Affirm

Senior Director, Product Management

Affirm$391K — $431K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Finance & Insurance
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years in product management overseeing multi-team product areas
  • Proven record of managing large domains with significant financial impact
  • Experience building high-performing product management teams
  • Strategic thinking with a focus on portfolio-level decisions
  • Background in payments, cards, or fintech-based platforms
  • Competence in both consumer-facing and backend product development
  • Strong ability to align stakeholders and drive data-driven decisions

Responsibilities

  • Define the multi-year vision for the Affirm Card and related products
  • Lead direct consumer card products in the US market
  • Oversee the Card Platform focusing on authorization and servicing
  • Translate strategic company goals into actionable roadmaps
  • Manage and develop a team of product managers
  • Establish and maintain operational decision frameworks
  • Own key metrics like GMV, engagement, and credit outcomes for the Card domain

Benefits

  • 100% subsidized medical coverage for you and your dependents
  • Generous stipends for Technology, Food, Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedule
  • Employee stock purchase plan allowing shares to be purchased at a discount
Full Job Description
About the role

Affirm is building the next generation of consumer finance, and the Affirm Card sits at the center of that vision-blending debit, pay-over-time, and network-native experiences into a single product.

We're looking for a Director of Product to lead the Affirm Card and Card Platform-owning both the end-user experience, the business outcomes of every card product, and the underlying platform that powers card issuance, authorization, servicing, and partner integrations.

This is a pillar-level leadership role responsible for defining strategy, building a high-performing team, and delivering durable business outcomes across one of Affirm's most strategic product areas.
What you'll do

Own the Card domain end-to-end
  • Define and drive the multi-year vision for Affirm Card across consumer experience, growth, and economics, inclusive of new card products that complement the one we have in market today.
  • Lead the US direct to consumer card products (Affirm Cards, and in app virtual cards)
  • Oversee our Card Platform (authorization, ledgering, servicing, controls) which powers the D2C products both domestically and internationally, along with a number of merchant and partner integrations.
  • Translate company strategy into a coherent roadmap spanning multiple teams and systems

Build and scale a high-performing product organization
  • Manage and develop a team of PMs and PM leaders
  • Establish product standards, operating cadence, and decision frameworks
  • Build a durable org that delivers high-quality outcomes without direct involvement in every decision

Drive business outcomes at scale
  • Own GMV, engagement, unit economics, and credit outcomes for the Card domain
  • Shape investment strategy, tradeoffs, and resource allocation across multiple product areas
  • Partner with Finance and Credit to optimize profitability and risk

Lead platform strategy and execution
  • Drive platform capabilities that unlock velocity across Affirm (APIs, controls, servicing systems)
  • Partner deeply with Engineering to make cost vs. value tradeoffs at the system level
  • Ensure the Card Platform scales reliably across use cases, geographies, and partners

Operate as a cross-functional leader
  • Align senior stakeholders across Engineering, Design, Credit, Legal, Partnerships, and GTM
  • Build strong relationships with external partners (networks, processors, wallet providers)
  • Represent the Card domain in executive forums and company planning cycles
What we look for

Product leadership at scale
  • 15+ years in product management, with experience leading multi-team product areas or platforms
  • Track record of owning large domains or business lines with meaningful financial impact

Org-building capability
  • Experience managing managers and building high-performing PM teams
  • Proven ability to create systems, processes, and culture that scale

Strategic and systems thinker
  • Ability to operate at portfolio-level altitude-connecting product decisions to company strategy
  • Strong judgment across second- and third-order tradeoffs, especially in complex systems

Platform + fintech depth
  • Experience in payments, cards, fintech, or adjacent infrastructure
  • Comfort working on both consumer-facing products and backend platforms

Execution and influence
  • Ability to drive alignment across senior stakeholders and functions
  • Strong product instincts paired with rigorous, data-driven decision-making
Why this role matters

Affirm Card is one of the fastest-growing parts of the business and a key driver of long-term differentiation. This role will shape:
  • How Affirm shows up every day in consumers' wallets
  • How we blend debit, credit, and pay-over-time into one experience
  • The platform foundation that enables future financial products


Pay Grade - V
Equity Grade - 21

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. For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, which includes the annual base pay and the sales incentive target.

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 On Target Earnings (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $391,000 - $431,250
USA On Target Earnings (all other U.S. states) per year: $350,750 - $391,000

#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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