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Senior Director, Product Management

Affirm·$350,750 – $431,250

Primary stack

Product ManagementLeadership

Nice to have's

Product LeadershipOrg-buildingSystems ThinkingFintechExecution and Influence

Job description

About the Position

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. We are seeking a Senior Director of Product Management to lead the Affirm Card and Card Platform, owning both the end-user experience and the business outcomes of every card product, and the underlying platform that powers card issuance, authorization, servicing, and partner integrations.

Responsibilities

Own the Card domain end-to-end

  • Define and drive the multi-year vision for Affirm Card across consumer experience, growth, and economics, inclusive of new card products that complement the one we have in market today.
  • Lead the US direct to consumer card products (Affirm Cards, and in app virtual cards)
  • Oversee our Card Platform (authorization, ledgering, servicing, controls) which powers the D2C products both domestically and internationally, along with a number of merchant and partner integrations.
  • Translate company strategy into a coherent roadmap spanning multiple teams and systems

Build and scale a high-performing product organization

  • Manage and develop a team of PMs and PM leaders
  • Establish product standards, operating cadence, and decision frameworks
  • Build a durable org that delivers high-quality outcomes without direct involvement in every decision

Drive business outcomes at scale

  • Own GMV, engagement, unit economics, and credit outcomes for the Card domain
  • Shape investment strategy, tradeoffs, and resource allocation across multiple product areas
  • Partner with Finance and Credit to optimize profitability and risk

Lead platform strategy and execution

  • Drive platform capabilities that unlock velocity across Affirm (APIs, controls, servicing systems)
  • Partner deeply with Engineering to make cost vs. value tradeoffs at the system level
  • Ensure the Card Platform scales reliably across use cases, geographies, and partners

Operate as a cross-functional leader

  • Align senior stakeholders across Engineering, Design, Credit, Legal, Partnerships, and GTM
  • Build strong relationships with external partners (networks, processors, wallet providers)
  • Represent the Card domain in executive forums and company planning cycles

Requirements

Product leadership at scale

  • 15+ years in product management, with experience leading multi-team product areas or platforms
  • Track record of owning large domains or business lines with meaningful financial impact

Org-building capability

  • Experience managing managers and building high-performing PM teams
  • Proven ability to create systems, processes, and culture that scale

Strategic and systems thinker

  • Ability to operate at portfolio-level altitude-connecting product decisions to company strategy
  • Strong judgment across second- and third-order tradeoffs, especially in complex systems

Platform + fintech depth

  • Experience in payments, cards, fintech, or adjacent infrastructure
  • Comfort working on both consumer-facing products and backend platforms

Execution and influence

  • Ability to drive alignment across senior stakeholders and functions
  • Strong product instincts paired with rigorous, data-driven decision-making

We Offer

  • Competitive salary
  • Equity rewards
  • Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending
  • 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
  • Flexible Spending Wallets for Technology, Food, 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

About the Company

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.

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