Product Manager I

About Sezzle

Sezzle is a cutting-edge fintech company whose mission is to financially empower young consumers. Only one in three millennials own a credit card, and the vast majority of millennials possess a subprime credit score or no score at all. To address these problems, Sezzle has built a payment platform that increases purchasing power for consumers by offering interest-free installment plans at online stores. This increase in purchasing power for consumers leads to increased sales and basket sizes for the hundreds of eCommerce merchants that partner with Sezzle.

About The Role

Sezzle is looking for a Product Manager, who will be responsible for designing, building, innovating and launching new products, features, internal tools and solutions. The role will be responsible and accountable for the end-to-end strategy and performance of the respective products and features. This person will work collaboratively between all key stakeholders within the organization and closely with select engineering teams to manage priorities. 

This position will also be responsible for identifying opportunities through a data-centric approach, creating business cases, defining scope, and creating initial product requirement documents.  This position will be in support of the company's cross-functional and global strategic initiatives as an internal consultant and product strategist. The role will report to the Director of Product. The Product Manager will also regularly interact with key stakeholders such as executive leadership, customers and/or merchants, and will work with cross-functional engineering and business teams to constantly drive product innovation.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Develop product roadmaps and work with cross-functional teams (engineering, support, risk, legal, data, etc) to achieve company-wide objectives. 
• Conduct primary and secondary research, including launching consumer facing surveys, to determine competitive benchmarking/market trends, and refine Sezzle’s strategic and market position
• Analyze current customer/merchant user journeys and make recommendations on improvements for critical points of communication
• Drive product development building end to end solutions with engineers and designers
• Use data to communicate prioritization of products, features and projects to key stakeholders

Minimum Requirements

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field
• Experience in leading teams and/or influencing outcomes
• 2+ years of experience using qualitative and quantitative methodologies to understand customers ability to explore and structure customers' insights
• Strong analytical and data visualization skills
• Ability to translate product needs into technology requirements

Preferred Knowledge and Skills

• Experience in payments, fin-tech, or credit building industries
• Familiarity with SQL, or equivalent coding languages
• Knowledge around customer lifecycle marketing with a strong interest in understanding and shaping consumer behavior
• Experience working in one or many of the following technology tools; Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence, etc), Figma, Stripo, Braze, Active Campaign, Mailchimp, Survey Monkey
• Knowledge of e-commerce practices from a technical perspective
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills

Perks and Benefits:

• Competitive salary, bonus, and benefits
• Generous stock options
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life and long term disability insurance
• 401k with generous match
• Opportunities to work with, teach, and learn from motivated and driven individuals

About You 

• A+ character. We are team-first here at Sezzle. 
• A hard-working mentality. It’s early and there is still a lot to build. 
• An excellent communicator. 
• A fun attitude. Life’s too short. We can have fun while we work hard on cool things.
• Smarts. We need people that are smart enough to make decisions on their own and also smart enough to know when they need input from others

At Sezzle, we are more than just brilliant engineers, passionate data enthusiasts, out-of-the-box thinkers, and determined innovators; we are skilled musicians, yogis, cyclists, chefs, golfers, dog-lovers, and rock-climbers. We believe in surrounding ourselves with not only the best and the brightest individuals, but those that are unique and purpose-driven in all that they do. Our culture is not defined by a certain set of perks designed to give the illusion of the traditional startup culture, but rather, it is the visible example living in every employee that we hire. 

Sezzle provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, familial status, veteran or military status, status regarding public assistance, membership or activity in a local commission, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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