Product Manager

Vesta; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401K plan

Parental leave

Remote-first culture

WFH stipend

DoorDash benefits

Flexible time off

Company offsites

Cell/WiFi stipend

Job summary

Vesta is building an AI-enabled mortgage origination platform in the United States. We seek team players who want to ship real value from AI in a complex, regulated industry.

You will own product areas end to end, partner with customers, and help shape the product team and culture as we scale.

Qualifications

• You're proactive and resourceful.
• You move without being told, figure out what needs doing, and find a way through ambiguity and blockers.
• You want to deliver real value from AI in an industry that matters.
• You love complex problems, nuanced spaces, and learning from experts.
• You take pride in the dirty work and ship robust solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own a product area end to end: understand customer problems, write specs, drive with engineering and design.
• Become an industry expert, providing mortgage context to solve key problems.
• Work closely with customers to understand needs and problems.
• Shape how AI is applied to a regulated industry.
• Help shape the product team and culture.

Skills

Proactive

Resourceful

Curiosity

Communication

Job description

What we're doing

Owning a home is a foundational part of building financial security and wealth in America. However, the tools and technology that support homeownership are antiquated, dependent on things like fax machines, handwritten documentation, and hours of manual review.

We're here to change it.

Vesta was founded to rebuild the mortgage LOS from the ground up. Our founding belief is that the future of mortgage lending will be a fully automated process. Today, our AI augmented platform makes that a reality. Our mission has been to build a platform where AI isn’t just an add-on, but the core engine that transforms how a loan is actually manufactured.

Who we are

Our founding team is no stranger to the complexities of the financial industry. As early employees at Blend, they spent years together focused on creating modern cloud infrastructure for banks to power their consumer experiences. Now, with Vesta, they are transforming the mortgage industry by creating the most flexible, open, and automated origination experience, benefitting financial institutions and their customers.

And, we’re not alone.

We’ve received $55M in early stage financing from top tier investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Conversion Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and Index Ventures.

We value craftsmanship, boldness, self-awareness, lightheartedness, and a team-first mentality. If this sounds like you and you’re excited by the idea of getting in at the ground level and building the infrastructure that will power the future of the financial industry, we would love to hear from you!

Who you are

• You’re looking to join a team at an inflection point: the product has product-market fit, and the next few years decide how big it gets. You’re willing to work hard to make it big.

• You’re proactive and resourceful. You move without being told, figure out what needs doing, and find a way through ambiguity and blockers rather than waiting for someone to clear the path. This is the trait that most predicts success on our team.

• You want to be one of the people who actually delivers real value from AI in an industry that matters.

• You love complex problems, nuanced spaces, and learning from experts (users, customer executives, industry partners).

• You take pride in the dirty work, the nitty gritty, because you know that’s what separates truly great products from merely good ones.

• Teammates and customers describe you as "curious" and "humble". In a space as complex and old as mortgage, our customers are the experts. You respect that, and you combine their domain expertise with a firm grasp of technology and user experience to ship robust, elegant solutions.

• You distill complex learnings into crisp, precise insights, especially in writing. Curiosity doesn’t build a world-class product if you can’t communicate what you learned.

• You’re a company builder and team player, excited to shape the product, the team, and the culture as they grow.

• Bonus points if you have worked in financial services and/or on enterprise products.

About the role

Vesta has found product-market fit. Lenders run their business on our system of record, and we’re at the point where AI lets us automate work that used to take rooms of people. You’d:

• Own a product area end to end: understand the customer problems, write precise specs, and drive execution with engineering and design

• Become an industry expert, providing the mortgage and business context the team needs to solve the most important customer problems

• Work closely with Vesta’s existing and prospective customers to deeply understand their needs and problems

• Shape how AI gets applied to a real, regulated industry

• Help shape the product team and its culture, and Vesta’s as well

Note: We don’t expect you to have a deep understanding of the nuances of the mortgage process or industry initially. However, success in this role will require a high degree of curiosity, persistence, and willingness to learn the mortgage ecosystem.

Perks & Benefits:

• Robust medical, vision, & dental coverage (~100% of employee premiums covered)

• FSA plan offering

• 401(K) plan offering

• Meaningful parental leave - 16 weeks fully paid for all new parents, birthing & non-birthing parents (applies to adoptions as well!)

• Remote-first culture with a physical hub in the Bay area & New York!

• Generous Work From Anywhere & Wellness Benefits

• Monthly cell & wifi stipend

• Monthly Doordash benefits

• Open & encouraged flexible time off

• Company offsites to get to know the team!

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $150,000 - $220,000/yr. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.

At Vesta, we believe that the only way we can tackle the challenging problems in front of us is by having diverse perspectives and an environment that promotes inclusivity. We’re committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. As part of our onboarding process, we participate in the E-Verify program.