Product Manager

MMD Services; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

MMD Services Inc. in Chicago, IL is seeking a hands-on Product Manager to own the pipeline from idea to release. You will write specs, analyze data, and work directly with engineering to prevent flawed designs.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, clear problem framing, and ownership of end-to-end delivery in a fast-growing consumer lending environment.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of product management experience.
• Experience working closely with engineering teams and technical design.
• Strong communication across both non-technical leaders and engineers.
• Ownership of work through completion without management follow-up.

Responsibilities

• Partner with your department, learn goals and constraints, and pressure-test proposals.
• Shape opportunities into initiatives with a defined problem, outcome, and measurable result.
• Own the pipeline: intake, definition, sequencing, and clear specs for engineers.
• Coordinate cross-department dependencies and sign-offs, including regulated changes.
• Define and track key metrics, build dashboards and alerting for release health.
• Keep leadership informed on progress and risk; contribute to quarterly planning.

Skills

Product management

Engineering collaboration

Strong communication

Fast-paced

Ownership

SQL/Python/R

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Jira

Confluence

AWS

Redshift

PostgreSQL

Apache Airflow

Ruby

Python

Job description

We're a fast-growing consumer lending company looking for a hands-on Product Manager. You'll be paired with one or more departments and own the pipeline of work from idea to monitored release, acting as a sounding board, shaping opportunities into scoped initiatives, and staying accountable through a verified launch.

This role is deliberately hands-on. You'll write the specs, do the analysis, work directly in the data, and understand the systems well enough to catch a flawed design before it gets built.

What You'll Do

• Partner with your department, learn their goals and constraints, and pressure-test proposals before decisions are made
• Shape opportunities into initiatives with a defined problem, expected outcome, and measurable result
• Own the pipeline: intake, definition, sequencing, and specs clear enough for any engineer to build from
• Coordinate cross-department dependencies and sign-offs, including launch for regulated changes
• Define and track key metrics, then build the dashboards, checks, and alerting that keep a release healthy
• Keep leadership current on progress and risk, and own your department's contribution to quarterly planning
• Guide junior team members and contribute to team standards, templates, and tooling

Minimum Qualifications

• 3 to 7 years of product management experience
• Experience working closely with engineering teams, including in technical design
• Strong communication skills across both non-technical leaders and engineers
• A track record of executing in fast-paced, high-growth environments
• Ownership of work through completion without management follow-up
• Enough SQL, Python, or R to answer your own questions and validate others' analysis
• Ability to drive cross-functional action without direct authority

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in software development or engineering
• Experience in consumer lending, financial services, or another regulated industry
• End-to-end vendor or third-party integration experience

Technical Environment

Ruby and Python services on AWS, Redshift and PostgreSQL, Apache Airflow, Jira, and Confluence. Direct experience is welcome but not required.

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MMD Services Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, physical/mental disability, medical condition, military/veteran status, genetic information, marital status, ethnicity, alienage or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.