Rotational Associate Manager 2027

Kikoff; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Hands‑on rotations

Structured training

Job summary

Kikoff invites high‑potential undergraduates or early career professionals to join the Rotational Associate Manager Program. You’ll rotate across Product Marketing, Growth Marketing, and Business Development, gaining hands‑on experience and mentorship from senior leaders. This is a rigorous pathway to leadership in a fast‑growing fintech.

Expect comprehensive training, exposure to real projects, and the chance to shape a major consumer fintech platform as you accelerate your career at Kikoff.

Qualifications

• Ideal candidates include undergraduates or early career professionals with high potential.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem‑solving skills are essential.
• Demonstrated leadership potential and eagerness to learn are highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Participate in multiple rotations across Product Marketing, Growth Marketing, and Business Development.
• Receive mentorship from senior leaders and practical, hands‑on training.

Skills

Excellent communication

Analytical

Leadership potential

Adaptable

First principles problem‑solving

Job description

Kikoff: The Fintech Powering Financial Security at Scale

Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security. With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn valuation, we've built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money.

We're scaling fast. Join us if you want to build something meaningful and help millions of people move forward financially.

Why Kikoff

This is a consumer fintech startup, and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes, you can build an exciting business AND have real-life real-customer impact.

Kikoff’s Rotational Associate Manager Program

Kikoff’s Rotational Associate Manager Program Recent Grad 2027

Program Overview:

The Rotational Associate Manager Program at Kikoff is designed to accelerate the development of high-potential individuals by providing comprehensive exposure across critical business functions, including Product Marketing, Growth Marketing, and Business Development. Associates will participate in multiple rotations, gaining hands‑on experience, mentorship from senior leaders, and specialized training designed to fast‑track their careers.

Inspired by successful leadership journeys—including our current Head of Marketing who began their career through a similar rotational program at Google—this program is built on mentorship, practical experience, and accelerated professional growth.

About Kikoff:

Kikoff is a fintech unicorn offering credit‑building solutions that are radically affordable, accessible, and effective. Our core product, the Kikoff Credit Account, is helping over a million customers build better credit. Kikoff has been featured by Nerdwallet, Forbes, Buzzfeed, Business Insider, CNBC, Bloomberg, and others; and our app has a 4.9 rating amongst hundreds of thousands of reviews. But Kikoff is more than just a credit builder: we are a long‑term financial partner for our customers, and we have an exciting product roadmap of solutions to help our customers reach their financial goals.

Program Structure

Initial Training Rotation (~1 month):

Associates will experience hands‑on training across multiple teams, including Product Marketing, Growth Marketing, and Business Development. This period focuses on foundational training, business acumen, and industry‑specific knowledge.

Focused Rotations:

Following the training period, associates will be matched to specific teams based on their skills, interests, and business needs. Associates will then complete two rotations (approximately 6 months each), allowing deeper exposure, responsibility, and impactful contributions within each area.

Potential Rotational Areas

• Product Marketing: Learn how we position, message, and launch products to customers, gain insights into our users and shape the product roadmap.
• Growth Marketing: Drive user acquisition or increased user retention and monetization through data‑driven marketing strategies and experimentation.
• Business Development: Build partnerships, negotiate deals, and identify new growth opportunities for Kikoff.
• Lifecycle Marketing: Analyze customer data, map journey touchpoints, and execute personalized messaging campaigns to drive growth for Kikoff.

What You’ll Gain

• Comprehensive training across essential business disciplines
• Mentorship from senior leaders and industry experts
• Hands‑on experience managing impactful projects
• Clarity in career direction with pathways to future leadership roles
• A supportive, dynamic work environment in an innovative fintech company

Ideal Candidates

• Current undergraduate and master's students or early career professionals with high potential, such as those from consulting or investment banking
• Highly motivated, curious, and adaptable individuals
• Excellent communication, analytical, and first principles problem‑solving skills
• Demonstrated leadership potential and eagerness to learn
• Strategic thinker able to break down and organize problems, assess opportunity areas, and develop big ideas and priorities to move the business forward.
• Have strong bias to action and hunger to move fast and flexibly

Base Range

$100,000 - $125,000 USD

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Kikoff Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

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