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Manager, Channel Growth - Cards

upgrade$140K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4-7 years of experience in consumer finance or consulting
  • Experience with credit analytics and partner interactions, especially in credit cards
  • Strong analytical skills for translating data into strategic actions
  • Proficient in SQL and Excel, with Python pandas experience as a bonus
  • Ability to uncover and communicate the human story in data.

Responsibilities

  • Structure and communicate analyses for data-driven decisions
  • Build and monitor sustainable growth strategies
  • Drive cross-functional collaboration for buy-in
  • Manage partner relationships and projects effectively
  • Develop a deep understanding of managed channels
  • Identify new opportunities for growth in impressions and conversions
  • Execute changes for improved customer acquisition costs
  • Analyze channel-specific opportunities for accurate forecasting
  • Present campaign results to executive stakeholders
  • Innovate product versions, marketing tactics, and test populations
  • Ensure compliance and efficiency in approval rates
  • Design and oversee A/B tests.

Benefits

  • 100% paid coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible PTO policy
  • Opportunities for professional growth
  • Paid parental leave
  • Health and wellness initiatives
Full Job Description
About the Role

We're seeking a hands-on Channel Growth Manager/Sr. Manager on our Card business team to grow and optimize digital acquisition channels (ex. Upgrade.com, Experian Marketplace, or NerdWallet) by driving strategy development and execution for digital channels. You will sit at the intersection of marketing, product, analytics, and risk. You'll use in-market results and business judgement to identify enhancements and optimizations, partner internally and externally to advocate for changes, and communicate results and proposals to a broad set of stakeholders.

This role will be based in our SF office or Delaware office in a hybrid capacity.

What You'll Do:
  • Structure, perform, and communicate analyses
  • Build, implement, and monitor strategies for sustainable growth
  • Partner cross-functionally to drive buy-in
  • Manage partner relationships and projects to grow those relationships
  • Build a strong understanding of channels you manage
  • Identify new opportunities for impression growth and conversion efficiency
  • Identify and execute changes to improve customer acquisition costs
  • Identify channel-specific opportunities to improve accuracy of volume and financial forecasts
  • Inform executive stakeholders on campaign results and expectations
  • Identify new product versions, marketing language and tactics, and populations for testing and piloting
  • Manage approval rates to ensure funnel efficiency and compliance
  • Design, advocate for, and monitor A/B tests

What We Look For:
  • 4-7 years of experience in consumer finance, consulting, or other data-driven backgrounds
  • Experience with credit, analytics, and external client/partner interactions, ideally in credit cards
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear, strategic recommendations
  • Strong proficiency in SQL, Excel (bonus points for Python pandas)
  • The ability to identify and articulate the human story in the data

What We Offer You:
  • Competitive salary and stock option plan
  • 100% paid coverage of medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Flexible PTO
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Paid parental leave
  • Health & wellness initiatives

The compensation range of this position in San Francisco, CA is USD $140,000 - $180,000 annually plus equity and benefits. Within this range, an individual's base pay will be dependent on a variety of factors, including without limitation, job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience.

About upgrade

Upgrade is an online lending platform that offers personal loans and credit monitoring services. The company was founded in 2016 by Renaud Laplanche, the former CEO of LendingClub. Upgrade offers personal loans with fixed rates and terms ranging from 36 to 60 months. The company also provides credit monitoring and credit education tools to help customers improve their credit scores. Upgrade has raised over $142 million in funding and has originated over $3 billion in loans.
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1,000 employees
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Founded
2016

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