Principal Product Manager, Invest
SoFi
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Who we are:
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Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance.
We’re a next-generation fintech company using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront. We’re proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people’s lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world.
The Role:
We seek an experienced, strategic, and highly collaborative product leader with great communication skills to build and help members maximize the value of SoFi products by bringing impactful experiences to life between Earning, Saving, Spending, Investing, and Protecting their wealth. This role is central to the success of SoFi's overall mission of SoFi to help our members get their money right and achieve financial independence. You will have an opportunity to shape end-to-end and deliver a compelling best-in-class reimagined how all the products build off each other. You will be responsible for identifying opportunities to bring our financial services products together for our members and key inputs, setting goals, defining the member experiences, and delivering features. You will also help support each of the financial services products.
This role is inherently cross-functional-you will work closely with business units, engineering, design, data science, marketing, operations, finance, risk, legal, compliance, and executive teams to set business objectives, define product strategy, prioritize features, secure resources, and execute. You'll play the critical role of driving the business while bridging the technical and business worlds to drive profitable business growth while managing risk.
What you'll do:
- Develop and implement product strategies: The principal product manager is responsible for identifying new product opportunities, analyzing market trends, and developing strategies for launching and scaling products.
- Leading product development: They lead cross-functional teams to build products from ideation to launch, including conducting market research, defining product requirements, developing product roadmaps, and overseeing product design and development.
- Conducting competitive analysis: The principal product manager is responsible for researching and analyzing competitor products to inform product decisions and ensure that the company's products remain competitive.
- Collaborating with stakeholders: They work closely with stakeholders, including executives, engineering teams, sales teams, and customer support teams, to ensure alignment on product priorities and deliverables.
- Defining and measuring product success: The principal product manager establishes product success metrics and regularly monitors product performance against those metrics, making adjustments as needed.
- Managing product launches: Oversee product launches, including developing go-to-market strategies, coordinating with marketing, and ensuring successful product adoption.
- Providing product expertise: The principal product manager acts as the subject matter expert on their product, staying up to date on industry trends and best practices, and providing guidance to other teams.
What you'll need:
- 7-10+ years in product management owning product strategy and product roadmap
- Experience in people and team management
- Ability to operate cross-functionally, leading and influencing, and ultimately leading to timely tactical decision-making to advance our objectives
- A collaborative approach to problem-solving and ideation in a highly ambiguous environment
- Superior communication skills, written and verbal. Experience presenting to C-level leadership
- Deep curiosity for how complex (financial) systems work, and an ability to internalize and analyze this information quickly
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Experience delivering quality consumer-facing software that solves business and user needs
- Data-driven approach and excellent analytical skills
- Passion for your customers! You do right by them, and always