Upstart

Principal Product Manager, Pricing Platform

Upstart$187K — $260K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BA/BS in Economics, Computer Science, or a related field
  • 5-7 years of product management experience
  • Experience managing backend platforms or infrastructure systems
  • Familiarity with large-scale, complex systems
  • Proven success in defining product requirements and executing technical projects

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the long-term vision for the pricing platform
  • Improve reliability and quality of pricing systems
  • Drive evolution from monolithic to modular architectures
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on pricing capabilities
  • Make tradeoffs between short-term needs and long-term investments
  • Identify opportunities to accelerate product development via platform improvements

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation with base pay and bonuses
  • 401(k) with generous company match
  • Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
  • Paid time off and family leave
  • Employee Assistance Program for mental health support
  • Annual wellness and productivity allowances
  • Team community events and updates
Full Job Description
The Team:

Upstart's Pricing Platform team builds the reusable, scalable, and reliable platform that powers pricing across all Upstart loan products, including unsecured, auto, and home loans. This team owns the core primitives that translate application data into the offers (APR) presented to customers, including eligibility, qualification, underwriting, and offer selection.

As a Principal Product Manager at Upstart, you will define and drive the strategy for one of the most critical systems at Upstart-the platform that powers how we price loans and deliver offers to customers. This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure and product, requiring deep platform thinking and strong technical fluency. You will lead efforts to evolve a complex, high-impact system into a scalable, modular platform that accelerates innovation across all loan products. You will balance near-term reliability and quality improvements with long-term investments that unlock velocity and flexibility for engineering teams across the company.

How you'll make an impact
  • Define and execute the long-term vision for Upstart's pricing platform, enabling scalable and reusable capabilities across multiple loan products
  • Improve the reliability, quality, and availability of pricing systems, reducing risk and preventing high-impact failures in a business-critical system
  • Drive platform evolution from a complex, monolithic architecture toward modular, service-oriented systems that increase engineering velocity
  • Partner with engineering, machine learning, and product teams across unsecured, auto, and home lending to enable new pricing capabilities and use cases
  • Balance competing priorities across stakeholders, making principled tradeoffs between short-term business needs and long-term platform investments
  • Identify and unlock opportunities to accelerate product development by improving platform primitives and reducing dependency bottlenecks

Minimum Qualifications
  • BA/BS in Economics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5-7 years of product management experience.
  • Experience building or managing backend platforms or infrastructure systems
  • Experience working with engineering teams on large-scale, complex systems
  • Experience defining product requirements and driving execution for technical products

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience working on pricing systems, ads platforms, or similar optimization systems
  • Experience evolving monolithic systems into modular or service-oriented architectures
  • Experience working in machine learning, data science, or analytics-driven environments
  • Experience operating in highly cross-functional environments with multiple stakeholders


Position location This role is available in the following locations: Remote

Time zone requirements The team operates on the East/West coast time zones.

Travel requirements As a digital first company, the majority of your work can be accomplished remotely. The majority of our employees can live and work anywhere in the U.S but are encouraged to to still spend high quality time in-person collaborating via regular onsites. The in-person sessions' cadence varies depending on the team and role; most teams meet once or twice per quarter for 2-4 consecutive days at a time.

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At Upstart, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the below range. Your actual base pay will depend on your geographic location-with our "digital first" philosophy, Upstart uses compensation regions that vary depending on location. Individual pay is also determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

In addition, Upstart provides employees with target bonuses, equity compensation, and generous benefits packages (including medical, dental, vision, and 401k).

United States | Remote - Anticipated Base Salary Range

$187,900-$260,000 USD

At Upstart, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the below range. Your actual base pay will depend on your geographic location-with our "digital first" philosophy, Upstart uses compensation regions that vary depending on location. Individual pay is also determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

In addition, Upstart provides employees with target bonuses, equity compensation, and generous benefits packages (including medical, dental, vision, and 401k).

Canada | Remote - Anticipated Base Salary Range

$182,800-$230,000 CAD

What you'll love

At Upstart, our benefits are designed to support your health, financial well-being, family, and personal growth. Here's what you can expect:
  • Competitive compensation, including base pay, bonus opportunities, and annual equity grants that vest quarterly
  • Retirement benefits to help you plan for the future, including a 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually (USD in the US, CAD in Canada)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discounted stock purchase options for eligible employees (US only)
  • Comprehensive health coverage designed to support you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, and wellness resources for US and supplemental health coverage for Canada.
  • Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart for eligible plans (US only)
  • Income protection benefits, including life insurance and disability coverage for added financial security
  • Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays, in line with local requirements
  • Paid family and parental leave to support caregiving and major life moments (duration varies by country)
  • Family-centered benefits to support fertility, parenthood, and caregiving needs
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering mental health support and life-centered resources
  • Financial wellness resources, including access to financial planning tools and a financial concierge service (US Only)
  • Annual wellness allowance to support your physical and emotional well-being and personal development, based on what matters most to you
  • Annual productivity allowance to invest in relevant tools and resources you need to do your best work, no matter where you work from
  • Connection and community through team events, all-company updates, and employee resource groups (ERGs)
  • Onsite perks, including catered lunches and fully stocked micro-kitchens when working from one of our offices in the Bay Area, Austin, Columbus, and New York City (opening Summer 2026!)

For roles based in Canada, please note that we are not currently able to hire in Quebec.

About Upstart

Upstart is a lending platform that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate the borrowing process. The company was founded in 2012 by ex-Googlers and has since originated over $10 billion in loans. Upstart's platform uses non-traditional variables such as education and employment history to determine creditworthiness, which allows for more accurate risk assessment and better loan terms for borrowers. The company went public in December 2020 and is listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol UPST.
Learn more about Upstart
Size
100 employees
Market Cap
$1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$11 million
Founded
2012
Revenue
$205.3 million
NASDAQ

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