Koalafi · 19 hours ago
Senior Product Manager - Credit Decisioning Platform
Arlington, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expKoalafi is a company focused on transforming the financing experience for consumers. They are looking for a Senior Product Manager to own and evolve their Credit Decisioning Platform, which is essential for underwriting, eligibility, pricing, and risk management across their financing products.
FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTech
Responsibilities
Own and drive the roadmap for Koalafi's Credit Decisioning Platform
Lead prioritization and facilitate thoughtful tradeoffs with key stakeholders balancing business impact, risk outcomes, and platform health
Align Engineering, Risk, Data Science, and cross-functional stakeholders on what matters most and why
Lead ongoing discovery with stakeholders to surface needs and gaps, then translate both business strategy and individual use cases into cohesive, reusable platform capabilities
Lead delivery as the embedded product manager for the Credit Decisioning engineering team
Partner continuously with engineering to define the what and the why, while empowering the team to determine the how
Maintain a prioritized backlog with crisp epics and stories, clear acceptance criteria, and measurable outcomes
Lead the team's delivery cadence, participating in agile ceremonies to ship reliably and improve iteration speed
Define success metrics and measurement plans, ensure releases are instrumented and outcomes are reviewed post-launch
Shape the platform to enable faster risk strategy iteration, seamless multi-merchant journeys, and safe scaling
Empower the Risk team to iterate on decisioning logic quickly and safely through configurable, self-serve platform capabilities
Build the decisioning platform primitives that unlock seamless, multi-merchant financing journeys for consumers
Drive operational excellence by treating performance, reliability, observability, auditability, and decision explainability as foundational requirements
Qualification
Required
5+ years of product management experience with a focus on building and shipping technical, data-driven platforms
Proven ability to operate in technically sophisticated domains, with the fluency to engage deeply with engineers, data scientists, and analysts
Strong systems thinker who can translate business needs into platform capabilities that scale across products, strategies, and use cases
Experience using data, experimentation, and metrics to inform prioritization and evaluate success of platform investments
Demonstrated judgment in balancing short-term business needs with long-term platform health and scalability
Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams towards a common goal
Excellent communicator who brings clarity and builds alignment across diverse stakeholders; capable of communicating at multiple altitudes—from executive strategy discussions to in-the-weeds technical conversations
Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments where decisions matter, and able to create clarity, structure and momentum over time
Location Requirement: This position requires regular in-person attendance at one of our two office locations (Richmond, VA or Arlington, VA). Candidates must already be located within a commutable distance to either location, as relocation assistance is not available at this time
Preferred
Experience in fintech, lending, credit risk, fraud risk, or decisioning platforms/systems
Familiarity with the machine learning model lifecycle, including development, deployment, monitoring, and iteration in production systems
Exposure to regulatory, compliance, or risk management frameworks in financial services
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
20 PTO days + 11 paid holidays
401(k) retirement with company matching
Student Loan & Tuition Reimbursement
Commuter assistance
Parental leave (maternal + paternal)
Inclusion and Associate Engagement Programs
Company
Koalafi
Koalafi offers omnichannel financial products that help merchants and consumers succeed.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$195.5MKey Investors
Forbright BankPollen Street CapitalSummit Action
2022-08-16Debt Financing
2021-02-15Debt Financing
2019-10-17Debt Financing· $150M
Leadership Team
Boomer Muth
Interim CEO
Russell Korte
Chief Financial Officer
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