Staff Product Manager, Comms Platform

Affirm, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 142,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Monthly stipends

ESPP

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a Staff Product Manager to shape the next generation of its Comms Platform, spanning transactional and marketing communications.

You will partner with Engineering and cross‑functional teams to set direction and translate it into capabilities teams can adopt, balancing near‑term needs with long‑term platform investments. This remote‑first UK role offers collaboration with global teams and opportunities to influence architecture, reliability, and customer experience while

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product management experience leading complex products or platforms.
• Experience building platform or technically complex products; comms/messaging helpful.
• Strong product judgment turning ambiguity into strategy and actionable roadmaps.
• Technical fluency; comfortable partnering with Engineering on architecture, reliability, scalability.
• Track record taking products beyond launch and driving adoption across teams.
• Strong cross‑functional influence to align teams with different priorities.
• Analytical and business judgment weighing customer impact, cost, risk.
• Clear written and verbal communication to simplify complex topics.
• Customer‑first mindset focused on platform‑level experiences.
• Comfort operating with ambiguity and adapting as you learn.

Responsibilities

• Set product strategy and roadmap for Comms Platform, aligning customer needs with business priorities.
• Modernize comms infrastructure and build shared capabilities for consistency across transactional and marketing comms.
• Lead complex platform initiatives from strategy through launch and adoption.
• Build relationships across affirm to ensure comms needs are understood and prioritized in platform plans.
• Shape channel, platform, and partner strategy including build‑versus‑buy decisions.
• Balance customer experience, reliability, scalability, cost, and regulatory requirements.
• Define success metrics and use signals to guide priorities and investment.

Skills

8+ years PM experience

Platform/product strategy

Technical fluency

Cross‑functional influence

Analytical judgment

Clear communication

Customer‑first mindset

Ambiguity tolerance

Job description

At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most.

About The Role

We’re looking for a Staff Product Manager to help shape the next generation of affirm's Comms Plat. The opportunity spans two connected areas: (1) Modernizing the platform that powers critical transactional communications across channels; (2) Building shared capabilities that help affirm create a more coordinated experience across marketing and transactional comms. Together, this work will simplify how teams build and manage communications, strengthen the reliability and scalability of our systems, and help us deliver more relevant and consistent customer experiences.

You’ll partner closely with Engineering and teams across Product, Marketing, Ops, Design, Analytics, and Legal and Compliance to set product direction and turn it into capabilities teams can successfully adopt. You’ll navigate complex technical and business tradeoffs, balance near‑term needs with longer‑term platform investments, and help determine where affirm should build capabilities directly versus work with third‑party partners.

What You’ll Do

• Set product strategy and roadmap for Comms Plat, connecting customer needs, business priorities, and technical opportunities.
• Help modernize affirm's comms infrastructure and build shared capabilities that support more consistent experiences across transactional and marketing comms.
• Lead complex platform initiatives from strategy through launch and adoption, working closely with Engineering and cross‑functional partners.
• Build strong relationships across affirm so communications needs for new products, markets, and customer journeys are understood early and reflected in platform plans.
• Shape channel, platform, and partner strategy, including thoughtful build‑versus‑buy decisions across the communications ecosystem.
• Make clear tradeoffs across customer experience, reliability, scalability, cost, regulatory requirements, and speed.
• Define meaningful measures of success and use customer, product, operational, and business signals to guide priorities and investment.

What We Look For

• 8+ years of product management experience, or equivalent experience, with a track record of leading complex products or platforms.
• Experience building platform or other technically complex products. Comms or messaging experience is helpful, but not required.
• Strong product judgment and the ability to turn complex, ambiguous problems into a clear strategy and actionable roadmap.
• Technical fluency and comfort partnering deeply with Engineering on architecture, reliability, scalability, and platform tradeoffs.
• A track record of taking products beyond launch and driving adoption across multiple teams or customer groups.
• Strong cross‑functional influence and the ability to build alignment across teams with different priorities and constraints.
• Strong analytical and business judgment, including the ability to weigh customer impact, operating complexity, cost, and risk when making decisions.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex topics understandable and bring stakeholders along in the decision‑making process.
• A customer‑first mindset and the ability to stay focused on the experience the platform ultimately creates, even when working deep in infrastructure.
• Comfort operating with ambiguity, using judgment and available information to move work forward while adapting as you learn.

This is a remote‑first position based in the UK with the option to work from our London office for candidates who prefer an office environment.

Compensation & Benefits

Base Pay Grade: P

Equity Grade: UK 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 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 monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending, and benefits including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental, and vision for you and your dependents. In addition, employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by affirm holdings, Inc.

GBR base pay range per year: £142,000 - 190,000

Location: Remote UK

Remote‑first with flexibility built in

Affirm is proud to be a remote‑first company. Most roles can be done from almost anywhere within the country of employment. Some positions may occasionally require in‑person work at an affirm office, and a few are office‑based due to the nature of the work. All new hires will be invited to attend an in‑person onboarding experience.

Benefits Designed For You

Our benefits reflect our commitment to care, transparency, and flexibility. Here are a few highlights:

• Health coverage at no cost: We cover 100% of premiums for employees and their dependents.
• Spending stipends: Monthly stipends support your tech setup, and the ability to choose health and wellness options that are right for you.
• Time off to recharge: Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars help you rest when you need to.
• Own a piece of what you build: Our employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) lets you buy affirm stock at a discount.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive interview process, including accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you need support, we’re happy to help.

For positions based in San Francisco or Los Angeles: affirm considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, as required by law.