Affirm

Staff Product Manager, App Platform & Experience

Affirm$181K — $241K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Canada
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in product management for consumer technology products
  • Proven success in leading cross-functional initiatives
  • Strong product instincts and sense of design
  • Experience with mobile/web navigation systems and design architectures
  • Track record of partnership with Design and Engineering teams
  • Familiarity with React Native environments for mobile applications
  • Good analytical skills to balance consumer needs with business goals
  • Strong communication and influence skills across complex environments

Responsibilities

  • Define long-term vision for consumer experience on app and web
  • Own foundational experience domains like design systems and UX frameworks
  • Lead major redesigns and improvements for consumer journeys
  • Collaborate with Mobile and Web Engineering for platform architecture
  • Establish principles for consistent consumer experiences
  • Create scalable approaches for onboarding and engagement patterns
  • Advocate for consumer needs in product decisions
  • Drive alignment and influence roadmaps across multiple teams
  • Implement quality governance processes for the Consumer organization
  • Use analytics and research for enhancing consumer experience

Benefits

  • 100% subsidized medical coverage for you and dependents
  • Generous stipends for Technology, Food, and Lifestyle needs
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules
  • Employee stock purchase plan at a discounted rate
Full Job Description
As a Staff Product Manager on our Consumer team, you'll help define how millions of consumers experience Affirm across our mobile apps, web experiences, and future consumer surfaces.

As the Staff Product Manager, App Platform & Experience, you will own the foundational systems, frameworks, and experiences that make Affirm intuitive, cohesive, and scalable. You will define the experience architecture that enables teams across the company to deliver consistent, high-quality consumer experiences while maintaining a clear and unified vision for how consumers interact with Affirm. You'll partner closely with our Mobile and Web organizations to evolve the shared platforms, systems, and React Native foundations that power Affirm's consumer experiences.

This is a highly cross-functional leadership role that sits at the intersection of Product, Design, Engineering, Research, Analytics, and Brand.

What you'll do:
  • Define and drive the long-term vision for Affirm's core consumer experience across app, web, and future consumer surfaces.
  • Own foundational experience domains including navigation, information architecture, design systems, shared UX frameworks, and platform capabilities.
  • Lead major experience initiatives, including large-scale redesigns and structural improvements to the consumer journey.
  • Partner closely with Mobile and Web Engineering teams to shape the architecture, capabilities, and developer experience of Affirm's consumer platforms, including our React Native application stack.
  • Help define the shared capabilities, navigation patterns, component frameworks, and platform investments that enable product teams to build high-quality experiences consistently across React Native and web surfaces.
  • Establish principles, standards, and frameworks that help product teams deliver consistent and intuitive experiences.
  • Create scalable approaches for common consumer experience patterns across onboarding, discovery, personalization, engagement, servicing, and account management.
  • Serve as a strong advocate for consumers, ensuring that user needs remain at the center of product and platform decisions.
  • Drive alignment across multiple organizations and influence roadmaps without direct authority.
  • Establish mechanisms that raise the quality bar across the Consumer organization, including experience reviews, standards, and governance processes.
  • Use research, experimentation, analytics, and product judgment to identify opportunities to improve the overall consumer experience.

What we look for
  • 8+ years of product management experience building consumer technology products at scale.
  • Demonstrated success leading highly cross-functional initiatives that span multiple teams and product areas.
  • Strong consumer product instincts and exceptional product taste.
  • Experience owning or influencing core mobile and web experiences, navigation systems, information architecture, platform experiences, or design systems.
  • Experience partnering deeply with Design and Engineering organizations to deliver polished consumer experiences.
  • Experience partnering closely with engineering teams building large-scale consumer applications, including experience working within React Native environments. While deep technical expertise is not required, you should be comfortable shaping product strategy for shared platform capabilities and mobile architecture decisions.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
  • Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and organizational influence skills.
  • Proven ability to build alignment and drive outcomes in complex environments without direct authority.
You'll Stand Out If
  • You've led major redesigns or foundational experience transformations.
  • You've built shared product platforms, frameworks, or systems that enabled multiple teams to move faster while improving experience quality.
  • You have deep expertise in consumer mobile and web experiences and understand the nuances of designing for engagement, trust, and simplicity.
  • You have a track record of defining product principles and influencing organizational decision-making at scale.


Pay Grade - P

Equity Grade - 7

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.)

CAN base pay range per year: $181,000 - $241,000

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

#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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