Senior Product Manager - Cards

Senior Product Manager

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager in our FlexiPay team.

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Product Manager to lead our Cards team and deliver on the agreed customer & business outcomes. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of cards, third party integrations and user experience. You will be responsible for driving the strategic vision, roadmap, development, and success of our Cards product with end-to-end ownership of the product lifecycle from ideation, launch of features, and ongoing optimisation.

Who are we?

We’re Funding Circle. We back small businesses to succeed.

At Funding Circle, we believe the world needs small businesses. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to help them get the finance they need to grow.

With more than a decade of expertise under our belt, we’ve built a game-changer of a platform with cutting-edge data and technology that’s reshaping the landscape of SME lending. Say goodbye to lengthy applications and hello to lightning-fast decisions! In just minutes, SMEs across the UK can get a decision, giving them access to competitive funding in a flash.

We know that good business is about good people. So we pride ourselves on providing meaningful, human support as well as fast, hassle-free processes to deliver an unbeatable customer experience.

The role

The ideal candidate can deliver simple, elegant solutions to our customers’ complex problems, driving innovation in a space historically neglected by the more established players. We’re aiming to revolutionise the SME lending market with a best-in-class cashback credit card to rapidly scale our services to UK SMEs, driving growth and profitability. This role will be instrumental in achieving this vision.

1. Responsible for end-to-end solution for features for our business cards product shaping product area strategy, direction and road mapping and driving strategy forward, especially on cards and spend management.
2. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, marketing, etc.) to define product requirements, user stories, and success criteria whilst ensuring alignment with the product roadmap and other Product Managers.
3. Leading end-to-end product development lifecycle, including discovery & ideation, development, testing, launch, and post-launch monitoring.
4. Define metrics to track and measure outcomes, and anchor decisions in data, using it to inform decision-making.
5. Accountable for achieving commercial OKRs, including increasing balances and growing usage of the card product.
6. Being customer-focused; always seeking deeper insight from customers and using this insight to create value.
7. Understand the competitive landscape and industry trends for your area, using these insights to inform product strategy.
8. Develop and maintain appropriate tracking, documentation, and risk management of the products and features created.
9. Build strong relationships with stakeholders and communicate effectively across all levels of the organisation.

What we’re looking for

1. 3-5 years experience as a Product Manager working with card products.
2. High level understanding of UK payment schemes, Visa cards and spend management tools is a must.
3. Experience in a fast-moving environment with proven track record of delivering projects/features independently.
4. Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritise effectively.
5. Strong leadership and communication skills.
6. Experience with user experience design principles and user research methodologies.
7. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
8. Proven track record of delivering data-driven solutions.
9. Good understanding of third party integrations with proficiency in APIs, including agile methodologies is a plus.

At Funding Circle we are committed to building diverse teams so please apply even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the requirements.

Why join us?

At Funding Circle, we celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. We’re proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and affirmative-action employer. We truly believe that diversity makes us better.

As a flexible-first employer we offer hybrid working at Funding Circle, and we\’ve long believed in a \’best of both\’ approach to in-office collaboration and non-office days. We expect our teams to be in our London office three times a week, where you can take advantage of our newly refurbished hybrid working space.

We back our Circlers to build their own incredible career, making a difference to small businesses every day. Our Circler proposition is designed to support employees both in and out of work.

A few highlights:

1. Health: Private Medical Insurance through Aviva, Dental Insurance through Bupa, access to free online therapy sessions.
2. Wealth: Octopus Money Coach, free mortgage advisor partnership and discounts across numerous retailers.
3. Development: Dedicated annual learning allowance and full access to internal learning platform.
4. Lifestyle: Wellhub (for fitness discounts), Electric Car Scheme and more!

And finally, we have award-winning parental leave policies supporting parents through enhanced maternity, partner and adoption leave, as well as additional leave for parental bereavement and for fertility treatments.

Ready to make a difference? We’d love to hear from you.

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