickly
• Understanding of software development and agile methodologies
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field; or equivalent experience
• Willingness to travel to the Oakland office monthly to collaborate with other Earnies

Responsibilities

• Own the vision and strategy for your product area, defining goals and success with clear measurable objectives and key results
• Build and maintain a prioritized product roadmap, negotiating with peers and stakeholders to get buy-in
• Define requirements for innovative experiences to simplify the application, decisioning, loan customization, and signing process for our customers
• Execute product commitments effectively to deliver meaningful business and customer impact, collaborating with cross-functional Engineering, Operations, and Business teams
• Communicate project updates and results to key stakeholders, including executive leadership
• Work with Data and Research to identify new opportunities and generate actionable insights to inform your product roadmap
• Inspire and lead your product squads with vision, passion, and drive
• Willingness to travel to the Oakland office monthly to collaborate with other Earnies

Preferred Qualifications

• Product experience in lending or consumer financial services
• Familiarity with risk and underwriting solutions
• MBA preferred

Benefits

• Health, Dental, & Vision benefits plus savings plans
• Mac computers + work-from-home stipend to set up your home office
• Monthly internet and phone reimbursement
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• 401(k) plan to help you save for retirement plus a company match
• Robust tuition reimbursement program
• $1,000 travel perk on each Earnie-versary to anywhere in the world
• Competitive days of annual PTO
• Competitive parental leave
• Remote work