Senior Technical Program Manager

Overview

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’re looking for an experienced, motivated Senior Technical Program Manager to oversee high visibility programs for our team and streamline our processes for building great customer and merchant products. As our products scale in complexity to meet our accelerating business and expanding product lines, our program management practices need to scale with it.

You will help our Product and Engineering teams develop processes and frameworks for building quality software, while evaluating new technology developments to drive potential features and products.

• Drive complex, multi-disciplinary, and highly visible technical programs in service of our team’s mission of expanding our consumer product suite and platform capabilities
• Coordinate across engineering teams and non-engineering stakeholders through the full program lifecycle to plan requirements, identify risks, manage program schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company
• Understand technical implementation at the architecture level and propose technical alternatives, ask questions that clarify priorities and push the team to be effective, and develop domain and technical knowledge
• Partner with Product and Engineering to plan requirements, identify risks, manage program schedules, and drive alignment with cross-functional partners across the company
• Track progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks, and communicate status to upper management and project stakeholders, and engage the project teams to achieve goals

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 5 years of proven experience managing technical programs
• Passion and drive to change consumer finance for the better
• Organized and strategic approach to collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams
• Obsesses over getting the details right but knows how to ship on time
• Working and driving strategic programs and building a remote friendly culture
• Track record of successfully driving complex large technology applications and geographically distributed backend systems
• Track record of strong stakeholder management with Engineering, Product, Design, Analytics, and other cross-functional teams
• Prior experience in Fin Tech, Payments or Commerce is a plus

Pay Grade - L;
Equity Grade - 6. Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents).

USA base pay ranges: CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT per year: $160,000 - $210,000; all other U.S. states per year: $142,000 - $192,000

Affirm is a remote-first company. The majority of roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Some roles may be office-based due to job responsibilities.

• Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
• Flexible Spending Wallets - stipends for Technology, Food, Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
• Time off - vacation and holiday schedules allowing time off to rest and recharge
• ESPP - Employee stock purchase plan

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[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Affirm will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records per local ordinances.

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• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Project Management and Information Technology

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