Product Manager - Acquisition Services

Continental Finance Company

• $100K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Product Management or Product Owner experience in credit cards, fintech, or financial services
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional product or technology teams
  • Experience collaborating with Marketing and Credit Risk teams
  • Strong expertise in credit card underwriting and decisioning processes
  • Familiarity with leading Agile Product/Scrum teams
  • Proficient in product roadmap management and backlog prioritization
  • Working knowledge of SQL and experience analyzing data for product performance

Responsibilities

  • Own the vision and roadmap for credit card acquisition and decisioning capabilities
  • Lead the Product/Scrum team to ensure successful delivery
  • Collaborate with Marketing on credit card product launches and acquisition strategies
  • Partner with Credit Risk to strategize underwriting and decisioning
  • Work with Data Science on developing risk models and decision strategies
  • Enhance underwriting processes and decisioning platforms
  • Communicate product priorities and delivery status to stakeholders

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule with three core in-office days and two remote workdays
Full Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Product Manager to lead credit card acquisition and decisioning initiatives and manage a dedicated Agile product team.

This role will partner closely with Marketing and Credit Risk as core business stakeholders, along with Data Science and Technology teams, to launch new credit card products, execute acquisition strategies, and enhance underwriting and decisioning capabilities.

The Product Manager will bring together strong card product expertise, people leadership, and Agile delivery experience to drive business priorities from strategy through execution.

Essential Functions:
  • Own the product vision, roadmap, backlog, and priorities for credit card acquisition and decisioning capabilities
  • Lead the Product/Scrum team, partnering with BSA, Development, QA, and Engineering to drive successful delivery
  • Partner with Marketing on new credit card products and acquisition strategies, including Direct Mail, pre-screen/pre-qualified, internet, and digital campaigns
  • Partner with Credit Risk on underwriting strategies, credit policies, eligibility criteria, and decisioning requirements
  • Collaborating with Data Science on risk models, response models, segmentation, targeting, and decision strategies
  • Drive enhancements to underwriting, rules engine, and decisioning platforms
  • Translate Marketing and Credit Risk strategies into product capabilities and technology priorities
  • Drive backlog refinement, sprint planning, release planning, and product readiness
  • Maintain a prioritized, development-ready backlog and manage cross-team dependencies and delivery risks
  • Communicate roadmap, priorities, delivery status, risks, and key decisions to business and technology stakeholders.


The ideal candidate will have the following:
  • 5+ years of Product Management or Product Owner experience in credit cards, fintech, or financial services
  • Demonstrated experience managing and leading cross-functional product or technology teams
  • Experience partnering with both Marketing and Credit Risk teams
  • Strong understanding of credit card underwriting, credit risk, decisioning and acquisition campaigns
  • Experience leading an Agile Product/Scrum team and coordinating BSA, Development, and QA.
  • Strong experience with product roadmaps, backlog prioritization, sprint planning, and releases
  • Experience with credit bureau integrations (Experian, TransUnion, Equifax)
  • Working knowledge of SQL with the ability to analyze data, validate business outcomes, and support product and decisioning performance analysis.
  • Familiarity with APIs, system integrations, Azure DevOps, JIRA, or Confluence
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and communication skills


CFC offers a hybrid work schedule which includes three (3) core days in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) and two (2) remote workdays (Monday and Friday)

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