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Founding Product Manager

Recruiting From Scratch
New York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 1/14/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/10/2025
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Senior Product Manager - FinTech (NYC)

Shape the Future of E-commerce Banking

A venture-backed Series A fintech startup is seeking their first Product Manager to revolutionize banking for consumer brands. Join a tight-knit team of former Shopify, Square, and Toast leaders who are already serving hundreds of customers with over $1B in gross merchant volume.

The Opportunity

As the founding Product Manager, you'll own and shape the strategic direction of financial products that are transforming how consumer brands manage their money. Working directly with the founding team, you'll have the unique opportunity to build and scale products across banking, capital access, cards, bill pay, cash flow management, and AI-powered financial insights.

Impact You'll Have

  • Drive product strategy and execution for a suite of innovative financial products serving e-commerce businesses
  • Partner closely with customers to deeply understand their needs and validate solutions
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration with engineering and design to bring products to market
  • Develop business partnerships to create differentiated financial offerings
  • Help shape company culture and product development practices as a key early hire

What We're Looking For

  • 4 years of experience managing financial or analytics products in B2B environments
  • Deep understanding of business finances, cash flow management, and working capital, either as a founder or through working closely with SMB founders
  • Track record of success in fast-paced, high-output environments
  • Strong product sense and ability to balance customer needs with business objectives
  • Experience working directly with engineering and design teams

Ideal Background

  • Experience in fintech, banking, or financial services
  • Quantitative degree from a top university
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Why Join?

  • Be the first product hire at a company with proven product-market fit
  • Work with a phenomenal team consistently praised for their collaborative culture
  • Tackle meaningful problems in an innovative space with significant growth potential
  • Competitive compensation: $150K-$190K base 0.2-0.5% equity

Location & Work Style

  • Based in New York City
  • In-office culture (5 days/week)
  • Full-time position

Salary : $150,000 - $190,000

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