United States onlyđ Hey, Iâm Skyler - CTO and product leader at Dwolla. Iâm looking for a Senior Product Manager with deep product management expertise and a passion for creating incredible payment products to join our small but mighty team.
Here is what you can expect to work on in this critical role:In this role, you will have the opportunity to disrupt the payments landscape working on groundbreaking products like Dwolla Connect and Open Banking Services. Youâll spearhead product strategy, drive the roadmap, and collaborate across teams to deliver a solution with the potential to disrupt the payments landscape. Weâre building this product from the ground up and youâll have the opportunity to craft the vision and strategy for the product and see ideas through from inception to launch. Youâll work side-by-side with talented engineers, sales, and marketing experts to create innovative payment solutions that increase usage and drive Dwollaâs growth.
Youâll build strong partnerships with your peers and stakeholders (both internal and external) through transparent communication, feature impact, and setting realistic delivery expectations. In addition, youâll establish and maintain a prioritized Product Backlog of refined user stories that are clear to the team.
How youâll spend your time: 65% of your time will be spent on cross-functional stakeholder management activities and customer interactions â youâre the director of this product orchestra! The remaining 35% of your time will be spent hands-on with the dev team providing direction and feedback on the solutions theyâre building.
Our team values organization, tenacity and continuous improvement mindset.
Qualities of Senior Product Managers Who Thrive in This Roleđ You have an entrepreneurial mindset to build solutions that foster customer growth.
đ¤ You enjoy working with cross-functional teams (specifically being in lockstep with our engineering team) in a collaborative and inclusive environment and regularly engaging with our clients (perhaps youâre even a bit obsessive about voice of customer đ).
đŁď¸ You have strong communication skills (interpersonal, written, verbal, facilitation and presentation⌠this role does it all!)
đ You thrive in an environment of autonomy, taking action, and delivering results.
What else is expected of a Senior Product Manager at Dwolla?
- Provide thought leadership for quickly evolving high priority initiatives, in partnership with Product and Engineering teams
- Develop innovative solutions and drive the product strategy
- Drive group alignment around product features to efficiently onboard and manage customers
- Develop metrics, requirements, goals, and features to all relevant stakeholders
- Develop product documentation including product one-pagers, wireframes, and process flows
- Develop and maintain healthy backlogs, epics, and refined user stories
- Inspire with business leaders from stakeholder teams on formulation and execution of product vision and product roadmap
- Partner closely with design and engineering to quickly and iteratively ship code that has a very high success rate
- Actively contribute to an amazing work culture
What are the preferred qualifications for this position?
- 5+ years experience with Product Management
- Domain expertise in financial services, ideally payments is a strong plus
- High customer empathy, with a desire to get in the shoes of our customers
- Have high âEQâ; be flexible, and able to quickly adapt to unexpected changes
- Proven experience in delivering commercially successful software products
- Be data-driven; you regularly seek out and use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and opinions
- Experience in agile product development
- Experience with Atlassian products including Jira and Confluence is a plus
- Knowledgeable in APIs, data structures, SQL, and developing reporting
Our Remote-First Workspaceâ Our employees can work from anywhere in the US or from our Des Moines office.â You can move anywhere in the US and your compensation wonât change.â Combined with our unlimited PTO, you have the flexibility to enjoy the laptop lifestyle and balance work while traveling.â We actively support a healthy remote-first company culture by frequently providing both in-person and virtual opportunities for collaboration with co-workers.â We never miss a beat⌠by working both synchronously and asynchronously in our day-to-day interactions weâre able to stay full-steam ahead.â Remote-first home office stipend (and paid parking for our office-loving employees)â**Please note: While we support a remote-first work environment, we are currently only able to offer employment to candidates who live in the United States
**Some Fine Print**At Dwolla, we value diversity and hold the core belief that the best teams are built by the inclusion of diverse ideas, experiences, and people. If you require a reasonable accommodation or assistance for any part of the interview and employment process, please contact Katie Spellman (Talent Recruiter) at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request. If offered this position, you will be asked to complete an employment and credit verification authorization form (which allows us to run a background check) as part of our employment process. By submitting this application, you agree that Dwolla may share applicant information with a third party for communication services.
