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Since 2005, Prosper has helped advance financial well-being for our users! With over 1 million users gaining access to $19 billion in loans, Prosper is the first peer-to-peer marketplace lender in US. It is built on a simple idea: connect people who want to borrow money with those who have money to invest. We are believers of advancing financial well-being and are passionate about offering our customers a portfolio of products from HELOC to Personal Loans and Credit Card. Our diverse culture rewards accountability and cross functional teamwork because we believe that this this enables the kind of innovative thinking that will accelerate our mission.

We're on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere. It is important to us that every hire connects with our vision, mission and core values. Join a leading fintech company that's democratizing finance for all!

Our Values
Accountability at all levels drives results
Collaboration creates better solutions
Excellence leads to longevity
Diversity fuels our innovation
Simplicity guides our user experience
Integrity defines all our relationships

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The Role

A Product Manager is responsible for the strategy, product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including: defining the product vision, gathering and prioritizing product requirements, and working closely with engineering, design, marketing, and operations to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met.

Problems You Will Solve

Build the next generation of our core risk engine including machine learning pipeline, underwriting models, 3rd party data capture, and pricing engine.
Develop and drive forward the high leverage and high impact internal underwriting, pricing and verification tools to enable internal teams to optimize the business on the fly.
Strongly influence and contribute to the tech stack design for the risk engine, led by the engineering manager and architect
Provide a well research POV on machine learning tools and libraries and how they can be practically leveraged for near term impact.
Operate as an industry expert and provide stakeholders with an understanding of the latest and greatest ways ML is being leveraged by others.
Break vision into phases, prioritize and drive backlogs for launch with your dedicated engineering teams.
Lead in a fast paced agile environment.
Work with internal stakeholders from risk, legal, operations, and executive management to translate business needs into a product requirements.
Work with designers, developers (both locally and remotely), Q/A testers and subject matter experts to get requirements well scoped, designed, tested and built.
Monitor and understand the key metrics governing your product area, with an eye toward continuously improving them through ongoing product innovation
Establish product delivery timelines in close collaboration with the development team.
Keep stakeholders updated on project process and trade-offs.
Ability to lead and resolve questions and conflicts across organizational stakeholders.
Be an impactful contributor within the group.

All About You

2-4 years of relevant product management experience
Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent backend platform systems that support the customer experience
Proven ability to dive deeply into specific functional areas and learn a domain
Proven ability to innovate and come up with ideas to help drive the product forward
Proven ability to understand the business and engineering sides and get into technical detail
Ability to assume a strong sense of responsibility and ownership in a fast paced environment
Excellent project management skills - delivery and action oriented
Superior communication skills
Bachelor's degree
Experience in financial services a plus
Ability to handle changing tasks and priorities and adapt quickly

What We Offer

The opportunity to collaborate with a team of creative, fun, and driven colleagues on products that have an immediate and significant impact on people's lives
The opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment with experienced industry leaders
Flexible time off, comprehensive health coverage, competitive salary, 401(k) employer match, paid parental leave
Wellness benefits including access to mental health resources, virtual HIIT and yoga workouts
A bevy of other perks including Udemy access, childcare assistance, pet insurance discounts, legal assistance, and additional discounts through Perkspot
The ability to work remotely in the United States

Prosper is continuing to grow our team during the COVID-19 pandemic, conducting fully remote hiring and onboarding processes. Our philosophy as a business is to approach the Covid-19 situation with empathy and urgency. Prosper's top priority is the health and safety of our employees and of the communities we serve, including our customers, partners, prospects, and candidates.

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.
Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)

California applicants: please click here to view our California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") Notice for Applicants, which describes your rights under the CCPA: https://www.prosper.com/plp/legal/privacy-notice-for-applicants/

At Prosper, we're looking for people with passion, integrity, and a hunger to learn. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your unique skill set and diverse perspective will stand out and set you apart from other candidates. Prosper thrives with people who think outside of the box and aren't afraid to challenge the status quo. We invite you to join us on our mission to advance financial well-being.

Prosper is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical??? condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Prosper will consider for employment qualified applicants who are non-US citizens and will provide green card sponsorship.

Summary
Company name: Prosper Marketplace
Remote job title: Product Manager
Job tags: project management, Financial Services, Customer Satisfaction