Affirm

Operations Enablement Lead

Affirm$101K — $151K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Canada
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in program management or product operations, preferably within large-scale or global operations.
  • Proven track record of setting strategy and delivering measurable impact across efficiency, compliance, and customer experience.
  • Expertise in Lean Six Sigma, project/program management, and change management (PMP or Prosci certification preferred).
  • Experience implementing and scaling knowledge management and training through various platforms.
  • Strong background in regulated industries such as financial services or fintech.
  • Exceptional influence and communication skills with the ability to engage executives and align diverse stakeholders.
  • Analytical and data-driven mindset focused on measurable outcomes and continuous improvement.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguous, high-growth environments.

Responsibilities

  • Own Program Performance: Lead complex cross-functional programs ensuring alignment with servicing strategy and business priorities.
  • Set Strategic Direction: Define and execute servicing strategy with clear program roadmaps, tracking against KPIs.
  • Lead Transformation Initiatives: Drive improvements using Lean Six Sigma and change management to enhance efficiency and customer satisfaction.
  • Build Technical Resources: Collaborate with technical teams to translate concepts into clear resources for agents.
  • Elevate Knowledge Management: Enhance knowledge systems, ensuring resources are engaging and accessible.
  • Own Learning & Training Strategy: Design and deliver effective training programs, ensuring learning effectiveness through feedback.
  • Champion Global Readiness: Prepare for operational needs tied to product launches and regulatory changes.

Benefits

  • 100% subsidized medical coverage for you and your dependents.
  • Generous stipends for Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses.
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules for rest and recharge.
  • Employee stock purchase plan allowing purchase of shares at a discount.
Full Job Description
About the role
Affirm is seeking an Operations Enablement leader to drive scalable, compliant, and high-quality servicing experiences across our Operations organization. In this role, you will define and execute strategies that enable our servicing operations to scale efficiently while maintaining exceptional customer and merchant outcomes.

You will set the vision for operational readiness, ensuring that people, processes, and enablement systems evolve in lockstep with Affirm's servicing strategy. As a member of the Operations Enablement team, you will own a portfolio of cross-functional initiatives aligned to strategic priorities - driving delivery across timelines, dependencies, and measurable business outcomes. You will define and execute servicing strategies by developing clear program roadmaps and execution plans and be responsible for planning, coordination, documentation, change management and measurement across assigned initiatives to ensure operational readiness and measurable outcomes.

This role works closely with partners across Product, Engineering, Operations, Compliance, and external vendors to align priorities and ensure readiness for key business and regulatory changes. Serving as a connector between servicing strategy and day-to-day execution, you will translate strategy into scalable operational capabilities. We are looking for a hands-on, data-driven leader who thrives in complex, regulated environments and is passionate about building durable, high-quality servicing experiences at scale.

What you'll do
  • Own Program Performance: Lead complex cross-functional programs and initiatives, ensuring alignment with servicing strategy, OKRs, and long-term business priorities.
  • Set Strategic Direction: Define and execute the servicing strategy developing clear program roadmaps and execution plans, tracking progress against KPIs, timelines, and budgets.
  • Lead Transformation Initiatives: Drive enterprise-wide improvements leveraging Lean Six Sigma, change management, and data-driven methodologies to unlock efficiency, compliance, and customer satisfaction.
  • Build Technical Resources: Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate technical concepts into clear manuals and resources for both human and AI agents.
  • Elevate Knowledge Management: Architect and evolve our knowledge ecosystem (SOPs, job aids, learning platforms, AI-enabled knowledge tools), ensuring resources are accurate, engaging, and accessible at scale.
  • Translate Technical Concepts: Apply technical depth to plan, design, and create complex operational, instructional, and procedural content, translating technical concepts into clear resources for both human and AI agents.
  • Own Learning & Training Strategy: Oversee end-to-end design and delivery of training programs (onboarding, continuous learning, new product rollouts), ensuring effectiveness through measurement and feedback loops.
  • Champion Global Readiness: Anticipate and design for operational needs tied to product launches, program expansion, and regulatory changes.
  • Drive Insights: Use metrics, dashboards, and qualitative feedback to continuously assess workflows, knowledge adoption, training impact, and localization quality, while influencing senior leadership decisions.
  • Influence & Partner at Scale: Serve as a trusted advisor to executives, cross-functional partners, and vendor leaders - driving alignment between company goals and day-to-day execution.
  • Build a High-Performing Ecosystem: Lead and coach augmented staff, contractors, and cross-functional contributors to deliver world-class content and learning experiences.
  • Lead Change at Scale: Ensure global teams successfully adopt new processes, platforms, and resources through structured change management practices.
  • Expand Program Scope: Take on additional program and project management responsibilities as needed, developing working knowledge across adjacent domains to support evolving business needs.

What we look for
  • 5+ years of experience in program management or product operations, preferably within large-scale or global operations.
  • Proven track record of setting strategy and delivering measurable impact across efficiency, compliance, and customer experience.
  • Expertise in Lean Six Sigma, project/program management, and change management (Black Belt, PMP, or Prosci certification preferred).
  • Experience implementing and scaling knowledge management and training (Salesforce, Confluence, LMS platforms, or AI-driven knowledge tools).
  • Strong background in regulated industries (financial services, fintech, or consumer lending highly preferred).
  • Exceptional influence and communication skills, with the ability to engage executives, coach teams, and align diverse stakeholders.
  • Analytical and data-driven mindset, with a focus on measurable outcomes and continuous improvement.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguous, high-growth environments with a builder's mindset.
  • Global perspective with experience supporting vendor/partner operations and distributed teams.
  • Willingness to travel up to 20-30% to support global sites and vendor partners.


Base Pay Grade - J
Equity Grade - 4

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

CAN base pay range per year: $101,000 - $151,000 CAD

# LI-Remote

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

We're extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:
  • Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
  • Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
  • Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
  • ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount

About Affirm

Affirm is a publicly traded financial technology company headquartered in San Francisco, United States. Founded in 2012, the company operates as a financial lender of installment loans for consumers to use at the point of sale to finance a purchase. Affirm was founded in 2012 by Max Levchin, Nathan Gettings, Jeffrey Kaditz, and Alex Rampell as part of the initial portfolio of startup studio HVF. Levchin, who co-founded PayPal, became CEO of Affirm in 2014. In October 2017, the company launched a consumer app that allowed loans for purchases at any retailer. The company announced a partnership with Walmart in February 2019. Under the partnership, Affirm is available to customers in-store and on the Walmart website. Affirm has partnered with e-commerce platforms including Shopify, BigCommerce, and Zen-Cart. On November 18, 2020, Affirm filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation for an initial public offering. On December 12, 2020, it was reported that Affirm had postponed its IPO. On January 13, 2021, Affirm became listed on NASDAQ with symbol AFRM, raising about $1.2 billion in its IPO. By the next day, the price of shares had doubled, making Levchin's stake worth about $2.5 billion. In May 2021, Affirm acquired Returnly, a financial technology service company, for $300 million.
Learn more about Affirm
Size
1,300 employees
Market Cap
$2.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$97.6 million
Founded
2012
Revenue
$617.1 million
NASDAQ

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