Affirm

Product Marketing Manager

Affirm$164K — $245K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in product marketing or product management, ideally in Payments or Fintech.
  • Proven track record of leading product launches with measurable business results.
  • Strategic thinker with strong business acumen and an understanding of market trends.
  • Excellent communicator and storyteller, capable of simplifying complex ideas.
  • Highly analytical mindset with the skill to leverage data for insights on product and marketing strategies.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive alignment in fast-paced environments.
  • Proven collaboration and influencing capabilities across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Product to identify new opportunities and shape the product roadmap using customer and market insights.
  • Own and execute high-impact go-to-market strategies from beta testing to full launch.
  • Design programs that enhance merchant engagement and adoption, ensuring consistency across teams.
  • Develop messaging for key client interactions to strengthen partnerships and trust.
  • Navigate complex projects with confidence, managing multiple priorities and maintaining project momentum.
  • Understand product functionality and performance drivers to align GTM strategies with company objectives.
  • Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships to ensure alignment on initiatives.
  • Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture that supports innovation and growth.

Benefits

  • 100% subsidized medical coverage for you and your dependents.
  • Generous stipends for technology, lifestyle needs, and family-forming expenses through Flexible Spending Wallets.
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules for effective work-life balance.
  • An employee stock purchase plan allowing discounts on company shares.
Full Job Description
As a Product Marketing Manager, you'll play a strategic and hands-on role in shaping how merchants experience Affirm's products. You'll help define our product strategy, lead high-impact go-to-market initiatives, and develop compelling narratives that drive business outcomes.

This is a highly cross-functional role that requires strong product intuition, strategic thinking, and a bias for action. You'll bring deep customer and competitive insights to everything you do, and operate as a true partner to Product, Revenue (including Sales, Customer Success and Enablement), Partnership, and Analytics leadership.

What You'll Do:
  • Shape Product Strategy Through Insights: Partner closely with Product to shape the roadmap by identifying new opportunities, uncovering unmet customer, merchant, and partner needs, and incorporating feedback loops. Leverage customer research, competitive intelligence, and market trends to inform product development and strategic prioritization.
  • Lead GTM Strategy and Execution: Own the end-to-end strategy and execution of high-impact GTM initiatives across your product area-from beta to full launch. This includes crafting compelling value propositions, developing segmentation strategies, aligning cross-functional stakeholders, and measuring launch success. Additionally, you will analyze complex data sets to uncover insights that inform segmentation, positioning, and refine product marketing strategies. Drive meaningful business impact through scalable programs that accelerate adoption and growth.
  • Accelerate Product Adoption and Growth: Design and execute programs that drive merchant engagement and adoption at scale. Collaborate with Sales, Customer Success, Enablement, and Partnership to ensure message consistency. Analyze product adoption to inform optimization strategies and identify growth levers.
  • Enhance Strategic Client Engagement: Develop messaging and materials for key client-facing moments, including bi-annual roadmap meeting with top merchants. Develop product vision and translate into a compelling external narrative that strengthens partnership, builds trust and drives continued engagement.
  • Operate with Agility and Drive Execution: Navigate ambiguity with confidence and bring clarity to complex, cross-functional projects. Manage multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously, anticipate risks, and maintain momentum through thoughtful planning and execution.
  • Leverage Business and Product Acumen: Develop a nuanced understanding of your product's functionality, as well as the revenue and cost drivers that impact performance. Use this knowledge to shape GTM and product decisions that align with company objectives.
  • Collaborate across Teams to Drive Alignment: Build strong relationships across Product, Sales, Customer Success, Analytics, and other key teams. Lead cross-functional meetings, resolve cross-functional dependencies, and ensure tight alignment on GTM plans and product initiatives.
  • Be a Culture Carrier: Serve as a champion of Affirm's values and culture, consistently fostering collaboration, transparency, and innovation within the team and across the organization. Lead by example in creating an inclusive and growth-oriented environment, promoting open communication, and encouraging others to take risks and innovate.


What We're Looking For:
  • 7+ years of experience in product marketing, product management, or a similar role, ideally in a Payments or Fintech environment.
  • Proven track record of leading product launches and driving GTM strategy that delivers business results.
  • Strategic thinker with strong business acumen, able to connect the dots between customer needs, market trends, and product development.
  • Excellent communicator and storyteller, with the ability to simplify complex ideas for a wide range of audiences.
  • Highly analytical mindset-confident with data and able to extract insights that influence product and marketing strategies. Constantly leveraging data to optimize product performance and user engagement.
  • Experience navigating ambiguity and driving alignment in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities.
  • Proven ability to collaborate and influence cross-functionally.
  • Outstanding prioritization and project management skills, with a keen ability to balance short-term execution with long-term strategy.
  • Creative problem-solver who's not afraid to roll up their sleeves, iterate quickly, and champion innovative solutions.


This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, brings creativity and analytical rigor to problem-solving, and is passionate about transforming the way people access credit.

Pay Grade - M
Equity Grade - 8

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 equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)

USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $185,000 - $245,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $164,000 - $224,000

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

#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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