Sr. Product Manager, Lending

Visa; London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial services sector is seeking a Lending Product Manager to join their remote team. This role will oversee the product lifecycle, work with cross-functional teams, and ensure timely delivery of innovative lending solutions. Candidates must have extensive experience in lending products, strong communication skills, and a good grasp of Agile methodologies.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's Degree.
• At least 3 years in Lending Product domain, Agile experience required.
• Excellent communication skills and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Mapping, evaluating, and recording requirements for the Lending Platform.
• Building product roadmaps and ensuring timely delivery.
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Agile Methodology

Market Research

Education

Bachelor's Degree

MBA or Master's in Finance

Tools

Jira

Postman

AWS

Miro

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Company Description

Founded by experienced entrepreneurs and engineers in 2016, Pismo is a technology company that provides a comprehensive processing platform for banking, card issuing, and financial market infrastructure. It helps customers innovate and build the next generation of banking and payment solutions. Pismo joined Visa in 2024.

Leveraging Visa's solutions, our core platform, and an expanding suite of capabilities, Pismo addresses the technological challenges faced by large banks, marketplaces, and fintech companies in migrating from legacy systems to more advanced technology. Pismo's cloud-based platform enables firms to build and launch financial products rapidly, scale as they grow, and maintain high security and availability standards.

Pismo employs over 500 staff across more than 10 countries worldwide.

Job Description

The Lending Squad manages the lifecycle of loans from simulation to completion, focusing on total debt amount handling. They deliver value to Financial Institution backoffices, IT areas, and Credit officers by automating and reducing the time to create and maintain various loan products and loans using APIs and Events.

The main responsibilities include:

1. Mapping, evaluating, and recording requirements to deliver value for the Lending Platform's target customers.
2. Building quarterly milestones for the product roadmap and ensuring timely delivery.
3. Creating artifacts (User Stories, Journeys, Workflows, One Pagers, Presentations, Spreadsheets) that translate requirements.
4. Maintaining the product backlog and roadmap, prioritizing demands from market, business, and internal sources to optimize value delivery.
5. Participating in testing and validating new features for the lending product.
6. Communicating and aligning with internal and external stakeholders.
7. Collaborating with various teams including Pre Sales, Solutions Architecture, Marketing, Product, and Engineering.
8. Exercising self-directed leadership within the squad.
9. Serving as the primary contact for stakeholders regarding the Lending platform's capabilities.
10. Monitoring the lending business environment and providing input for new feature development.

This is a remote position, which may require presence at a Visa office with prior notice.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's Degree.
• At least 3 years of experience in the Lending Product domain.
• Experience working in an Agile environment, familiar with Dual Track, Kanban, Jira, Miro, and similar tools.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Willingness to learn and teach.
• Experience collaborating closely with technology teams and stakeholders.

Desirable Qualifications

• Knowledge of APIs, Postman, and AWS cloud services.
• Experience with functional testing.
• Experience in Market Research and Benchmarking.
• MBA or Master’s in Finance.

Additional Information

Visa is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status. Visa also considers applicants with criminal histories in accordance with EEOC guidelines and applicable law.